Affixes: Prefixes Unit 1-3

a thin sheet of material forming a partition;

a dome-shaped, muscular partition separating the thorax from the abdomen in mammals

• diaphragm

• dialect

• persistent

• perforate

a straight line passing from side to side through the center of a body or figure, especially a circle or sphere

• permeable

• dialect

• persistent

• diameter

identify the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms

• diagnose

• dialect

• persistent

• perceive

a form of a language that is spoken in a particular area and that uses some of its own words, grammar, and pronunciations

• diagnose

• dialect

• persistent

• perceive

describing a material or membrane that allows liquids or gases to pass through it

• permeable

• persistent

• diagnose

• diaphragm

to interpret or see someone or something in a particular way

• perceive

• diagnose

• persistent

• percolated

pierce and make a hole or holes in

• perforate

• persistent

• diagnose

• dialect

continuing to do something or to try to do something even though it is dicult or other people want you to stop

• persistent

• diaphragm

• dialect

• permeable

filter gradually through a porous surface or substance

• percolate

• pervasive

• dialect

• diagnose

spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people

• pervasive

• dialect

• diagnose

• permeable