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Morpheme Set 2

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Based on English Vocabulary Elements, Keith Denning and William Leben, Oxford University Press 1995
A = 'Adjective Suffix'; N = 'Noun Suffix'; V = 'Verb Suffix'

ad-

'to, toward'

ag / ig

'act, do, drive'

ambl

'walk, go'

ana-

'up, again,'

andr

'male, man'('male qualities (people) or reproductive organs (plants)')

ante- / anti-

'old, before'

anti-

'against, opposite'

apo-

'away from, off'

apt / ept

'fit, capable'

arch

'first, govern'

-arium

N [place, repository]

av

'bird, fly'

bol / bl

'throw, extend'

cad / cas / cid

'fall' (includes the meaning 'to fall by chance' or 'to happen')

cap / cep / cip / cup

'take, contain'

cata-

'down, away, back, opposite'

ced / ceed / cess

'go, let go'

cer / cre / cr

'separate, judge'

cid / cis

'cut, kill'

clud / clus

'to close'

cub / cumb

'lie down, remain'

dia-

'through, apart'

dis- / di-

'apart, reversed'

dog / doc

'teach'

epi-

'on, over'

equ / iqu

'even, level'

-er / -or

N [one who or that which does an action] (this is not listed in textbook)

erg / urg / org

'work'

ero

'physical love'

eu

'well, good'

ex- / e- / ec-

'out, away'

fac / fec / fic

'do, make'

frag / frang / fring

'break'

gon / gen / gn

'birth, type, origin'

grad / gred / gress

'step, go'

heli

'sun'

hyper- / super-

'over, above'

hypo-

'under, below, partial' ('insufficient')

in-

'not'

in- / en-

'in, into'

-ine

A

-ism

N [belief, practice]

-ist

N [one who engages in a belief or practice]

iso-

'equal'

-ity

N [name of quality]

latr

'worship'

men / mn

'think, mind'

meso-

'middle'

meta-

'beyond'

mult

'many'

neo

'new, recent'

noc / nec / nic / necr

'harm, death'

ob-

'towards, against, down'

-oid

'resembling'

para-

'beside, resembling'

phot / phos

'light'

pond / pend

'hang, weigh' ('hang on balance scales', so' weight'; extended to 'mentally weighing options (eg. ponder)'

prag

'act, do'

reg / rig

'rule, straight' ('king' or 'one who rules')

-sc / -esc

'become, change'

sent / sens

'feel, think'

-sis

N [name of action or its result]

spec / spic

'look, see'

sta / stat / stet

'stand, condition'

sub-

'under, down, secondary'

syn-

'with, together'

tag / teg / tig / ting

'touch, feel'

ten / tin

'hold, maintain'

tom / tm

'cut'

trans- / tra-

'across, through'

vic / vinc

'conquer'

vid / vis / id / eid

'see'

vor

'eat'

zo

'animal'

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