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Prefixes and suffixes

re- riː One bent arrow behind resend, refund and renew Something that already moved forward curves back to where it started and sets off again. English 5 uses

un- ʌn un- is a hand turning backwards, not just a 'no' A hand turns something the other way and pulls it out, leaving the slot sitting empty. English 5 uses

dis- dɪs dis- pulls two things that were stuck together apart Two things that were flush against each other split down the middle and move apart. English 5 uses

in-/im- ɪn / ɪm in- is a wall across the road — and sometimes a door A wall stands up in front of the word and the road stops. Put a door in that wall and you go inside instead. English 5 uses

pre- priː pre- is the person who got there before the event did You stand one step in front of a thing that has not happened yet, and act there first. English 5 uses

post- poʊst post- is the footstep that lands after the thing is over A line is drawn where something ended, and you step into the space on the far side of it. English 5 uses

sub- sʌb sub- always lies one notch underneath something Something slides into the space directly beneath another thing, one notch lower. English 5 uses

super- ˈsuːpər super- climbs on top and steps over the line Something sits one level up, looking down — or steps clean over the ordinary line. English 5 uses

trans- træns trans- carries it clean across to the other side Something steps over a single line in the middle and ends up on the other side of it. English 5 uses

inter- ˈɪntər inter- steps into the gap between two things Two things face each other, and something moves into the empty space between them. English 5 uses

mis- mɪs mis- is the arrow that lands just off the mark Something travelling straight bends slightly and passes beside the place it should have hit. English 5 uses

co- koʊ co- puts one more person beside the job Beside the one already standing there, a second one comes up and stands shoulder to shoulder. English 5 uses

anti- ˈænti anti- holds a flat palm up against what is coming Something is pushing forward, and a flat palm is raised to face it head on. English 5 uses

ex- eks ex- sends what was inside out past the fence From inside something that encloses, a thing moves out past the edge. English 5 uses

-tion ʃən Where a moving action hardens into a block you can hold An action that was still moving sets hard on the spot and becomes a square block you can put on a desk and pick up. English 5 uses

-able əbəl -able puts a small door on a thing A small door is fitted to the thing; push it with your hand and it swings open and lets that in. English 5 uses

-ful fəl -ful is a bowl filled to the rim A bowl filled right up to its rim, the contents trembling as if about to spill. English 5 uses

-less ləs -less is the bowl you shake out and nothing falls You lift the bowl, turn it over and tap it, and nothing at all falls out. English 5 uses

-ish ɪʃ -ish smudges the edge with a fingertip A sharp ruled line is rubbed once with a fingertip, and its edge smears and goes soft. English 5 uses

-ize aɪz -ize turns the handle until it becomes that Something sitting still is turned by one handle until it becomes the state the front half names. English 5 uses

-ment mənt -ment is what is left behind when the doing is done The work finishes, the person steps back, and exactly one thing is left in that spot for a hand to pick up. English 5 uses

-ness nəs -ness scrapes off the quality and bags it The quality clinging to a person or a thing is scraped gently off and dropped into a bag with a name tag. English 5 uses

-ous əs -ous is a quality soaked through and giving off Like cloth lifted out of a dye bath, the quality has soaked through to the surface and gives itself off all around. English 5 uses

-ive ɪv -ive is already leaning toward doing it Not something sitting still, but something leaning forward, already moving to do that job. English 5 uses

-ary əri -ary is the box gathered around one thing One thing sits in the middle, and everything bound up with it is gathered into a single box around it. English 5 uses

-ly li -ly is a thin coat you put on an action A thin coat is put over the same action, so you can see the grain it travels with. English 5 uses

-er ər -er is the hand that took the job Someone steps in front of an action and takes it into their hand — and that someone can be a machine. English 5 uses

-ist ɪst -ist is a person standing in one place A person stands squarely in front of one field with a name badge, and does not leave that spot. English 5 uses