- bene- (good or well): benefit, benign
- vol (wish or will): voluntary, volition
- -ent (causing or performing an action): dependent, agent
- dis- (apart or away): disconnect, displace
- mal (bad or evil): malfunction, malignant
- voca/voc (voice or to call): vocalize, advocate
- trans- (across, beyond, or through): transport, translate
- luc/um (light): lucid, illuminate
- -ent (causing or performing an action): persistent, evident
- man/mani (hand): manual, manipulate
- -age (action or process): voyage, marriage
- gen/gene (birth or create): generate, genesis
- -ic (pertaining to): poetic, comic
- ex- (out of, from, or not): export, exclude
- tract (drag or pull): attract, contract
- -ed (forms the past tense of a word): walked, talked
- auto- (self or by itself): automatic, autonomy
- graph (to write): autograph, biography
- con- (with): connect, consent
- clud/clude (shut or close): include, conclude
- inter- (between): interact, interface
- sec/sect (cut or separate): section, dissect
- -tion (the action of or the result of): construction, destruction
- de- (down, from, off, or concerning): decrease, decline
- struct (build or assemble): construct, structure
- cred (believe or trust): credit, incredible
- -ible (able capable of): visible, flexible
- super- (over or above): superior, supervise
- flu (flowing): fluid, fluent
- -ous (possessing or full of): joyous, famous
- patri/patr (father): paternal, patriotism
- -arch (ruler or most important): monarch, matriarch
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of prefix suffix worksheet high school.
