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This word means 'brutal' or without feeling.
What is insensate?
100
The Greek prefix that means "away, from; away from".
What is apo-?
100
A strong dislike.
What is ANTIPATHY?
100
Latin prefix(es) that mean "across, change"
What are TRA- and TRANS- ?
100
It goes toward the end of a word, after the base.
Where does a suffix go?
200
It is a prayer given, usually at the beginning of a ceremony or event.
What is an invocation?
200
The Latin prefixes that mean "away, from; away from".
What are a-, ab-, and abs- ?
200
A Greek prefix that means "against, opposite".
What is ANTI-
200
The Greek prefix(es) that mean "across, change".
What are META- and MET- ?
200
The meaning of the Latin suffixes -ESCE, -ESCENT, -ESCENCE.
What is "become, becoming" ?
300
It means acting on the spur of the moment.
What is impulsive?
300
A deviation... something out of the norm.
What is an ABERRATION?
300
The meaning of the Latin prefix ANTE-
What is "before"?
300
A condition where you can kind of see through it, but not clearly.
What is TRANSLUCENT?
300
The type(s) of roots found in the word FLORESCENCE.
What are bases and suffixes?
400
These are the two functions in- can do.
What are give direction (directional) and negate?
400
A word that means to refrain from or stay away from.
What is ABSTAIN?
400
The base root of this word means "war".
What is ANTEBELLUM ?
400
The best word to use in the blank: When the teacher compared life to a cactus, he was being _____.
What is the word METAPHORICAL ?
400
The type of personality that usually wins a person many friends.
What is EFFERVESCENT?
500
When a root has to change its spelling to fit with bases to make a word sound better – for example, in- becomes il- or ir- in certain situations.
What is assimilation?
500
The function(s) that the prefixes apo-, a-, ab-, and abs- serve.
What is directional or to show direction?
500
The base root of this word literally means "Great Flood".
What is ANTEDILUVIAN?
500
The meaning of the base root in the word METAMORPHOSIS.
What is "shape, form"?
500
The type(s) of roots found in the word CONVALESCE.
What are prefixes, bases, and suffixes?