Prefixes
Nouns and adjectives
Verbs
WORDS
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This prefix means to be "in" or "into" or "towards"
What is In- or En-
100
The term ink pen is this kind of word. Aren't they all made of ink?
What is a misnomer?
100
If you want to throw something out, you can do this in a jiffy!
What is jettison?
100
This is something that serves to restrict. It can also be a restraint.
What is FETTERED?
100
There used to be a show on BET called Teen Summit that really informed young people on how to be change agents in their communities. It is now this.
What is defunct?
200
This prefix means to do something again.
What is Re-?
200
The progress of the fire is this. It spreads without any sense of direction.
What is insidious?
200
When the girl lost the competition, she cried profusely; it was really difficult to do this to her.
What is console?
200
Sometimes gossip magazines print stories that are this. You can't believe everything you read!
What is untenable?
200
As a part of her job's responsibility she lived this type of life as she traveled from place to place; she loved living out of her suitcase.
What is itinerant?
300
This prefix means "in favor of" or "in support of" or "to motion forward or away from".
What is Pro-?
300
The girl used these kinds of clues in the game, but we were were not fooled.
What is specious?
300
To win Olympic gold medals was a dream for Gabby Douglas; she set this as she entered the competition!
What is an endeavor?
300
I had a teacher one time whose voice reminded me of the Visine man. He gave this kind of feeling to our classroom. What a snooze!
What is soporific?
300
After all the time I have exhausted on this project, my teacher had to the nerve to take this kind of look at it.
What is cursory?
400
This prefix means "all over" or "completely".
What is Be-
400
Michael Jackson is this in the field of music. He is and will always be the KING of POP!
What is PREEMINENT?
400
I was so hot! I looked for shelter under a tree, but to no avail. I was unable to do this to the heat the my body felt.
What is Assauge?
400
The man had the greatest gift of gab. He used this to get his way.
What is rhetoric?
400
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr was this kind of child as he was already attending Morehouse College at the age of 16.
What is precocious?
500
This prefix means away from
What is Ab-
500
Sometimes I am just like a an owl--I'm a night person. But then most times I am this like a butterfly
What is diurnal?
500
When Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, he did this to slavery in eleven southern states.
What is eradicated?
500
Her weakness was lemon crumb pie. When it was time to fit into her new dress it didn't fit because she had become increasingly this.
What is corpulent?
500
If you attend The Great Debate in Harlem this weekend, you will see a great display of the participants' engagement in this. They aren't angry--they are just skilled.
What is polemics?
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