Unit One Flashcards
(25 cards)
Prefix: {ad}, {as}
to, toward
Prefix: {dis}
away, apart
Prefix: {e}, {ex}
out, from
Prefix: {in}, {im}
in, into
Prefix: {re}
back, again
Base: {pel}, {pulse}
push, drive
Base: {quire}
ask, seek
Base: {solve}, {solut}
loosen
Base: {spic}, {spect}
look at, see
Base: {sume}
use up, take
Base: {vene}, {vent}
come
Content word
Usually derived from Greek or Latin.
recent, emphasis, high, interest, rates
Function Words
Generally short words which serve as a cement to hold content words together.
(with, the, on)
“Structure”
Relies on function words and word order
Morphemes
Minimum units of meaning.
Prefix (Morpheme)
Occurs at the front of a word.
[dis]solve, [e]vent, [as]sume
Base (Morpheme)
The morpheme to which a prefix is added.
e[vent], dis[solve], re[quire]
Empty Morphene
[re] in respect and require is an empty morpheme.
It is difficult to assign a meaning.
Full morpheme
Meaning can be assigned.
[re] in repel and resume
Sufix
Morpheme that comes at the end of a word.
recreat[ion] , creat[or]
C.E.
Common Era
Refers to birth after Jesus of Nazareth
Put AFTER dates ( 140 C.E.)
A.D.
Anno Domini
Put BEFORE dates (A.D. 140)
B.C.E.
Before Common Era.
Can also use B.C. (Before Christ).
Put AFTER the year. ( 250 B.C.E. or 250 B.C)
Romans
Spoke Latin originally and later borrowed from Greeks.
