Prefixes
A prefix added to the word “historic” to indicate a period before recorded history.
What is “pre-?”
The city that is home to Batman.
What is “Gotham City?”
This base element means “to break, or burst.”
What is <rupt>?
The mountain where the Gods of the Greek Pantheon live and hold court.
What is “Mount Olympus?”
This suffix makes some verbs past tense.
What is “-ed?”
You can add this prefix to the word “planetary,” to indicate travel “between planets.”
What is “inter-?”
The country that is ruled by T’Challa, known by Marvel fans as The Black Panther.
What is “Wakanda?”
Daily Double: These base elements that we have discussed in class are free base elements, meaning that they are words on their own without affixes. Double points for both!
What are “form,” and “port?”
The mythological ancient city that sank into the ocean
What is “Atlantis?”
Add this suffix to a word to indicate an action being done in the present tense.
What is “-ing?”
Add this prefix to the word “ordinate” to indicate someone or something that is dependent, or lower in rank.
What is “sub-?”
“Stranger Things” happen here in this fictional Indiana Town.
What is “Hawkins?”
Add the prefix “pre-” to this base element that means “to say,” to make a word that means to accurately say or estimate how something in the future will occur.
What is <dict>, as in “predict?”
The legendary capital of King Arthur’s court.
What is “Camelot?”
Add this suffix to indicate something that is “related to,” or has “characteristics of.” Like beauty or crime.
What is “-al?” Like “beautiful,” or “criminal.”
You can use this prefix to make a word meaning a downward slope.
What is “de-,” as in “decline?”
The fictional place where you can find the Great Eye of Sauron watching from the tower of Barad-Dur. C’mon y’all don’t let Mr. Mcguire down.
What is “Mordor?”
Add this base element meaning “to send” to the stable syllable “-sion” to get a word for an important quest, journey or undertaking.
What is <mis>, as in “mission?”
Sherwood Forest was home to this legendary archer who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor.
Who was “Robin Hood?”
This suffix denotes a state of something. Like being “happy,” or “fit.”
What is “-ness?” Like “happiness,” or “fitness.”
100 points for each prefix you can name that means “not.” Up to 800 possible points.
What are “un-,” in/im/il/ir-, dis/dif-, and non-?”
The fictional town from television’s The Simpsons.
What is “Springfield?”
This base element means “to see.” I’ll take any of the many variations.
What are “<spect/spec/spic>, or <vid/vis/vise>?
Odysseus famously constructed a giant horse to infiltrate and sack this city in Homer’s Iliad
What is “Troy?”
This suffix indicates the absence or diminished amount of something. Like “hope” or “sleep.”
What is “-less?” Like “hopeless,” or “sleepless.”