Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Classical Roots and Affixes- Things Fall Apart

You will be responsible for knowing the meanings of the following roots and affixes for the February 23rd test. We will keep adding to our taxonomy each Tuesday and Thursday. See your Numerology chart for definitions and examples of the number affixes.

•uni
•sol
•mono
•di
•bi
•du
•tri
•quad
•penta
•quint
•hex
•sex
•sept
•hept
•oct
•no
•dec

  • mal - bad/evil ( as in malevolent)
  • bene - good ( as in benevolent)
  • vollen - will
  • sym - together/ along with (as in sympathetic)
  • path - feeling
  • en/ em - in (as in empathetic)
  • dyna - power/strength ( as in dynasty or dynamic)
  • - ic - related to (makes a word an adjective)





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