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Vocab Help
Prefixes, Suffixes, Roots
Term | Definition |
---|---|
anti- | against |
bi- | two |
dis- | away, not |
mis- | wrong |
non - | not |
pre- | before |
re- | again |
semi- | half |
sub- | under |
un- | not |
-able | capable of |
-dom | state or condition of |
-en | made of or related to |
-ful | full of |
-hood | state of, a group of |
-ish | have the characteristics of |
-less | lacking |
-ly | sharing qualities of |
-ness | state of |
-ous | like |
context clues | look at other words around the word to help figure out meaning |
euphemism | using mild words instead of possibly offensive or unpleasant terms to describe something |
denotation | dictionary definition |
connotation | feelings that are associated with the word |