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SUFFIXES AND PREFFIXES

sufix

-ive

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-ous

Having the quality of, relating to

Adventurous, courageous, advantageous

-less

Without, missing

Worthless, careless, useless, hopeless

-ful

Having a characteristic

Helpful, colorful, useful

-ish

Having the character of, about, almost

Newish, reddish

-ing

Referring to an activity

Boring, interesting, fascinating

-ic

Generic, archaic, idealistic, historic

-ed

Having the quality of

Bored, interested, fascinated

-ent/-ant

Having a certain quality

Important, dependent, relevant

-al, -ial, -ical

Quality, relation

Professional, structural, national, legal

-able/-ible

Worth, ability

Solvable, accessible, believable, reliable

prefix

trans-

Across

Transatlantic, transmarine

inter-

Between

International, interdisciplinary

ultra-, super-, -hyper-

Extreme

Ultra-compact, ultrasound, hyperactive

dis-

Dishonest, disloyal, dissimilar, disabled

un-

Unusual, unhappy, uninterested, unpleasant

il-, im-, ir-, in-

Not/opposite of

examples

Illegal, Illegible, imperfect, impolite, irrelevant, irrational, inconvenient, inactive