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Affixes - Beginning Review

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    Morphology
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  • What does the suffix -full mean?
    Full of
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  • What is a suffix?
    A group of letters that comes after the root or base word
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  • What is a prefix?
    A group of letters that comes before a root or base word
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  • What does the prefix over- mean?
    Too much!!
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  • What does the prefix mid- mean?
    Middle
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  • What does the prefix non- mean?
    Not
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  • What does the prefix under- mean?
    Under or below
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  • What does the suffix -ed mean?
    Past Tense
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  • What do the suffixes -s, -es mean?
    More than one - plural
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  • What does the suffix -y mean?
    Characterized by. (e.g. happy, funny, silly)
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  • What is an affix?
    A group of letters that you add before or after the root word
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  • What is a root word?
    A core word part that cannot be broken down further into smaller meaningful parts and needs a prefix, suffix or both to make a word. (e.g. aud)
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  • What is a base word?
    A word that cannot be broken down into smaller parts... it stands alone (e.g. kind)
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  • What does the prefix de- mean?
    Opposite (e.g. defrost/ decontaminate)
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  • What does the affix -ance mean?
    the action, process, or result of, or the state or condition of
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  • What does the affix -ure mean?
    the act, process, function or condition of
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