1. The word “breath” received the _____________ “-able” at the end of it in order to change its meaning.

1. The word “happy” received the _________________ “un” at the beginning in order to change its meaning.

1. A ____________ was added onto the root word in order to change its meaning.

1. When trying to figure out the meaning of an unknown word, you need to look at its ________ in the sentence.

1. Belli is a root word that means

1. The costumer became quite ________________ when his order was messed up.

1. Byron in The Watsons Go to Birmingham is very ______________ he always does the opposite of what he is told and loves defying authority.

1. The ______________ period in the southern US before the Civil War was a time of big cotton plantations and slavery.

1. It’s a stereotype that teenage boys are often ________________ always looking for a fight.

1. I want to study aeronautical engineering when I go to college and have a career designing fighter jets. The prefix aero means

1. Several people became ill after drinking water from the aquifer located under the chemical plant. The prefix aqua means __________

1. Be sure to include a bibliography – or a list of your sources – with your research paper. The prefix biblio means

1. My daughter is studying biology and hopes to get a job studying viruses and other living organisms that make people sick at the CDC. The prefix bio means . . .

1. All stories are written in chronological order. They all have a beginning, middle, and end, and event follow in order. Chrono is a prefix meaning ______________

1. We live in a country with a representative democracy, which is a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. The prefix dem means ____________.

1. Geography is the study of the earth. What does the prefix geo mean?

1. Did you know that people’s hair and nails continue to grow post-mortem?

Mort is a prefix meaning _____________

1. The earth is divided into two hemispheres. What does the prefix hemi mean?

1. People who study microbiology have to use microscopes to see the organisms they are studying. Micro is a prefix meaning ____________________

1. There were many antiwar protestors in the 1960s. What does anti mean?

1. Plants go through a process of photosynthesis using sunlight to make their own food. What does the prefix photo mean?

1. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, which allowed people to talk to other people who were far away from them. What does the prefix tele mean?

1. In elementary school, before you learn to read, you must learn phonics so you will know how to say the words. Phon means?

1. Some people just aren’t interested in politics – they are apolitical. The prefix a before a word means _______________________

1. Anthropology is the study of humans. The suffix logy means___________________

1. An adherent is one who adheres to a particular belief system. The suffix ent means ___________.

1. The lioness is the one who goes out and hunts the food for the pride. The suffix ess means ________.

1. In seventh grade you will study Judaism, Hinduism, Taoism, and Buddhism in social studies. What does the suffix ism mean?

1. A microbiologist studies small living organisms. The suffix ist means _______________.