Week 4 Morphemes

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-ful

Back

"full of"

colorful - full of color

beautiful - full of beauty

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-less

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"without"

hopeless - without hope

fearless - without fear

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-ish

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"somewhat"

childish - somewhat like a child

snobbish - somewhat snobby

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-cracy

Back

"ruled or governed by"

democracy - rule by the people

aristocracy - rule by a privileged group

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-hood

Back

"condition of being"

falsehood - being false (a lie)

neighborhood - condition of having neighbors

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-ic

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"relating to (the root word)"

historic - relating to history

moronic - relating to morons