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PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES WHICH ADD MEANING

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This lesson will help you widen your vocabulary as you will learn how to transform certain root words to turn them into new ones with totally different meanings.
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PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES WHICH ADD MEANING
  1. PREFIXES - they go at the beginning of the word
    1. SUFFIXES - they go at the end of the word
      1. NOUS FORMED WITH SUFFIXES
        1. FROM VERBS
          1. -ion / ation Ex. alienate - alienation
            1. accomodation / pollution / intention / reduction
            2. -ment Ex. employ - employment
              1. entertainment / excitement / government / improvement
            3. FROM ADJECTIVES
              1. -ness Ex. lonely - loneliness
                1. coldness / friendliness / ugliness / weakness
                2. -ence / -ance Ex. violent - violence
                  1. absence / convenience / distance / ignorance
                3. FROM OTHER NOUNS TO MAKE ABSTRACT NOUNS
                  1. -hood Ex. child - childhood
                    1. brotherhood / neighbourhood
                    2. -ism Ex. vandal - vandalism
                      1. alcoholism / racism
                  2. over - too much
                    1. overcrowded / overtake / overwork
                    2. mega - big
                      1. megacity / megaphone / megabyte
                      2. under - not enough
                        1. underpaid / underdeveloped / underestimate
                        2. multi - many
                          1. multicultural / multimedia / multilateral
                          2. sub - under
                            1. subway / substandard

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