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Roots & meanings
Prefixes
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Finding the Meaning
Potpourri
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The root of the word awkwardly is _____________.

What is awkward.

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What does the prefix bi- mean?
What is two.
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The meaning of the suffix -ful is ___________.
What is full of.
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As a child, Ethan loved to learn about fish and underwater volcanoes, so his mom was not surprised when he went to college to learn about oceanography. What does oceanography mean?
What is the science of (or the study of) the ocean.
100

What is an affix?

What is, a word you add to a root word to alter or change the meaning at the beginning and/or end? (Prefixes and Suffixes)

200

The root word in "meaningful" is ________.

What is mean?

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What does the prefix co- mean?
What is together.
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What does the suffix -less mean?
What is without.
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The problem with the television is that some wires got disconnected inside. What is the meaning of disconnected?
What is no longer connected.
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What is the difference between prefixes and suffixes?

What is, prefixes come before the root word, and suffixes come after the root word.

300

The Latin meaning of the root word in bilingual (lingua) is ________.

What is having two tongues? 

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The prefix auto-means __________.
What is self.
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What suffix means is or can be?
What is -able/-ible.
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The noise level from next door was so loud that it was no longer tolerable. What is the meaning of tolerable?
What is able to tolerate or put up with.
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What is a root word?

What is the most basic part of a word?

400

The root word that means "life" is ___________.

What is bio.

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The prefix fore- means ___________.
What is before.
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The suffix -ed means ____________.

What is past tense/it already happened?

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When I asked Dwayne why he was wearing a long-sleeve shirt and putting on sunscreen, he told me that he is on a medication that makes him hypersensitive to sunlight. What does hypersensitive mean?
What is super sensitive.
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Give 5 examples of a prefix
What is answers may vary.
500

The root word "bene" in beneficial means __________.

What is good?

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The prefix anti- means _______.
What is against.
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The suffix "ing" means ______________.

What is going on, or was going on, or will be going on? (Happening) 

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Monica wanted to win the spelling contest, but in an unmalicious way. What does unmalicious mean?
What is not malicious, or not mean/evil.
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Give 5 examples of suffix.
What is answers may vary.