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Affixes Lesson 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pedestrian | n. a person walking in a city or along a road. |
| contrary | n. an opposite or different fact, event, or situation. |
| tripod | n. a support or stand for a camera or telescope that has three legs. |
| counterfeit | n. something that is made to look like an exact copy of something else in order to trick people. |
| pedicure | n. a treatment to improve the appearance and health of the feet and toenails. |
| contradict | v. to say the opposite of something; to deny the truth about something; to deny or disagree with what is being said by someone; to not agree with something in a way that shows or suggests that it is wrong. |
| podiatrist | n. a doctor who treats injuries and diseases of the foot. |
| counterpart | n. someone or something that has the same job or purpose as another. |
| pedometer | n. a device that measures the distance a person travels by walking. |
| counteract | v. act against something; to cause something to have less of an effect or no effect at all. |
| pedestrians | Watch out of __________! |
| contradict | It is extremely annoying when someone always wants to __________ everything that you say. |
| tripod | John set his new telescope up on a ____________ since it was so cumbersome. |
| counteract | What is being done to _______________ global warming? |
| contrary | My mother-in-law always seems to have a ___________ point of view. |
| counterfeit | The purse I bought was not actually the designer brand on the label; it was a ________________. |
| counterpart | The president held a meeting with his German ____________. |
| pedometer | I'm wearing a ______________ to help make sure I take at least 10,000 steps each day. |
| pedicures | Jessica and Ebony met at the salon to get ____________ pedicures before their beach trip. |
| podiatrist | Marley visited the _____________ when she had a wound on her foot that would not heal. |