Prefixes/Root word/ Suffix
This prefix means in, on or onto.
What is the prefix in-?
This word means... Without vegetation or life, not able to produce or reproduce.
What is barren?
Being able or attempting to make someone believe something that is not true.
What is... deceptive?
A strong disagreement or contention
What is dissension?
to give in; surrender
what is yield?
This Root word means breathe or blow into.
What is Spir/ Spiro?
This word means... to cause to feel ashamed or embarrassed.
What is Abash?
Being one of two or more possibilities.
What is alternate?
to make worse or annoy
What is aggravate?
able to change facts to unfairly benefit oneself
what is manipulative?
This suffix means characterized by...
What is -some?
This word means... strong powerful wind
What is gale?
Establishing a contrasting position.
What is opposing?
A way to describe how the pieces of an argument work together to form the whole
what is logic?
to make worse or annoy
what is aggravate?
This suffix means fact or condition of being.
What is -dom
This word means... A piece of writing organized into separate lines or stanzas.
What is a poem?
Marking the beginning, launching or opening of a new activity, venture, or period in office.
What is Inaugural?
a descendant or offspring such as a child
What is a progeny?
bringing together for the purpose of side by side comparison or contrast.
What is Juxtaposition?
These serve as the base for words containing a suffix or prefix.
What is a Root word?
This word means an order or decree proclaimed by someone in authority.
What is an Edict?
What is manipulative?
When someone misspeaks by using a word that sounds familiar to the correct word but whose meaning is inappropriate.
What is Malapropism?
When someone misspeaks by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word but whose meaning is inappropriate.
What is Malapropism?