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Word Parts are also known as this.
What is AFFIXES
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Words that are opposites.
What are ANTONYMS?
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To question the meaning and circumstances around an unknown word to determine its meaning.
What is USING LOGIC?
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To give a list, helping to define a word.
What is giving examples?
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Two words that mean the same thing.
What are SYNONYMS?
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These change the meaning of a word, and can be found at the beginning.
What are PREFIXES
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Signals that an opposite word is coming up in the sentence.
What are signal words like, however, but, yet, in contrast to, and others?
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The surprise party was a FIASCO since Judy knew about it all along. The meaning of the word FIASCO?
What is FLOP, DUD, DISAPOINTMENT?
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ly, ic, tion, ed, est, ing, es, are examples of
What are suffixes?
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These marks may set off a synonym in a sentence.
What are punctuation marks?
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These mean, ONE, TWO, THREE.
What is UNI, BI, TRI?
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Jane is lively and outgoing, but her sister is very INTROVERTED. INTROVERTED means....
What is shy or quiet?
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The IRATE customer refused to pay for the broken Ipad and insisted on speaking to a manager immediately about the problem. IRATE means...
What is ANGRY?
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Using the example strategy, define the word CARNIVOROUS-- Carnivorous animals, lions, tigers and bears, all roam the woods at night.
What is --animals that hunt for other animals.
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The synonyms in this sentence-- The dilapidated, worn down house will be sold Friday.
What is dilapidated and worn down?
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This is the word part that can't be broken down into any other word part.
What are ROOT or BASE WORDS?
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The antonyms in the following sentence..... The store usually sells only fresh floral arrangements, but today everything looked withered.
What is FRESH and WITHERED?
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The burglary was foiled when the police were told about it the day before it happened. How could you determine what the word "FOILED" means?
What is -- figuring out what would happen if the police were told about a crime before it happened?
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Billy's apparel, blue jeans, t-shirt and cap, were all very old and worn looking. What is APPAREL?
What is CLOTHING?
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The judge granted the men amnesty, setting them free immediately. Amnesty means....
What is to go free?
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The place where most prefixes and suffixes come from.
What are GREEK and LATIN words?
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Our schools are all integrated now, but in the 60's black children were separated from white students. The meaning of the word "Integrated"
What is TO COME TOGETHER?
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The gloomy, DISMAL weather continued for three days after the hurricane came through. The sun never came out once. Define DISMAL
What is dark, sad, gloomy?
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Reference materials examples.
What is -- the dictionary, thesaurus, glossary, internet and others?
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She was averse to the decision, against everything it stood for. Averse means
What is against?