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Tom Ritchie
November 22, 2010
CEC WD2
Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words
Week of Nov. 22- Nov. 23
Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root
Words
Definition
Example(s)
Aster, Astr
Star
Asterisk, Astronomy, Astrology
cenetri
Center
Centrifugal, Centripetal
cosm
Universe, World
Microcosm, Cosmonaut
geo
Earth, Shape
Geology, Geocentric
helio
Sun
Heliocentric, Heliotrope
Week of Nov. 29-Dec. 3
Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root
Words
Definitions
Example(s)
Crat, Cracy
Rule/ Supporter
Democrat, Theocracy,
Democracy
ic
Qaulity relation
Iconic, Generic
Ion, ition, sion
Condition or Action
Demolition, explosion,
implosion
ism
Doctrine, belief, Action, or
Product
Communism, Totalitarianism,
Fascism.
ist
Person or member.
Fascist, Communist, Sexist
logy
The study of.
Theology, Pathology, Botany
magn
Great
Magnanimous, Magnum
nomy
law
Taxonomy, Economy, Autonomy
re
Back, again.
Repeat, Realign, Resurrect.
Ure
Act Condition Product
Exposure, Conjecture, Measure
Week of Dec. 13-17
Root Word
Definition
Example
-ary
Resembling, related to.
Spectacular, unitary.
bi
two
Bicycle, Binary, Bifocals
-gen
Something that produces
Hydrogen, Pathogen, Oxygen
hydro
Water
Hydrogen, Hydration, Hydraulic.
-ium
Bigger, large
Lithium, delirium,
proto-
first
Prototype, protozoan,
protoindustrial.
-scope
See, watch
Horoscope, telescope.
Microscope.
super-
Over, above
Superficial, superior,
supernatural, supercede.
stell-
star
Constellation, interstellar, stellar
tele
Distance, far
Telephone, telescope, television
Root Word
Definition
Example
Hemi-
Half
Hemisphere
Lat-
side
latitude
Sphere
Ball round
Spherical
Temp
time
temporary
tude
State of being
latitude