3rd Nine Weeks Roots and Affixes

Match the following roots to their definition.

• life

• liber

• empty

• bio

• born

• vac

• free

• ced

• go

• nat

Match the following roots to their definition.

• build

• loc

• light

• photo

• god

• the

• dry

• struc, struct

• place

• arid

Match the following prefixes to their meaning.

• not, without

• di

• over, more

• in

• not, without; into

• hyper

• apart

• a-, an-

• without

• il-, im-, ir-

Match the following suffixes with their meaning.

• state of being

• -ish

• the study of

• -dom

• having the quality of, somewhat like

• -ology

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• to yield to an opponent that one has lost; to give in; to admit that something is true and valid

• recede

• to go or move back

• intercede

• to go before something else in time, order, place, or rank

• concede

• to mediate; to go between people to help them reach an agreement

• precede

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• the act of taking down or destroying something that was built

• instructor

• a person who helps someone build knowledge

• instruct

• to build knowledge

• construction

• to build again

• reconstruct

• what is built; buildings that are created or produced

• deconstruction

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• very high fever; body temperature over and above what is normal and health

• hyperthermia

• overly sensitive; sensitivity beyond what is normal

• hypertension

• abnormally high blood pressure; having blood pressure over what is normal

• hyperbole

• an overstated comment, exaggeration

• hyperactive

• overly active, abnormally busy

• hypersensitive

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• leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily

• vacuum

• when people leave an area, usually due to an emergency of some kind

• vacation

• a space entirely devoid of matter.

• vacancy

• being unoccupied

• evacuate

• a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation

• vacate

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• the state of being bored, or pestered

• freedom

• the state of being a celebrity

• stardom

• the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint

• wisdom

• the quality or state of being wise

• boredom

Match the following words to their definition.

• extremely evil or cruel

• feverish

• marked by intense agitation or emotion

• fiendish

• characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading

• bookish