3rd Nine Weeks Roots and Affixes

Match the following roots to their definition.

• go

• vac

• born

• ced

• empty

• nat

• free

• bio

• life

• liber

Match the following roots to their definition.

• god

• arid

• dry

• photo

• build

• loc

• light

• the

• place

• struc, struct

Match the following prefixes to their meaning.

• not, without; into

• di

• not, without

• a-, an-

• over, more

• il-, im-, ir-

• without

• in

• apart

• hyper

Match the following suffixes with their meaning.

• the study of

• -ology

• having the quality of, somewhat like

• -ish

• state of being

• -dom

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• to go before something else in time, order, place, or rank

• recede

• to mediate; to go between people to help them reach an agreement

• intercede

• to go or move back

• concede

• to yield to an opponent that one has lost; to give in; to admit that something is true and valid

• precede

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• a person who helps someone build knowledge

• deconstruction

• to build knowledge

• construction

• to build again

• instructor

• the act of taking down or destroying something that was built

• instruct

• what is built; buildings that are created or produced

• reconstruct

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• abnormally high blood pressure; having blood pressure over what is normal

• hyperactive

• an overstated comment, exaggeration

• hyperthermia

• very high fever; body temperature over and above what is normal and health

• hypersensitive

• overly sensitive; sensitivity beyond what is normal

• hypertension

• overly active, abnormally busy

• hyperbole

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• when people leave an area, usually due to an emergency of some kind

• vacuum

• being unoccupied

• vacancy

• a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation

• evacuate

• leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily

• vacate

• a space entirely devoid of matter.

• vacation

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• the quality or state of being wise

• wisdom

• the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint

• boredom

• the state of being a celebrity

• freedom

• the state of being bored, or pestered

• stardom

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• marked by intense agitation or emotion

• bookish

• extremely evil or cruel

• feverish

• characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading

• fiendish