Section II. PREFIXES - GENERAL INFORMATION
Prefixes are one or more letters or syllables which come before the stem (at the beginning
of a word) to explain or add meaning to the rest of the term.
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132 A prefix comes __________ the stem.
before
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133 In the term unforgettable, "forget" is the
stem and "un" is the __________.
prefix
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134 In the words implant, supplant, and
transplant, the prefixes are ______,
______, and ______.
imp/sup/trans
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135 You can change the meaning of
a term by putting a prefix before the
__________.
stem
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136 Prefixes are the most frequently used
elements in the formation of Greek and
Latin words, but not every word
contains a __________.
prefix
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137 Prefixes may be divided into various
categories of meaning depending on
how they modify the stem, such as
location, time, amount, color, negation,
size, or position. Prefixes
may be divided into various categories
of __________.
meaning
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