The Great Gatsby Ch 3 & 4 Vocabulary Etymology

Match the prefix, root word, or suffix to its meaning:

• action in the past tense

• toil

• to do/ perform

• -ity

• forward, a lot

• pro-

• state of being; quality of

• -ed

• work hard

• digal

Match the following prefix, root word, or suffix to its meaning.

• opposite, not

• dis-

• a state of being, action

• -sion

• sound

• cord

• a state of being, action

• sens

• to feel/ to think

• -ant

Match the following prefix, root word, or suffix to its meaning.

• bad

• -lize

• action happening now

• Tanta

• a state of being, action

• mal

• reference to Greek myth about desire

• -ence

• an action of

• -ing

Match the following prefix, root word, or suffix to its meaning.

• assign, allot

• re-

• fine point, precise

• sporda

• quality of (turns word into adjective)

• tribut

• scattered

• punctil

• again, another, back

• -ic

Match the following prefix, root word, or suffix to its meaning.

• near

• position

• to sleep

• juxta

• to walk

• ambulate

• action of

• -ate

• location

• somn