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CLA CHP 1
Morphemes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| {ad} {as} {ac} = to, toward | (adapt, assume, accept) |
| {al} = connected with, pertaining to | (governmental, federal) |
| {cess} = come, go | (process, recess) |
| {con} {com} = together | (convene, compel) |
| {contra} = against | (contravene, contradict) |
| {creat} = make, build | (creation) |
| {dis} = away, apart | (dispel) |
| {e} {ex} = out of, from | (eject, except) |
| {feder} = union of states | (federal) |
| {in}{im} = in, into | (inspect, impel) |
| {intro} = into, inward | (introspection, introvert) |
| {ion} = act of | (creation) |
| {medic} = connected with the science of medicine | (medical, medicine) |
| {ment} = act of, product of (occurs in nouns < verbs) | (government, attachment abridgement, statement) |
| {or} = person (or thing) who acts or does something | (creator, inventor) |
| {pel} {pulse} = push, drive | (propel, repulse) |
| {pre} = before | (prevent) |
| {pro} = forward | (process, prospectus) |
| {quire} = ask, seek | (inquire) |
| {re} = back, again | (reconvene, repel) |
| {retro} = back | (retroactive) |
| {solve} {solute} = loosen | (dissolve, solution) |
| {spic} {spect} = look at, see | (perspicuous, inspect) |
| {sume} = use up, take | (resume, assume) |
| {vene} {vent} = come | (convene, convent) |
| {allo} = other, different; {morph} = shape, form | allomorph |
| nasturtium | something that turns your nose. And in every-day speech? a type of flower |
| squirrel | shadow tail. And in every-day speech? a rodent with a bushy tail |
| scruple | a small pebble. And in every-day speech? it is a feeling of guilt or conscience that prevents you from doing something |
| villain | a farmhouse slave. And in every-day speech? a bad person |
| ukulele | flea jump. And in every-day speech? a small guitar in Hawaii |
| sine die | - in Latin = without a day/date – in English today = without a definite date |
| per diem | - in Latin = per day – in English today = daily allowance |
| post meridiem | – in Latin = after midday – in English today = P.M. or afternoon |
| tabula rasa | – in Latin = an erased writing board – in English today = a clean slate |
| ad nauseam | – in Latin = up to seasickness/illness – in English today = to the point of making one ill |