Answer Key
VOCABULARY: Affixes
Grade 7
DIRECTIONS
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Identify the root word and affixes for each target vocabulary term. Include the meaning of any identified affixes
in the space provided. Remember, not all words will have a prefix AND a suffix.
EXAMPLE
Word
Contender
Prefix—meaning
Root
contend
Suffix—meaning
er—one who
VOCABULARY PRACTICE
Word
adversary
Prefix—meaning
foresight
fore—before
exasperation
Root
Suffix—meaning
adverse
ary—one who
sight
exasperate
criteria
criterion
subjective
subject
ion—act of
ive—adjective form of a noun, act
of
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