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Word Roots . Miss, mitt. ddd. Prefixes. Suffixes. c ommissioner, n. A person sent to meet with others to plan and make official decisions. The baseball commissioner decided to suspend the players for 10 games. s mite, v. To send a sharp blow; to strike. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Word Roots
Miss, mitt
ddd
com, con together, with combine, collect, co-worker
sub under, below submerge, submarine, subway, subliminal
ad to, toward adapt, adhere
trans across, beyond, change transform, transoceanic, transportation, transverse
per through pervade, perceive
re back, again retell, recall, reappear, realign, retract, revise
Prefixes
-ary Adjective: resembling, related to
spectacular, unitary
-er Verb: action ponder
-ive Adjective: having the quality
active, offensive, cooperative, sensitive
ary connected with, related to beneficiary
ance, -ence Noun: action, state, quality or process
resistance, independence, extravagance, fraudulence
-able, -ible Adjective: worth, ability;able to
edible, incredible, reversible, terrible
-ile Adjective: having the qualities of
Projectile, infantile
Suffixes
commissioner, n
• A person sent to meet with others to plan and make official decisions
The baseball commissioner decided to suspend the players for 10 games.
smite, v.
• To send a sharp blow; to strike
He vowed that he would smite his enemy.
transmit, v.
• To send from one person or place to another
The technology allows data to be transmitted by cellular phones.
admissible, adj.
• Able to be sent as truthful evidence
The judge decided that the confession was admissible in court.
missive, n.
• A message sent through the mail
The two old friends like to fire off missives filled with good-natured teasing and mock insults.
submissive, adj.
• Yielding; obedient
The class was submissive to their teacher’s demands.
permit, v.
• To allow; to authorize
Mrs. Gigantino permitted herself one more cookie after lunch on Friday.
missionary, n.
• A person sent for a special task, usually religious
John Paton was a great pioneer missionary who devoted himself to sharing the gospel with the cannibals of the New Hebrides in the pacific.
missile, n.
• A rocket or weapon sent through the air
A propeller-driven underwater missile is called a torpedo.
remittance, n.
• Money sent in payment
The young college student always mails in her remittance late, so she usually gets charged a late fee on her phone bill.
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