Skillswise Factsheet
Ww/L1.1

More root words

Here are some more root words and their word families:

Root wordWith prefixes/suffixes
actaction, acting, acted, inaction
addaddition, additional
applyapplication, applicant
beautybeautiful, beautician, beautifully
carecareful, careless, caring, cared, cares, carefully
completecompletely, completed, completing, completion, incompletely
confuseconfusing, confused
cookcooker, cooking, cooked, cooks
correctcorrectly, incorrect, incorrectly, corrected
darkdarker, darkest
decidedecided, deciding, decisive, indecisive, decision, indecision
dietdieter, dieting, dietician
electricelectricity, electrician
employemployment, unemployment, employer, employee, employing
engineengineer, engineering, engineered
enjoyenjoyment, enjoyable, enjoyed
exciteexcitement, excitable, excited, exciting, unexciting
faithfaithful, faithfully, unfaithful, unfaithfully
freezefreezer, freezing
friendfriendly, friendship, unfriendly, friendless
happyhappiness, unhappy, unhappiest, unhappiness, happier, unhappier
hopehopeful, hopeless
lovelover, loving, loveable, loved, unloved, lovely, lovelier, loveliest
produceproducer, produced, production
sadsadness, saddest, sadder,
suitsuitable, unsuitable, suited, unsuited
useusable, useless, used, using, user, misuse


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