Name that Prefix
A prefix meaning without; added to the root path it makes the word mean without feeling.
What is a-?
The ____________ South refers to the time period in the United States before the Civil War.
What is antebellum?
The word dyslexia, meaning a neurobiological disorder that causes the brain to process letters wrong, is this part of speech.
What is a noun?
Not functioning or working properly.
What is dysfunctional?
I had to receive __________ through an ___________ line to fight the bacterial pneumonia because the infection had _________ my ability to breath.
What are antibiotics, intravenous, and impeded?
A prefix meaning against; added to the root dict- it makes the word mean to speak/say against oneself.
What is contra-?
The idea that our solar system is _____________ was presented by Nicholas Copernicus in 1543.
What is heliocentric?
The word counterclockwise, meaning moving in the opposite direction of a clock, is this part of speech.
What is an adjective?
A plant that turns to the sun.
What is a heliotrope?
The man was ___________ whether his car would actually ____________ park itself because he had never tried the feature before.
What are uncertain and automatically?
A prefix meaning extremely or beyond; when added to the word modern make the word mean extremely modern.
What is ultra-?
"Paul Bunyan was taller than all the trees in the forest" is an example of ________________, a literary device that means extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
The word predict, meaning to say before, is this part of speech.
What is a verb?
A word which is opposite in meaning to another.
What is an antonym?
During the __________ show, the announcer _____________ the audience that he would be giving details of the game, so if they had not watched, they should turn off their televisions.
What are postgame and forewarned?
A prefix meaning across; when added to the root word mis the word means to send across.
What is trans-?
The Mass Pike is an _______________ that allows travelers to drive from Massachusetts all the way to the West Coast.
What is an interstate?
The word Neolithic, describing the time of the Stone Age when new tools were created, is this part of speech.
What is an adjective?
Not having the ability to speak.
What is nonverbal?
While riding the ____________, the young boy was ___________ of staying calm because his fear of the dark took over when they went underground.
What are subway and incapable?
A prefix meaning down or out; when added to the root grad the word means to take a step down or back.
What is de-?
What is hypoallergenic?
The word transfer, meaning to carry across, is this part of speech.
What is a verb?
A person who is not able to read or write.
What is illiterate?
The man's _____________ or boss noticed an ____________ amount of money missing from the cash register and ___________ him without asking for an explanation.
What are supervisor, irregular, and dismissed?