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Shwe Hinthar
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thing that may help is to analyze the word, looking for groups of letters that
have special meanings. A group of letters with a special meaning appearing at
the end of a word is called a suffix. Here is a list of 16
important suffixes.
Suffix
|
Meaning
|
Example
|
-able
|
able to be
|
manageable
|
-ible
|
defensible
|
|
-al
|
relating to
|
regal
|
-ance
|
resistance
|
|
-ence
|
independence
|
|
-ic
|
heroic
|
|
-ion
|
state of
|
union
|
-ism
|
quality of
|
patriotism
|
-hood
|
brotherhood
|
|
-ity
|
legality
|
|
-ment
|
puzzlement
|
|
-er
|
one who
|
writer
|
-or
|
advisor
|
|
-ite
|
Mennonite
|
|
-y
|
full of
|
soapy
|
-ful
|
wishful
|
When
a group of letters having a special meaning appears at the beginning of
a word, we call that group of letters a prefix. Following is a
list of 10 prefixes all dealing with counting.
Prefix
|
Meaning
|
Example
|
uni-
|
one
|
unicycle
|
mono-
|
one
|
monologue
|
auto-
|
self
|
autobiography
|
duo-
|
two
|
duodecimal
|
bi-
|
two
|
bifocal
|
tri-
|
three
|
tripod
|
penta-
|
five
|
pentagon
|
hexa-
|
six
|
hexadecimal
|
poly-
|
many
|
polygon
|
multi-
|
many
|
multicolored
|
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