Prefixes
Suffixes
Adding 'ion'
Derivations
Roots
100
These three words all share this prefix: unknown unaware uneasy
What is 'un'?
100
In these 3 words, this suffix means 'someone who does': creator visitor inventor
What is '-or'
100
This noun is created when adding 'ion' to the verb 'add.'
What is addition?
100
'Columnist' is derived from this word, where the 'n' is silent.
What is 'column'?
100
The Latin root of words like 'visual', 'invisible', and 'improvise'.
What is 'vis'?
200
These 2 prefixes, found in the words below, both mean 'not': uneasy undress informal inexpensive
What are 'un' and 'in'?
200
By adding this suffix to 'prison', you can make a word that means 'someone in a prison'.
What is '-er'?
200
The base word of 'composition'
What is compose?
200
'Designate' is derived from this word, where the 'g' is silent.
What is 'design'?
200
The meaning of the root 'phon', found in words like 'headphone', 'telephone', and 'symphony'?
What is 'hear'?
300
The word made when adding the prefix 'dis-' to a base-word that means 'truthful.'
What is 'dishonest'?
300
After adding a suffix that means 'someone who does' to this base word, the word 'finalist' is created.
What is 'final'
300
The letter that was dropped from the base-word to create the word 'multiplication'.
What is 'y'?
300
'Signature' is derived from this word, where the 'g' is silent.
What is 'sign'?
300
The meaning of the root 'trans', found in words like 'transport', 'translate', and 'transform'.
What is 'across'?
400
This prefix is used to make the word that means the opposite of 'inflate.'
What is 'de-'?
400
The base-word of 'guardian'
What is 'guard'?
400
Words like 'create', 'operate', and 'decorate' all drop this letter when 'ion' is added.
What is 'e'
400
'Pleasant' is derived from this word, where the 'ea' has a long 'e' sound.
What is 'please'?
400
The meaning of the root 'tract', found in words like 'tractor', 'extract', and 'attract'.
What is 'to pull'?
500
The number of times the letter S appears when adding the prefix 'mis' to the base-word 'spell'.
What is 2?
500
The letter that is dropped from the baseword of 'historian' when adding the suffix '-ian'.
What is 'y'?
500
In words like 'comprehend', 'invade' and 'explode', the 'd' changes to this letter when 'ion' is added.
What is 's'?
500
This word is derived from 'oppose', and the second 'o' takes on the 'schwa' sound.
What is 'opposition'?
500
The meaning of the root 'fract', found in words like 'fraction', 'fracture', and 'infraction'.
What is 'to break'?
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