Solving Roots and Affixes

Which of the following words uses the same meaning of the prefix "re-" as in the word "retrace"?

• reheat

• read

• regroup

• redo

Which words have the same prefixes that mean "not" or "opposite of"?

• dishonest

• impatiently

• exclaimed

• uncomfortable

• responsible

What is the base word for semicircle?

• circle

• semi

• le

• semicircle

• story of someone's life

• life after graduating college

• life of a scientist

• study of living things

• full of

• against

• not

• without

What is the suffix in the word "farming"?

• far

• ming

• ing

• farm

Although he spent hours working on his model of Earth, it was still an imperfect circle.

Which other word has the same use of the prefix -im?

• important

• impolite

• thimble

• reaim

Which words have the same prefix as the word independent?

• inactive

• incentive

• inable

• increase

What is the root word in the word disagree?

• dis

• ree

• agree

• gree

Which word uses the suffix -est the same way as the word largest?

• best

• nests

• forest

• hottest