Vocab List #3

Quizlet - Terms and Example Words

Ninth Grade Vocabulary – List Three
Prefixes	de-	down, away, off	descend, deject (cast down), decline
	di- / dif- / dis-	apart, different	diverge, differ, dissent, disengage, discord, discomfort
	ex-	out of, from, former	exhume, exhale, exodus, exit
Roots/Bases	alter-	other	alternate, alter ego
	ced- / cess-	yield, go	recede, secede, proceed, intercede, concession
	demo-	people	demography, democracy, epidemic
	ego-	self	egotist, egomania
	min-	small	minority, minuscule, minute
	miss- / mit(t)-	to send	transmission, remittance, permit, submission, mission, emit
	pon- / pos- / posit-	put	correspond, compose, composition
	port-	carry, door, port	portable, transport, portage, report
	temp- / tempor-	time	temporary, temporize, contemporary
Suffixes	-cracy	government by	democracy, autocracy, meritocracy
	-crat	ruler	democrat, autocrat