Root & Prefix , Suffix Presentation
By Sylvia &Ann
ROOTROOT
MINMIN• Meaning: less, smaller• Examples: minimum, minority, miniature
• Sentences: → Have you ever heard of minimum wage system? → Only a minority of our class voted for his plan.
MIT, MISSMIT, MISS• Meaning: to send• Examples: commitment, transmit, admission
• Sentences: → He made an important commitment to her last night. → She just got the admission to Harvard.
MORTMORT• Meaning: death• Examples: mortal, immortal, mortuary
• Sentences: → Human being are mortal. → Every hospital has mortuary.
NAUTNAUT• Meaning: ship• Examples: astronaut, nautical, nautical mile
• Sentences: → Neil Armstrong was the first astronaut to walk on the moon. → He knows a lot of nautical terms because his father is a captain.
NEONEO• Meaning: new• Examples: neoclassic, neo-darwinism, neo-conservatism
• Sentences: → Bas relief is a representative of neoclassic. → Neo-conservatism prevailed in the Reagan era.
NEURONEURO• Meaning: nerve• Examples: neurosis, neurocyte, neurosurgeon
• Sentences: → Hypochondria is a kind of neurosis. → There are roughly a thousand hundred million of neurocytes in human brain.
NOMIN, NOMENNOMIN, NOMEN• Meaning: name• Examples: nominate, nominal, denominate
• Sentences: → We nominated him our class leader. → That old man is the nominal head of the
business.
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Micro-• Meaning: small, millionth
• Example : –microscope,
microfilm, microwave, micrometer
• Abnormalities in the cells can be seen quite clearly under a microscope.
• Most of the daily newspapers are available on microfilm.
Mis-• Meaning:
1. wrong; bad; badly2. lack of; not
• Example :misconduct, misinform, misinterpret, mistrust mispronounce, mistake
• She was found guilty of gross misconduct.
• Some parts of the report could be misinterpreted.
Mono-• Meaning: – alone; single; one
• Example : – monopoly, monotype,
monologue, monotheist
• Henry looked up, then continued his monologue.
• For years Bell Telephone had a monopoly on telephone services in the US.
Non-• Meaning: – Not– Nine
• Example : – Nonfiction, nonsense,
nondescript(ordinary)– nonagon
• There is many nondescript suburban house in Texas.
• Having the army still in power makes a nonsense of last year's elections.
Peri-• Meaning: – About; around; near;
surrounding; enclosing;
• Example : – perimeter, perigee,
periodontal
• Do you know how to calculate the perimeter of the rectangle?
• A lot of people have periodontal diseases.
Poly-• Meaning: – Many; much
• Example : – polyculture,
polytheist, polygon, polygamy
• There are some polygamous societies in some parts of the world.
• The belief that there is more than one god is called polytheist.
logy-, ology• Meaning: – the names of sciences or
bodies of knowledge– word, study, say, speech,
reason, study
• Example : – Zoology, musicology, trilogy,
phraseology
• trilogy is a series of three plays, books etc that are about the same people or subject.
-ment• Meaning: – Condition, result, quality– the result or product of an
action– Process
• Example : – Document, enjoyment,
management, fragment, embankment, refreshment
• a wide wall of earth or stones built to stop water from flooding an area is called embankment.
• Many car accidents on freeway cause a lot of glass fragments.