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KNOW YOUR COMMON PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES Exercise 1 Each word below contains a prefix. Using what you've learned, choose the best available definition. - microcosm a. to make something larger b. asign of fear c. a smaller system which is representative of a larger one d. a vast expanse of land . foreshadow a. to darken b. to suggest something in advance «. to follow 4. to retaliate engender a. to bring into existence; to cause b. knowledge ¢. to promise to marry d. to grow commingle a. to bring forward b. to mix or blend ©. a quick movement 4. to soften . extraordinary a. from the past b. exceptional or unusual «. from above d. large KNOW YOUR COMMON PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES Exercise 2 Each word below contains a suffix. Using what you've learned, choose the best available definition. « historical a. dry b. extremely funny c. something that belongs to a man d. relating to what happened in the past . provenance a. place or source of origin b. agift c. the act of being proper or correct d. happiness fiefdom a. a type of instrument b. unhappiness c. a domain controlled by a dominant person or lord d. asmall area travelogue a. a vacation b. alanguage c. confrontation 4. the journal or documentation of a trip . humanoid a. resembling or having the characteristics of a human b. false or fake c. avery young person d. an alien KNOW YOUR COMMON PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES Exercise 3 Each word below contains a prefix and a suffix or derivational suffix. Using what you've learned, choose the best available definition. 1. decentralize a. to cause to be more populated b. in the very middle of an area . to move downward d. to move away from an established main point 2. monograph a. a work of writing on a single subject b. adiverse group c. a drawing made with many colors d. a signature 3. apprehension a. to climb b. fearful expectation c. acourse that comes before a meal d. the state of being angry 4, nullify a. to take apart b. to make invalid c. to bring together d. to make liquid 5. approbation a. adecision D. restriction . concern a. official approval

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