PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES

PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES.

16. A prefix is a significant syllable or word placed before and joined

with a word to modify its meaning: as, unsafe = _not_ safe; remove = move

_back_; circumnavig 636q162g ate = sail _around_.

17. A suffix is a significant syllable or syllables placed after and joined

with a word to modify its meaning: as, safeLY = in a safe _manner_; movABLE

= that may be moved; navIGATION = _act_ of sailing.

The word _affix_ signifies either a prefix or a suffix; and the verb _to

affix_ means to join a prefix or a suffix to a root-word.

EXERCISE.

Tell whether the following words are primitive or derivative, and also

whether simple or compound:--

1 grace

2 sign

3 design

4 midshipman

5 wash

6 sea

7 workman

8 love

9 lovely

10 white

11 childhood

12 kingdom

13 rub

14 music

15 musician

16 music-teacher

17 footstep

18 glad

19 redness

20 school

21 fire

22 watch-key

23 give

24 forget

25 iron

26 hardihood

27 young

28 right

29 ploughman

30 day-star

31 large

32 truthful

33 manliness

34 milkmaid

35 gentleman

36 sailor

37 steamboat

38 wooden

39 rich

40 hilly

41 coachman

42 warm

43 sign-post

44 greenish

45 friend

46 friendly

47 reform

48 whalebone

49 quiet

50 quietude

51 gardener

52 form

53 formal

54 classmate

55 trust

56 trustworthy

57 penknife

58 brightness

59 grammarian

60 unfetter