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Prefix Study => 112 Prefix Words by Alpha

MyVocabulary.com offers 14 PREFIX puzzles with the grade level of each word marked to the right of the word beginning with a prefix. Use eight grade level words for each prefix, a total of 112 words.
These prefix activities include: ab -ad - be - com - de - dis - en - ex - in - pre - pro - re - sub - un

  • Common Core alignment to an Interactive Puzzle is to 2 key phrases: "DECODING and WORD ANALYSIS SKILLS" and "GREEK & LATIN AFFIXES and ROOTS".
    CCSS Alignment Strand numbers for Specific Grades:
    "Decoding" and "Most Common Prefixes and Suffixes"= "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: RF.1.3e, RF.2.3+d, RF.3.3+a+b+c, RF.4.3+a, RF.5.3+a (Reading: Foundational)
    "Greek and Latin Affixes and Roots"= "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4b+c, 3.4b+c, 4.4b, 5.b, 6.4b, 7.4b, 8.4b, 9-10.4b, 11-12.4b

    Word List: The 14 Prefixes and their meanings are:

    • AB-ABS means "away from, separation"
    • AD means "to, toward(s), near.
    • BE means " on all sides; overly; with a quality"
    • COM means " with, together"
    • DE means " away, off, reversal, undoing, downward completely"
    • DIS means "not, apart"
    • EN means "in, into, to cover or contain"
    • EX means "out, out of, former, outside"
    • IN-IM means "not"
    • PRE means "before, in advance"
    • PRO means "in front of, before, forward, in favor of.
    • RE means "again, back"
    • SUB means "under, below"
    • UN means "not, against, opposite"

    Alphabetical listing of 112 words in our 14 separate puzzles (HS = high school):
    AB = Aberration - HS, Abdicate - HS, Abject - 8, Absence - 6, Absolute - 6, Abstinence - HS, Abstract - 6, Abundance - 7; AD = Adequate - 7, Adhere - 8, Adjourned - 8, Admission - 6, Admonish - HS, Adventurous - 5, Adversity - 8, Advocate - 7; BE = Bedraggled - 7, Behavior - 5, Belittle - HS, Beloved - 5, Beseech - 7, Bestow - 5, Betray - 6, Bewildering - 7; COM = Coherence - HS, Committee - 5, Communication - 5, Comparative - 7, Compassion - 6, Compensation - 8, Complication - 7, Compulsion - 8; DE = Dedication - 7, Deficiency - 8, Delegation - 8, Deliberate - 6, Delusion - 7, Desolate - 7, Destination - 6, Destructive - 8; DIS = Discreet - 8, Disgrace - 6, Dismal - 6, Dispel - 8, Disposable - 6, Disrupt - 8, Dissolve - 5, Distortion - 8; EN = Enchantment - 5, Enclosure - 6, Endure - 5, Energetic - 8, Engrave - 6, Enthusiastic - 7, Environmental - 7, Envision - 8; EX = Excel - 8, Exception - 6, Exclamation - 6, Exclusive - 8, Excursion - 6, Exotic - 6, Expectation - 7, Extensive - 8; IN/IM = Indefinite - 7, Injustice - 6, Immortality - 8, Impatience - 7, Impractical - 7, Improbable - 8, Insatiable - 7, Invalid - 7; PRE = Precaution - 6, Predict - 5, Predominant - 6, Prejudice-5, Premature - 8, Preoccupation - 8, Presume - 7, Prevail - 7; PRO = Proclaim - 6, Prognosticate - HS, Progressive - 7, Projection - 8, Promotion - 8, Proposal - 7, Prospect - 5, Provoke - 7; RE = Rebellious - 7, Recognition - 6, Reflect - 5, Rehabilitation - 8, Reliable - 6, Respiration - 8, Reunion - 7, Revive - 6; SUB = Subconscious - 8, Subdue - 7, Submarine - 6, Submission - 8, Subscribe - 7, Substance - 6, Subterranean - 6, Suppress - 7; UN = Unattractive - 8, Unconscious - 6, Unfinished - 6, Unidentified - 7, Unnecessary - 6, Unpredictable - 7, Unravel - 5, Unworthy - 8

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