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A word that describes another word.
What is the meaning of adjective?
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noun to an adjective
What does the suffix -ic do to a word?
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meaning: to look
what do the latin root spec mean?
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a word used to give information about the verb
What is an adverb?
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noun to an adjective
what does the suffix -ly do to a word?
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turn about or roll
what does the latin root volv mean?
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words that mean the same thing
What is a synonym?
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means: full or full of
changed from noun to adjective
what does the suffix -ous mean and do to a word?
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true
what does the latin root ver mean?
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words that are opposite of each other
What is an antonym?
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means: pertaining to
changes from noun to adjective
what does the suffix -al mean and do to a word?
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together
What does the prefic com- mean?
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sound and the spelling of the final consonant in the prefix is
“absorbed” into the initial consonant of the base or root to which the prefix is joined. The initial consonant of the base or root word is doubled.
What is an assimilated prefix?
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means: to make
turns words to verbs from Latin
what does the suffix -fy mean and where does it come from?
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In Latin, 'facere' means 'to do/make'. We get derivatives like 'factory' from it.
what does the word facere mean?
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