50 Common Word Roots prefixes and suffixes for the GRE some words are made up of different parts, for example, unemployment. unemployment has a beginning (prefix), a middle (root word) and an ending (suffix) un-employ-ment un ----->; prefix employ---->; root ment---->; suffix A root word is a real word and you can make new words from it by adding prefixes and suffixes. Root words are helpful for learning both the meaning and the spelling of a word. here are sone more examples of root words and their woerd families: use: use less, use able, use d, using, use r, mis use friend: friend ly, friend ship, un friend ly , friend less faith: faith ful, faith fully, un faith ful, un faith fully Below find, a list of 50 common word roots, prefixes, and suffixes that may help you on the GRE, as well as some words that use each of those roots. This list was drawn up by looking at what roots appeared repeatedly on official GRE
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