Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes Lesson 3: cred, de-, dis-

to cause someone to lose respect or approval

• decline

• disgrace

• displace

• deprive

to not allow to have or keep something; to take away something

• deprive

• decline

• disgrace

• decode

an antonym for disgrace

• poverty

• mistake

• approval

• ashamed

a statement of beliefs or ideals that guides a group

• decline

• creditor

• credential

• creed

The rude and unpleasant mayor was a ____ to the community.

• decline

• creditor

• decode

• disgrace

a synonym for creditor

• customer

• lender

• infant

• exact

Freddy was unhappy that his bank account was in _____, and he knew he had to get a job in order to pay his rent.

• decline

• displace

• deprive

• disgrace

an antonym for decode

• skillset

• hidden

• encode

• sheepish

to become lower in quality or less in number

• disprove

• decode

• decline

• deprive

The teacher helped to student to ___________ the difficult word and make sense of the reading passage.

• disgrace

• displace

• decline

• decode