WSAS
HORROR
THE GIVER
FAIRY TALES
PREFIXES/SUFFIXES
100

What is a person who flees their country called?

What is a refugee?

100

What does it mean to be annoyed?

What is to be vexed?

100

What does it mean to be scrupulous?

What is being very careful and precise?

100

What does it mean to writhe?

What is to twist or squirm in pain?

100

What does the prefix "mis-" imply?

What is wrong or badly?

200


Describe a place that is not urban.

 What is rural?

200

What word describes something that stands out clearly?

What is distinctness?

200

What is an emblem?

What is a symbol that represents something?

200

Describe something that is meager.

What is something that is lacking in quantity or quality?

200

 Give an example of a word that uses the prefix "ex-."

What is ex...?

300


What word means extremely impressed or amazed?

What is impressed?

300

If someone is enthralled, how do they feel?

What is captivated or fascinated?

300

Describe a fleeting moment.

What is a moment that passes quickly?

300

What does peril refer to?

What is serious and immediate danger?

300

What does the suffix "-ous" suggest about a word?

 What is full of or having qualities of?

400


If someone is obsessed, how do they feel about something?

What is they have an intense preoccupation with it?

400

What does audacity mean?

What is boldness or daring, often with disregard for personal safety?

400

 What is the meaning of assuage?

What is to relieve or lessen?

400

What does it mean to provide solace?

What is to offer comfort in times of grief or distress?

400

Give an example of a word that uses the suffix "-ist."

What is ...-ist?

500

What does it mean to resettle?

What is to settle in a new place after leaving one's home?

500

Define resignation in the context of giving up.

What is accepting something undesirable but inevitable?

500

What does it mean to chastise someone?

What is to scold or criticize them harshly?

500

 Define haphazard.

What is lacking any obvious principle of organization?

500

What does the prefix "ir-" suggest?

What is "not"?