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Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Common word roots:


Common word roots:

Anti - when the meaning is 'against' or 'preventing'. (is generally used before the word)

Antibacterial
Antipathy
Anti-slavery
Anti-social

Ful - to represent "full of" something

Beautiful
Disgraceful
Painful
Youthful

Im - to represent "opposite" of something

Imbalance
Immaterial
Immature
Impurity

Pre -  to represent "before" of something

Prearrange
Precaution
Predict
Pre-war

Re - is used to do something "again:

React
Rebuilt
Reform
Repeat

Scribe - means, to write

Describe
Inscribe
Transcribe
Circumscribe

Ular - means, resembling

Circular
Granular
Muscular
Tubular

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