Affixes and Roots
Across
- 2. the suffix attached to words like "clock" or "length" to indicate direction or manner
- 3. the meaning denoted by "dem-" in words like "demography", "democracy" or "pandemic"
- 4. the meaning of the root "orn-" in words like "ornament", "adorn",
- 8. the meaning of the suffix "-less"
Down
- 1. the suffix that means "position", "power" or "skill" as found in "owner...", "kin...", "partner..."
- 2. the meaning of the root "aqu-" in words like "Aquarius","aqueduct" or "aquarium"
- 3. the prefix that indicates a sense of being "false" or "deceived"
- 5. the prefix that indicates "formerly"
- 6. the original meaning of the root "poli-" as in "cosmopolitan", "police" or "policy"
- 7. the prefix attached to nouns and verbs, meaning "bad, wrong,"
- 9. the meaning of the root "grav-" in words like "gravity", "grief" or "aggravate"