Prefix Definitions
The position where prefixes are always located.
What is before the root word.
The prefix meaning bad or wrong.
What is mis?
True or false: All words have prefixes and suffixes.
False! MOST words have prefixes or suffixes (or both) but ALL words do not have prefixes or suffixes.
The suffix meaning, without.
What is -less?
debunk
What is the expose the falseness of something?
re-
What is back or again; anew, against?
not or opposite of; in or on
What is the prefix in, im, il, ir
The suffix -ful means "without"
False! The suffix -ful means "full of". Examples: hopeful, useful, joyful.
a person who is a native or a resident of a specific place
What is the suffix -ite?
decelerate
What is, to slow down or cause to slow down?
pre-
What is before?
The prefix meaning not, opposite or apart
What is the prefix dis-?
A word can have both a prefix and a suffix.
True: unfriendly, disconnected, replayed, distasteful.
to make, to apply, to operate on
What is the suffix -ate?
abdicate
What is to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility or the like, especially in a formal manner.
dis-
not, opposite or apart
These 2 prefixes mean 2 of something.
What is bi and di?
A word can have more than one suffix.
True: respectfully, powerfully
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abyss
What is, a deep and seemingly bottomless chasm?
un-
What is not or opposite of; to undo or reverse
The suffix meaning able to.
What is -able/-ible?
A word can have more than one prefix.
True: Misrepresent
an act or a process; a function or an office, or a body performing a function?
What is-ure?
anagram
What is, word or phrase formed from another by transposing the letters.