Friday, October 16, 2015

Morpheme of the Week 1st Quarter

Morpheme: PRE (before)

Word: preview

Definition: an advanced showing, as of a movie or exhibition

Sentence: Have you seen the preview or the newest Star Wars film?

                                                                                                                                                                   

Morpheme:  POST (after)

Word: postpone

Definition: to decide that something which has been planned for a particular time will be done at a later time instead

Sentence:  The baseball game was postponed until tomorrow because of rain

                                                                                                                                                                   

Morpheme: OLOGY (study of)

Word: criminology

Definition: the study of crime

Sentence: She is studying criminology because she hopes to become an F.B.I. agent

                                                                                                                                                                   

Morpheme: POLY (many)

Word: polyracial

Definition: including multiple races

Sentence: The United States is a polyracial community.

                                                                                                                                                                   

Morpheme: BI (two)

Word: biweekly

Definition: happening every two weeks

Sentence: She studies at the library weekly, and attends biweekly classes at the community center

                                                                                                                                                                   

Morpheme: Tri (three)

Word: trisyllabic

Definition: a word of three syllables

Sentence: Excellent is trisyllabic...EX-CELL-ENT!

                                                                                                                                                                   

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