Word Study #9

The prefix ab- means "away, from, or off." Absent, for example, means "________ or not present." Absolve means "to declare free from blame or guilt."

• away

• not away

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The word that means "to cast off" is _______.

• abdicate

• abstract

• abscess

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The word that means "breaking off suddenly" is ___________.

• abrupt

• absorb

• abstain

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The word that means "to do away with something" is ____________.

• absentee

• abolish

• abroad

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

From the examples we have just studied, we can tell that the prefix __________ means "away, from, or off."

• mis-

• ab-

• com-

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The prefix de- means "down, away from, off, or the opposite of." Demolish for example, means "to pull down or destroy." Dethrone means "to _____ the throne." Decamp means "to go away from or leave camp."

• force down from

• put on

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The word that means "to go down" is ____.

• descend

• deflect

• detach

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The word that means "to spread or distribute authority" is ___________.

• decentralize

• describe

• define

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The word that means "to go ashore from a vessel" is __________.

• debark

• determine

• depend

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

From the examples we have just studied, we can tell that the prefix _______ means "down, away from, off, or the opposite of."

• un-

• de-

• mal-

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A