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The words dislike, disinterest, and disappear all have the prefix "dis-". What is the meaning of the prefix "dis-"?
The prefix "dis-" means "not".
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The suffix "-less" can be found in the words careless, hopeless, and ageless. What does the suffix "-less" mean?
The suffix "-less" means "without".
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The Greek root "photo" can be found in the words: photograph, telephoto, and photosynthesis. What is the meaning of the root "photo"?
The Greek root "photo" means "light".
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The Latin root "cred" can be found in these words: crediable, incrediable, credit. What does the root "cred" mean?

The Latin root "cred" means "to believe".

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What is the difference between a prefix and a suffix?

prefixes are added to the front of the word to change its meaning where suffixes are added to the end of a word. 

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The words prefix, predict, and precook all have the prefix "pre-". What is the meaning of the prefix "pre-"?
The meaning of the prefix "pre-" is "before".
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The words taller, fatter, shorter  all share the suffix "-er". What is the meaning of the suffix "-er".

The suffix "-er" means "more".

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What is the meaning of the Greek root "bio"? Hint: biology, biography, autobiography
The Greek root "bio" means "life"
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What does the Latin root "port" mean? Hint: transport, portable, import, export
The Latin root "port" means "to carry".
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True or false: the latin root mit/miss means to know?

false: mit/ miss means to send, the latin root sci means to know. 

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The prefix "re-" can be found in the words restate, reread, and redo. What is the meaning of the prefix "re-"?

The prefix "re-" means "back or again".

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What does the suffix "-est" mean? Hint: biggest, tallest, longest

The suffix "-est" means "most ".

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The Greek root "geo" can be found in the words: geography, geologist, geothermal. What does the root "geo" mean?
The Greek root "geo" means "earth".
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The Latin root "aud" can be found in the words: audio, audience, audible. What does the root "aud" mean?
The Latin root "aud" means "hear".
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What does the prefix un mean? 
Not or opposite of. 
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The prefix "de-" can be found in the words decompose, deconstruct, and decrease. What does the prefix "de-" mean?

The prefix "de-" means "down or away from".

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The suffixes "-er" and "-or" share the same meaning. What is that meaning? Hint: doctor, teacher, pastor
The suffixes "-er" and "-or" mean "one who".
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What is the meaning of the Greek root "phon"? Hint: phonics, telephone, microphone
The Greek root "phon" means "sound".
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What does the Latin root "dict" mean? HINT: dictate, contradict, predict
The Latin root "dict" means "speak".
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What is the root that means irration fear or hatrid of? 

The greek root phobia 

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The words nonfiction, nosense, and nonfat, all share the prefix "non-". What does this prefix mean?

The prefix "non-" means "not or negative".

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What is the meaning of the suffix "-ness"? Hint: kindness, bitterness, faithfulness
The suffix "-ness" means "state, condition, or quality of" Having the quality of something means you can describe someone or something as having that characteristic. For example, someone who shows kindness has the characteristic of being kind. They are a "kind" person.
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The Greek root "meter" can be found in the words: centimeter, kilometer, and millimeter. What does the root "meter" mean?
The root "meter" means "measure".
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The Latin root "ject" can be found in these words: projection, eject, interject. What does the root "ject" mean?
The Latin root "ject" means "to throw".
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Give me ANY 7 prefixes,suffixes, or roots and their meaning. 

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