Lexicon Reveiw- 8-1/8-3

Pre

100

What is the meaning of the prefix pre?

Before or Earlier

200

What is the stem in the word prejudice?

Judice 

300

Name 2 common words that start with the prefix pre

Preheat and Predict

400

Write a word sum for the word 'precaution'.

pre+caut+ion=precaution

500

A person or thing that comes before another of the same kind

precursor

Inter

100

What is the meaning of the prefix inter?

Between 

200

Does the word interview mean talking to yourself?

No

300

Does the word interrogate mean to ask questions of someone, (especially a suspect or a prisoner)?

Yes

400

Finish the sentence: We _______ the conversation with our hilarious jokes. 

Interjected

500

Is the prefix inter a Latin root or an Anglo Saxon root?

Latin root 

Fore

100

How many syllables does the prefix fore have?

1

200

What is the meaning of the prefix fore?

Before

300

What word means to warn in advance, before

Forewarn

400

What fore- word? The tennis ball hit up front by the net and was impossible to hit back. 

forecourt

500

What is a word that means to cause something to be delayed?

forestall

Suffixes

100

I mean 'act of, state of, result of'

-ment

200

How many suffixes are in this amazing sentence?

Two

300

'One who or that which'

-er or -or

400

When I'm added to a root, I can create an adverb (most likely) or an adjective (less likely)

-ly

500

When I'm added to a noun, I create an adjective

-ful

Prefixes

100

I mean 'not or negative'

non-

200

When do you use the spelling dif instead of dis?

when the root of the word begins with the letter f (eg. difficult)

300

What are the 3 chameleon prefixes for in-?

im, il, ir

400

The spelling of the prefix in- becomes im- if the root begins with any of these 3 letters:

b, m, p

500

What is a word that has more than one prefix?

Answers may vary (Ex: uninterrupted)