Word Roots

Word Roots

Miss, mitt

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com, con together, with combine, collect, co-worker

sub under, below submerge, submarine, subway, subliminal

ad to, toward adapt, adhere

trans across, beyond, change transform, transoceanic, transportation, transverse

per through pervade, perceive

re back, again retell, recall, reappear, realign, retract, revise

Prefixes

-ary Adjective: resembling, related to

spectacular, unitary

-er Verb: action ponder

-ive Adjective: having the quality

active, offensive, cooperative, sensitive

ary connected with, related to beneficiary

ance, -ence Noun: action, state, quality or process

resistance, independence, extravagance, fraudulence

-able, -ible Adjective: worth, ability;able to

edible, incredible, reversible, terrible

-ile Adjective: having the qualities of

Projectile, infantile

Suffixes

commissioner, n

• A person sent to meet with others to plan and make official decisions

The baseball commissioner decided to suspend the players for 10 games.

smite, v.

• To send a sharp blow; to strike

He vowed that he would smite his enemy.

transmit, v.

• To send from one person or place to another

The technology allows data to be transmitted by cellular phones.

admissible, adj.

• Able to be sent as truthful evidence

The judge decided that the confession was admissible in court.

missive, n.

• A message sent through the mail

The two old friends like to fire off missives filled with good-natured teasing and mock insults.

submissive, adj.

• Yielding; obedient

The class was submissive to their teacher’s demands.

permit, v.

• To allow; to authorize

Mrs. Gigantino permitted herself one more cookie after lunch on Friday.

missionary, n.

• A person sent for a special task, usually religious

John Paton was a great pioneer missionary who devoted himself to sharing the gospel with the cannibals of the New Hebrides in the pacific.

missile, n.

• A rocket or weapon sent through the air

A propeller-driven underwater missile is called a torpedo.

remittance, n.

• Money sent in payment

The young college student always mails in her remittance late, so she usually gets charged a late fee on her phone bill.

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