Prefixes
What is a prefix?
Answer: A group of letters attached to the beginning of a base word or root.
What does the Greek root nav mean?
Answer: ship
What does the root mem mean?
Answer: mind
What does the suffix -ive mean?
Answer: inclined to
Synonyms are words with…
Answer: similar meanings
What does the prefix il- mean?
Answer: in
What does the root cred mean?
Answer: believe
What do the roots scrib/scrip mean?
Answer: write
What part of speech are many words with the suffix -ive?
Answer: adjectives, nouns
Antonyms are words with…
Answer: opposite meanings
What meanings can the prefix im- have besides “not”?
Answer: in, into
What does the root anim mean?
Answer: life, spirit, mind
What does the root ordin/ord mean?
Answer: row, rank
Which word probably relates to ships: navigation, invisible, or memory?
Answer: navigation
What are shades of meaning?
Answer: Small differences in meaning or intensity between words
What meanings does the prefix in- have?
Answer: in, into
What does the root imag mean?
Answer: likeness
What are roots?
Answer: Word parts that cannot stand on their own.
Which word means “not legal”?
Answer: illegal
Why are shades of meaning important in writing?
Answer: They help writers choose more exact words.
What does the prefix ir- mean?
Answer: not
What does the Greek root path mean?
Answer: feeling
Which root would help you understand the word “memorize”?
Answer: mem
If someone is “expressive,” what does the suffix -ive tell you?
Answer: inclined to express
Why is understanding word relationships helpful?
Answer: It helps readers figure out unfamiliar words.