TAILIEUCHUNG - Peterson’s master toefl vocabulary part 23

Knowing the meaning of a word is only half the battle; you also have to know how to pronounce it. It's astonishing how many words are misunderstood simply because they are mispronounced. Words get mangled in surprisingly inventive ways. For example, people often switch letters. For example, abhor (hate) becomes uh-bor rather than abhor. | Chapter 7 All About Suffixes 145 Suffixes Can Affect How a Word Functions in a Sentence Unlike prefixes suffixes can create a part of speech. For example adding a suffix can change a word from a verb to an adjective as in risk to risky. Adjective The following suffixes show that a word is an adjective word that describes -ful -less -able -ible -y Noun The following suffixes show that a word is a noun person place or thing -ance -ence -ful -ment -sion -tion -age -ity Verb The following suffixes show that a word is a verb action or state of being -ate -en -ite -ize If you know a word s part of speech you can figure out how it is being used even if you don t know its meaning. Study the following examples Whenever you come upon an unfamiliar word first check to see if it has a recognizable root. Word Suffix Part of Speech Meaning bountiful -ful adjective plentiful boundless -less adjective infinite perdurable -able adjective permanent everlasting frangible -ible adjective easily broken fallible -ible adjective makes mistakes decadence -ence noun deterioration esp. in morality mouthful -ful noun morsel excrement -ment noun matter expelled or ejected waste perdition -tion noun entire loss utter destruction ruin premonition -tion noun a forewarning posterity -ity noun those who come after abdicate -ate verb to formally relinquish or renounce an office or right mutate -ate verb change extradite -ite verb to deliver give up a criminal from one state or nation to another demonize -ize verb make a demon 146 PART III TOEFL Vocabulary Review Suffixes Can Change a Word s Tense or Time For instance adding -d or -ed makes a present-tense verb into a past-tense verb as the following chart shows Present tense Past tense Meaning denude denuded to strip bare depose deposed to remove from a position exacerbate exacerbated to make worse expunge expunged to rub out obliterate embalm embalmed to inject a preservative into a corpse embark embarked to board a ship or train

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