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100

within, in

What is em-, en-?

100

the act or state of (nouns)

What is -ion?
100

small or less

What is min?

100

to take, catch, seize, hold, or receive

What is cept, cap, cip?

100

a bound morpheme that goes at the beginning of the word and changes the meaning

What is a prefix?

200

middle

What is mid-?

200

having or full of; forms adj.

What is -ous, -ious, -cious, -tious?

200

to stretch or strain

What is tend, tens, tent?

200

to speak, tell, say

What is dict, dic?

200

a bound morpheme that goes at the end of a word and changes the meaning

What is a suffix?

300

between, among, during

What is inter-, enter-?

300

one who, that which

What is -or?

300

to draw or pull

What is tract?

300

to send

What is mit, miss?

300

a bound morpheme that carries the bulk of the meaning of a word

What is a root?

400

after

What is post-?

400

having characteristics of; adjective or noun

What is -ic?

400

to break or burst

What is rupt?

400

to make or do

What is fac, fact, fect, fic?

400

the smallest unit of a word that still carries meaning

What is a morpheme?

500

before in time, rank, or position

What is fore-?

500

causing/making; tending to; quality of (n. or adj.)

What is -ive?

500

to move

What is mob, mot, mov?

500

to bring, bear, or yield

What is fer?

500

a bound morpheme at the beginning or end of a word or somewhere in between

What is an affix?