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Flashcard 1: What does the prefix "non-" mean in a word such as "nonsense"?
Answer: Not. This prefix creates a negative or absence of something.
Flashcard 2: What does the prefix "over-" mean in a word such as "overcook"?
Answer: Too much; too much of. This prefix indicates excess or going beyond normal limits.
Flashcard 3: What does the prefix "under-" mean in a word such as "underpay"?
Answer: Too little; below. This prefix indicates insufficiency or being beneath something.
Flashcard 4: What does the suffix "-ly" mean in a word such as "quickly"?
Answer: In a way that; how something is done. This suffix turns adjectives into adverbs describing manner.
Flashcard 5: What does the prefix "sub-" mean in a word such as "submarine"?
Answer: Under; below. This prefix indicates a position beneath or lower than something.
Flashcard 6: What does the suffix "-er" mean in a word such as "teacher"?
Answer: A person who does something. This suffix creates nouns for people who perform actions.
Flashcard 7: What does the suffix "-est" mean in a word such as "tallest"?
Answer: The most; highest degree. This suffix forms the superlative degree of adjectives.
Flashcard 8: What does the prefix "un-" mean in a word such as "unhappy"?
Answer: Not; the opposite of. This prefix reverses or negates the meaning of the base word.
Flashcard 9: What does the prefix "re-" mean in a word such as "redo"?
Answer: Again; back. This prefix indicates repetition or returning to a previous state.
Flashcard 10: What does the prefix "mis-" mean in a word such as "misplace"?
Answer: Wrongly; incorrectly. This prefix indicates an error or incorrect action.
Flashcard 11: Identify the prefix in "dislike" and state its meaning.
Answer: dis-; not; opposite of. The prefix at the beginning creates a negative meaning.
Flashcard 12: Identify the suffix in "helpful" and state its meaning.
Answer: -ful; full of. The ending creates an adjective meaning having much help.
Flashcard 13: Identify the suffix in "happiness" and state its meaning.
Answer: -ness; a state or quality. The ending turns "happy" into a noun describing the condition.
Flashcard 14: What does the suffix "-tion" mean in words such as "action"?
Answer: the act or process of. This suffix forms nouns from verbs to show an action or result.
Flashcard 15: What does the suffix "-ly" mean in words such as "quickly"?
Answer: in a way (forms an adverb). This suffix turns adjectives into adverbs describing manner.
Flashcard 16: What does the suffix "-able" mean in words such as "readable"?
Answer: can be; able to be. This suffix creates adjectives meaning capable of being done.
Flashcard 17: What does the suffix "-able" mean in a word such as "readable"?
Answer: Able to be; can be. This suffix creates adjectives meaning capable of being done.
Flashcard 18: What does the prefix "non-" mean in words such as "nonsmoker"?
Answer: not. This prefix creates a negative or absence of something.
Flashcard 19: What does the suffix "-ment" mean in a word such as "enjoyment"?
Answer: The act or result of an action. This suffix creates nouns from verbs to show results or processes.
Flashcard 20: What does the suffix "-ness" mean in a word such as "kindness"?
Answer: A state or quality. This suffix turns adjectives into nouns describing conditions.
Flashcard 21: What does the suffix "-s" mean in a word such as "cats"?
Answer: More than one (plural). This suffix makes singular nouns plural.
Flashcard 22: What does the suffix "-tion" mean in a word such as "action"?
Answer: The act or process. This suffix turns verbs into nouns showing actions or states.
Flashcard 23: What does the prefix "pre-" mean in a word such as "preview"?
Answer: Before. This prefix indicates something happens earlier in time or position.
Flashcard 24: What does the prefix "dis-" mean in a word such as "disagree"?
Answer: Not; opposite of. This prefix reverses or removes the meaning of the base word.
Flashcard 25: What does the prefix "inter-" mean in a word such as "interact"?
Answer: Between; among. This prefix indicates a relationship or connection between things.
Flashcard 26: What does the suffix "-ful" mean in a word such as "helpful"?
Answer: Full of; having. This suffix creates adjectives meaning characterized by something.
Flashcard 27: What does the suffix "-less" mean in a word such as "careless"?
Answer: Without. This suffix creates adjectives meaning lacking something.
Flashcard 28: What does the suffix "-er" mean in words such as "teacher"?
Answer: a person who does something. This suffix creates nouns for people who perform actions.
Flashcard 29: What does the suffix "-less" mean in words such as "careless"?
Answer: without. This suffix creates adjectives meaning lacking something.
Flashcard 30: What does the suffix "-ful" mean in words such as "hopeful"?
Answer: full of. This suffix creates adjectives meaning having a lot of something.