SPELLING.

THE MORE DIFFICULT WORDS OF THREE

SYLLABLES IN COMMON USE.

LIST OF THE MORE COMMON PREFIXES
AND AFFIXES.

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PREFIXES.

** A PREFIX means a word, syllable, or letter put at the beginning of another word.

SAXON OR ENGLISH PREFIXES.

A, in, on, as abed, in bed; afoot, on foot.

BE, before, as bespeak, to speak beforehand.

BE, to take away, as behead, to take the head from. EN, in, into, on, to make, as encase, to put in or into a case; enthrone, to place on a throne; enlarge, to make large—that is, to put into the state of large

ness.

FOR, from, away, against, as forbid, to bid away.
FORE, before, as foresee, to sec beforehand.

Mis, amiss, ill, wrong, as misbehave, to behave ill.
OUT, beyond, as outrun, to run beyond.

OVER, over, above, beyond, as overhead, over or above the head; overcharge, to charge beyond what is right. UN, not, as unhappy, not happy; undress, to take off the dress.

UNDER, under, below, as underlie, to lie under or below. WITH, against, back, as withstand, to stand against; withdraw, to draw back.