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Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
Lesson 1
8
English
11th Grade
10/04/2017

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Term

Word: Bi

Definition: Two

Example Words: Bilingual and Bisexual

Example Sentence 1: My friend Michael is bilingual; he speaks French and English.

Example Sentence 2: My cousin Zack is bisexual, he likes boys and girls.

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Word: Anti

Meaning: Against

Example Words: Antibiotic and Antisocial

Example Sentence 1: My mother took antibiotics because she had the flu.

Example Sentence 2: When I was young I was very antisocial, I did not like making new friends.

 

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Word: Ced,Cede,Ceed,Cess

Definition: To go, to give in

Example Words: Exceed and Process

Example Sentence 1: I wanted to exceed my talents, so I signed up for a camp.

Example Sentence 2: I am in the process of getting my drivers license.

 

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Word: Cred,Credit

Definition: To believe

Example Words: Credential and incredible

Example Sentence 1: Someone tried to copy the credentials on my credit card to scam me.

Example Sentence 2: Lebron James is an incredible basketball player

 

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Word: Curr,Curs,Course

Definition: to run

Example Words: Occur and Intercourse

Example Sentence 1: It is a rare occurrence when I don't eat all of my dinner.

Example Sentence 2: I did the Drivers Ed course for my online class.

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Word: Dic, Dict

Definition: To say

Example Words: Dictator, Diction

Example Sentence 1: Cuba's country has a dictator instead of a president.

Example Sentence 2: Whenever I ask my mom about a word I don't know, she says look it up in the dictionary.

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Word: Ancy, Ance

Definition: the state of being, the act of

Example Words: Fancy, Importance

Example Sentence 1: Whenever I go out to eat, I dress up fancy.

Example Sentence 2: The importance of going to school is, it makes you better in the real world.

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Word: Ant,Ent,Er,Or

Definition: One who

Example Words: Absent and irrelevant 

Example Sentence 1: I was absent from school because I was sick.

Example Sentence 2: It is irrelevant when people get in other people's business.

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