Prefixes & Suffixes

This video show the basic meaning of Prefixes & Suffixes.






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EXAMPLE PREFIXES			EXAMPLE SUFFIXES
Prefixes	Meaning	Example	Suffixes	Meaning	Example
a-	To, Toward	Aside, Aback	able/ ible	Capable of	Portable, Legible
Be-	All over, All around	Bespatter, Beset	al-	Pertaining to	Maniacal, Portal, logical
Com/Col	With, Jointly, Completely	Combat, Collude	cy-	State of  living	Democracy, obstinacy
De-	Down, Away	Descend, Despair	fic-	Making, doing	Terrific
En-	Put into or on	Engulf, Enmesh	tude-	State of	Fortitude, certitude
Hemi-	Half	Hemisphere	ous-	Full of	Nauseous, ludicrous
Hypo-	Under	Hypodermic, Hypothermia	osis-	Condition	Psychosis, hypnosis
In-	Not, Without	Infertile, Inappropriate	ize, ise	To make	Harmonizes, revolutionize
Out-	Surpassing, Exceeding	Outperform	ation-	That which is	Irritation
Pro-	Favouring, Insupport of	Pro-African	eer, er, or	Person who	Mountaineer, teacher, advisor.

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The Negative Effects of Television

Television has become a “member” of almost every single family on our planet. And not just an ordinary member, but a very important one, because the time spent next to it exceeds the amount of time spent together with any other family member. You do not have to apply any efforts to talk or listen to complaints while “communicating” with it. You do not have to play with your little son after a hard working day. You can simply turn the TV on and everything is done: kids are quiet, your wife is not complaining and you feel absolutely happy. It is so simple that it has become an integral part of the culture of every family. It is the only time, when a person can forget about all the family troubles and the failures of the day. The sofa opposite the TV set has become the place of “reconciliation and spiritual unity” of the family. And instead of playing together and having emotional talks people prefer to watch an episode from a thriller. It is senseless to deny the all-embracing negative effect the existence of television has brought to our lives. But to make our point of view ultimately convincing we will introduce to your attention certain facts that people do not want to accept and often try to justify.  The base of the tomorrow’s society – are children today. And on the way they develop depends how are world is going to look like tomorrow.

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More Definition

Define the underline words in these sentences.


1. His brother had been an A student, but Howard was just a mediocre student.
Average student


2. Unlike the desert tortoise, which is most active in summer, the box turtle may be dormant in that season.
slower/inactive


3. I know it is safe to go up the Gateway Arch, but if you are dubious about it, stay home.
not sure about it/not confident


4. Although the chairman took twenty minutes just to introduce the main speaker, we were relieved to find that the speaker was concise.
short speech but dear


5. I don't know how those suave and courteous parents could have two such crude and rude children.
high class/ well manner/ elegant


6. That boy certainly eats heartily. In fact he eats as though he were expecting a famine next year.
shortage of food


7. If she would just get out and jog, she might cancel out the bad effects of sedentary job.
doing or requiring much sitting


8. If you want to save gas, trade in your big car and get a compact car.
a smaller version

Definitions

Today, we learn about definition on given words. The direction are, watch for examples, definitions and descriptive words to help you determine the meaning of underlined words. Below are the question that we answered.


1. The governor visited the zoo and found to his surprise that he had a friend there in one on the zoo's pet snakes. The reptile wrapped itself chummily around the governor's shoulders.


Clue- zoo's pet snakes
Definition- a cold blooded animal called snake.








2. The Indians taught the Europeans to preserve meat by making pemmican cakes prepared from dried lean mean mixed with fat, a skill saved many a trapper's life.


Clue - dried lean mixed with fat
Definition - used as a nutritious food / to preserve food to keep it longer

3. Company representatives are usually reimbursed for their expenses when they make business trip that is, they are repaid money they have spent for the company.


Clue - they are repaid money they have spent
Definition - Repay a sum of money that has been spent










4. Meteorites are not easy to find, and those shooting stars that do survive the long journey to earth are usually pitted and oddly shaped.


Clue - shooting stars
Definition -  a natural object originating in outer space that survives impact with the Earth's surface.











5. Making copra comes from the Malay Peninsula. The dried coconut meat is used for making coconut oil.
Clue - dried coconut meat
Definition - the dried meat, or kernel, of the coconut









6. You should see how repugnant the bitter medicine was by the way she shuddered and made a face as she swallowed it.


Clue - bitter medicine, face
Definition - Extremely distasteful 






7. The initial training period, the first six weeks is the hardest.


Clue -  first six weeks
Definition -  first period







8. Many octogenarians, that is people in their eighties are still spry and healthy.


Clue -  people in their eighties
Definition - Old people, people between the age of 80-89

9. Many things we use as condiments in our food such as pepper, curry powder and paprika cannot be grown in this country.


Clue - pepper, curry powder and paprika
Definition - sauce or seasoning added to food to impart a particular flavor




10. I could tell that he considered himself a gourmet not only by the way he enjoyed his food, but in the way he studied the menu before he ordered.


Clue- he enjoyed his food
Definition - a person who loves food and describe food of refined taste and passion