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HMS ELA Voc U9 Affixes

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  • What does the root word "hosp" mean?
    guest
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  • What does the root "onym" mean?
    name
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  • What does the root "host" mean?
    stranger, enemy
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  • A place where sick or injured people are given car or treatment and where babies are often born.
    hospital
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  • generous and friendly to guests or visitors
    hospitable
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  • a word that is spelled and pronounced like another word but is different in meaning
    homonym
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  • a word that has the same or similar meaning as another word in the same language
    synonym
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  • a word with a meaning that is opposite to the meaning of another word
    synonym
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  • a word with a meaning that is opposite to the meaning of another word
    antonym
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  • not named or identified; made or done by someone unknown
    anonymous
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  • a name for something that is formed from the first letter of each of the words in a title
    acronym
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  • a name a person, such as a writer, uses instead of his or her real name
    pseudonym
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  • not friendly; having or showing unfriendly feelings; harsh or unpleasant
    hostile
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  • a person who is captured by someone who demands that certain things be done before the captured person is freed
    hostage
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  • What does the roots words "mob/mot" mean?
    move
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  • What does the root word "tract" mean?
    pull, draw
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