Word Parts1 Flashcards
Wreckage
Definition- act of wrecking; state of being wrecked.
Sentence- the wreckage that the wrecking ball made was big.
Breakage
Definition- the act of breaking; state of being broken.
Sentence- the breakage in the roof was fixed.
-age
-age
Suffix
Definition- belonging, related to action or process
Percentage
Definition- a rate or proportion per hundred
Sentence- our math teacher asked us to find the percentage of a number.
Seepage
Definition-the act or process of seeping; leakage.
something that seeps or leaks out
Sentence- they put a bucket under the seepage to collect water.
Shortage
Definition- a deficiency in quantity: a shortage of cash.
the amount of such deficiency.
Sentence- the power shortage made us use candles
Minimize
Definition- to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
to represent at the lowest possible amount, value, importance, influence, etc., especially in a disparaging way; belittle.
Sentence- he minimized the paragraph to a sentence.
Hypnotize
Definition- put in the hypnotic state.
Sentence- the magician hypnotized my friend
Familiarize
Definition- to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
Sentence- i helped familiarize ashley with skiing
Plagiarize
Definition- to take and use by plagiarism.
to take and use ideas, passages, etc., from (another’s work) by plagiarism.
Sentence- Ms Lee told us that we cannot plagiarize.
-ize
Suffix
To become, form, or change
Terrorize
Definition- to fill or overcome with terror.
Sentence- my brother tried to terrorize me by scaring me.
Interoggative
Defintion- of, pertaining to, or conveying a question.
Sentence- the cop was being interrogative
Internet
Definition- a vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide (usually preceded by the ). The Internet includes commercial, educational, governmental, and other networks, all of which use the same set of communications protocols.
Sentence- i love the internet
Internal
Definition- situated or existing in the interior of something; interior.
Sentence- my internal thoughts were to read the book.
Intersect
Definition- to cut or divide by passing through or across: The highway intersects the town.
Intersect- the lines intersected with eachother
Inter
Prefix
Between, among, together
Interrupt
Definition- to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
Sentence- we interrupted ms Lee when she was talking.
Intranet
Defintion- a computer network with restricted access, as within a company, that uses software and protocols developed for the Internet.
Sentence- the airplane had an intranet