Affixation: Prefix

​AFFIXATION

By Adeyemi Damola

Affixation means adding a group of letters (called an affix) to a base word to form a new word.

Prefix is an affix added before a base word to change its meaning.

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Prefix	Base Word	New Word	Meaning
un-	kind	unkind	not kind
re-	write	rewrite	write again
dis-	agree	disagree	not agree
pre-	heat	preheat	heat before
mis-	spell	misspell	spell wrongly
non-	sense	nonsense	no sense
im-	possible	impossible	not possible

Multiple Choice

A prefix is added to the ______ of a word.

• end
• middle
• root
• beginning

Multiple Choice

The prefix re- means:

• before or forward
• never or not
• again or back
• once or only