Unit One Flashcards

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1
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Prefix: {ad}, {as}

A

to, toward

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Prefix: {dis}

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away, apart

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3
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Prefix: {e}, {ex}

A

out, from

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4
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Prefix: {in}, {im}

A

in, into

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5
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Prefix: {re}

A

back, again

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6
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Base: {pel}, {pulse}

A

push, drive

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Base: {quire}

A

ask, seek

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8
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Base: {solve}, {solut}

A

loosen

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9
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Base: {spic}, {spect}

A

look at, see

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10
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Base: {sume}

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use up, take

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Base: {vene}, {vent}

A

come

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12
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Content word

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Usually derived from Greek or Latin.

recent, emphasis, high, interest, rates

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13
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Function Words

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Generally short words which serve as a cement to hold content words together.
(with, the, on)

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14
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“Structure”

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Relies on function words and word order

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15
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Morphemes

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Minimum units of meaning.

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16
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Prefix (Morpheme)

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Occurs at the front of a word.

[dis]solve, [e]vent, [as]sume

17
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Base (Morpheme)

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The morpheme to which a prefix is added.

e[vent], dis[solve], re[quire]

18
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Empty Morphene

A

[re] in respect and require is an empty morpheme.

It is difficult to assign a meaning.

19
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Full morpheme

A

Meaning can be assigned.

[re] in repel and resume

20
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Sufix

A

Morpheme that comes at the end of a word.

recreat[ion] , creat[or]

21
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C.E.

A

Common Era
Refers to birth after Jesus of Nazareth
Put AFTER dates ( 140 C.E.)

22
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A.D.

A

Anno Domini

Put BEFORE dates (A.D. 140)

23
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B.C.E.

A

Before Common Era.
Can also use B.C. (Before Christ).
Put AFTER the year. ( 250 B.C.E. or 250 B.C)

24
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Romans

A

Spoke Latin originally and later borrowed from Greeks.

25
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Greeks

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Spoke Greek.