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Dictionary of Prefixes and Suffixes: Useful English Affixes

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內容簡介 REVISED EDITION: Last Updated - March 10, 2021 AFFIX: A letter or group of letters added to the beginning or end of a word to get a new word with a changed meaning. Examples - im- in impossible; inter- in international --- -able in agreeable; -er in learner English Affixes could be divided into two groups: Prefixes and Suffixes --- PREFIX: A letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a word to get a new word with a changed meaning. Examples - im- in impossible; inter- in international; un- in unaffected SUFFIX: A letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to get a new word with a changed meaning. Examples - -able in agreeable; -er in learner; -ness in quickness Sample This: ENGLISH PREFIXES - A- Used to form: adjectives, adverbs and nouns; General meaning: not, without; Examples: acellular amoral apolitical atheism atheist atypical ****** ad- Used to form: nouns and verbs; General meaning: addition, tendency; Examples: adjoin adjudge admixture ****** ambi- Used to form: adjectives, adverbs and nouns; General meaning: both of two; Examples: ambidexterity ambidextrous ambivalence ambivalent ****** ante- Used to form: adjectives, nouns and verbs; General meaning: prior to; in front of; Examples: antedate antenatal anterior ante-room ****** anti- Used to form: adjectives and nouns; General meaning: against; the opposite of; preventing; Examples: anti-aircraft anti-bacterial antibiotic antibody anti-choice anticlerical anticlimax anticlockwise anticoagulant anti-competitive anti-copying anti-corruption anticyclone antidepressant anti-drug anti-encroachment anti-extremism antifreeze anti-globalization anti-graft antigravity anti-hate anti-hero anti-inflammatory anti-liquor anti-lock anti-malarial anti-national antioxidant antiparticle anti-people anti-personnel antiperspirant anti-poaching antipyretic antiretroviral anti-rowdy anti-sabotage antiseptic antisocial anti-stalking antitank anti-terror anti-terrorism anti-theft antitrust antiviral antivirus ****** ENGLISH SUFFIXES - A- -able Used to form: adjectives, adverbs and nouns; General meaning: that can, should or must be done; having the characteristic of; Examples: adaptable agreeable amenable amicable appreciable approachable assessable avertable avoidable believable breakable calculable changeable chargeable comfortable companionable computable conceivable controllable curable decipherable declarable desirable detectable detestable doable enjoyable escapable excitable explainable explicable exploitable fashionable foreseeable graspable honorable imaginable imperturbable indubitable inevitable justifiable manageable moveable noticeable observable payable pleasurable portable preventable punishable quantifiable questionable ratable reachable readable reasonable reckonable recognizable reliable reputable respectable serviceable sociable stoppable taxable traceable transferable translatable transportable understandable usable utilizable variable washable wearable workable ****** -ability -Used to form: nouns-- General meaning: a level of skill, intelligence, etc; Example: capability curability excitability inescapability inevitability playability preventability serviceability unavoidability usability workability ****** -ably - Used to form: adverbs; General meaning: skillful and well; in a particular manner; Examples: affably capably charitably comfortably demonstrably indisputably inevitably irritably notably noticeably presumably probably reasonably remarkably ****** -acy - Used to form: nouns; General meaning: the position, quality, state or status of; Examples: accuracy adequacy delicacy

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作者介紹 Manik Joshi was born on Jan 26, 1979 at Ranikhet and is permanent resident of Haldwani, Kumaon zone of India. He is an Internet Marketer by profession. He is interested in domaining (business of buying and selling domain names), web designing (creating websites), and various online jobs (including 'self book publishing'). He is science graduate with ZBC (zoology, botany, and chemistry) subjects. He is also an MBA (with specialization in marketing). He has done three diploma courses in computer too. ManikJoshi.com is the personal website of the author.

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