Affixes: unit #6

Choose the word that matches the following definition: extreme tension; high blood pressure

• hypertension

• hypersensitive

• hyperbole

Choose the word that matches the following definition: (adj) having feelings that are very easily hurt; very strongly and easily aected

or harmed by something

• hypertension

• hypersensitive

• hyperbole

Choose the word that matches the following definition: exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

• hypertension

• hypersensitive

• hyperbole

Choose the word that matches the following definition: higher in rank, status, or quality

• superior

• superimpose

• hypochondriac

Choose the word that matches the following definition: place or lay one thing over another, typically so that both are still evident

• superior

• superimpose

• hypochondriac

Choose the word that matches the following definition: a person with an unusual or excessive concern about his/her health; one

who fears or imagines that he/she has illnesses that he/she doesn’t actually

have

• superior

• superimpose

• hypochondriac

Choose the word that matches the following definition: ready to conform to the authority or will of others; meekly obedient or

passive

• submissive

• substitute

• surpass

• surplus

Choose the word that matches the following definition: a person or thing acting or serving in place of another

• submissive

• substitute

• surpass

• surplus

Choose the word that matches the following definition: to become better, greater, or stronger than; to go beyond

• submissive

• substitute

• surpass

• surplus

Choose the word that matches the following definition: an amount (such as an amount of money) that is more than the

amount that is needed

• submissive

• substitute

• surpass

• surplus