Vocab Words
Prefixes
Root Words
Suffixes
Literary Terms
100
Consider
What is deem to be
100
ab- Example:abdicate
What is away from
100
ambi Example: ambidextrous
What is both, on both, sides, around
100
-able Example: excitable
What is able to be
100
Pun
What is a play on words using words that are similar in sound but have very different meanings
200
Minute
What is infinitely or immeasurably small
200
be- Example:bemuse
What is completely
200
cent Example:centennial
What is hundred, hundredth
200
-cycle Example: tricycle
What is circle, wheel
200
Hyperbole
What is an overstatement or exaggeration of fact.
300
Accord
What is concurrence of opinion
300
Prefix
What is a word or letter placed before another
300
fer Example:confer
What is bear, bring, carry
300
-ful Example: helpful
What is full of
300
Cliche
What is A familiar expression that has been overused.
400
Commit
What is to perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
400
contra- Example: contraceptive
What is against, opposite
400
oxi/oxy Example: oxymoron
What is sharp
400
-iatric Example: pediatric
What is healing practice
400
Alliteration
What is the repetition of similar sounds at the beginning of words
500
Utter
What is without qualification
500
ante- Example:antecedent
What is before, preceding
500
acro Example: acrobat
What is top, height, tip, beginning
500
-esque Example: grotesque
What is in the style of
500
Motif
What is a recurring structure or idea that develops a literary work's main points
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