Grade 11 Prefix, Suffixes, and Roots

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exo

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Meaning: Outside

Example: exotic

Definition: originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country:

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Macro-Makros

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Meaning: long or large

Example: macroscopic

Definition: visible to the naked eye; not microscopic.

• relating to large-scale or general analysis.

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se

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Meaning: apart

Example: sedition

Definition: conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch

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sol

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Meaning: to loosen

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Acid

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Meaning: sour

Example: acidic

Definition: having the properties of an acid, or containing acid;

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Agit

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Meaning: Move to and fro

Example: Agitate

Definition: make (someone) troubled or nervous

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Associat

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Meaning: to unite/ally

Example: disassociation

Defintion: the disconnection or separation of something from something else or the state of being disconnected

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Cad

Back

Meaning: fall/fall off

Example: decay

Definition: rot or decompose

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Ion

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Meaning: Move

Example: Ion

Definition: an atom or molecule

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Libra

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Meaning: Balance/Weight

Example: deliberate

Definition: done consciously and intentionally