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GRE Prep for Dummies
Roots, Prefixes & Suffixes
18
English
Graduate
02/17/2010

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Term

 

 

a-

Definition

 

 

NOT

or

WITHOUT

Term

 

 

an-

Definition

 

 

NOT

or

WITHOUT

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eu-

Definition

 

 

GOOD

Term

 

 

ben-/bon-

Definition

 

 

GOOD

benefit/benevolent/bon voyage

Term

 

 

caco-

Definition

 

 

BAD

cacophonous

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ne-/mal-

Definition

 

 

BAD

negative/nefarious/malicious

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im-

Definition

 

 

NOT

impossible/immoral

(sometimes means inside as in immerse)

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in-

Definition

 

 

NOT

inappropriate/inept

(sometimes means inside innate/initial)

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ante-

Definition

 

 

BEFORE

antebellum/antediluvian

Term



post-

Definition



AFTER

postmortem

Term

 

 

-ette

Definition

 

 

LITTLE

cigarette/dinette/coquette

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-illo

Definition

 

 

LITTLE

armadillo/peccadillo

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-ous

Definition

 

 

FULL OF (VERY)

joyous/amorous/pulchritudinous

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-ify/-efy

Definition

 

 

TO MAKE

beautify/ossify/deify

Term

 

 

-ize

Definition

 

 

TO MAKE

alphabetize/immunize/ostracize

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-ist

Definition

 

 

PERSON

typist/pugilist/pacifist

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-ate

Definition

 

 

TO MAKE

duplicate/renovate/placate

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-ity

Definition

 

 

TURNS WORDS INTO NOUNS

serenity/timidity

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