Flashcards on Water-Related Terms and Suffixes

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Root: hydr (water)

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Hydr is a root word meaning water.

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Dehydrated

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Adjective meaning the state in which a large amount of water has been lost or removed.

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Hydrant

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Noun meaning a pipe in or near the street that provides water, especially for putting out fires.

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Hydrate

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Verb meaning to add water or moisture to something; to supply something with water.

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Hydraulic

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Adjective meaning operated by the pressure of a fluid.

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Hydroplane

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Verb meaning to slide on a wet road because a thin layer of water on the road causes the tires to lose contact with it.

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Suffix: -ance, -ence (state, condition)

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These suffixes indicate a state or condition.

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Maintenance

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Noun meaning the act of maintaining something or someone; the act of causing something to exist or continue without changing.

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Consequence

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Noun meaning something that happens as a result of a particular action or set of conditions.

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Ambivalence

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Noun meaning a state of having very different feelings about someone or something at the same time.