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Word structure analysis

1. Honeymooner compound word; honeymoon+ -er, and the suffix -er signals that the whole denotes a person: the structure is (honey+moon)+ -er. This word is a derivative. 2. Unpleasant - Prefixes are added to the beginning of this words and it change meaning (the un- in unpleasant); (pleasant unpleasant). 3. Kindness - kind + -ness that mean state of, condition of, or quality of It Indicate Nouns 4. Colorful color+ -ful, these suffixes mean full of It Indicate Adjectives 5. Revise the prefix re- plus vise in revise means to look at againin other words, to rethink and change. 6. Compel - the prefix com- and the root pel in compel suggest it means feeling driven to do something. 7. Multitude the multi- in multitude lets me know it means many or lots of. 8. Distraction - e the word parts dis-, tract, and tion in distraction. They tell me that the word literally means the condition of having your attention pulled away. 9. Manual - the root (manu) and suffix (-al) in manual indicate its an adjective meaning having to do with the hand. This suffix mean relating to or pertaining to 10.Credible - the root and suffix in the word credible tell me the word means able to be believed, or in other words, believable.

Conversion:
Verb Noun to alert alert to attack attack to call call to clone clone to command command to cover cover to cry cry to experience experience to fear fear to feel feel to hope hope to increase increase to judge judge to laugh laugh to rise rise to run run to sleep sleep to start start to turn turn to visit visit

Compounding:
noun-noun compound: note + book notebook adjective-noun compound: blue + berry blueberry verb-noun compound: work + room workroom noun-verb compound: breast + feed breastfeed verb-verb compound: stir + fry stir-fry adjective-verb compound: high + light highlight verb-preposition compound: break + up breakup preposition-verb compound: out + run outrun adjective-adjective compound: bitter + sweet bittersweet preposition-preposition compound: in + to into

Clipping:
advertisement ad alligator gator examination exam gymnasium gym influenza flu laboratory lab memorandum memo photograph photo public house pub reputation rep situation comedy sitcom telephone phone

Blending:

advertisement + entertainment advertainment biographical + picture biopic breakfast + lunch brunch chuckle + snort chortle cybernetic + organism cyborg guess + estimate guesstimate hazardous + material hazmat motor + hotel motel prim + sissy prissy simultaneous + broadcast simulcast smoke + fog smog Spanish + English Spanglish spoon + fork spork telephone + marathon telethon web + seminar webinar

Abbreviations:
Written Abbreviations Apr. April cm centimeter(s) d. died, died in dept. department Dr. doctor Jr. Junior Mr. Mister oz ounce(s) Sun. Sunday yd yard(s) Spoken-Written Abbreviations A.M. ante meridiem [in the morning] B.C.E. Before Common Era GOP Grand Old Party (Republican Party) HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus i.e. id est [that is] JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy OJ orange juice PMS premenstrual syndrome RSVP rpondez s'il vous plait VIP very important person

Acronyms:

ASAP as soon as possible AWOL absent without leave laser - light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASDAQ - National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations PIN personal identification number radar - radio detection and ranging scuba - self-contained underwater breathing apparatus TESOL Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

Words structures Analysis

Tabuica Diana Gr. EF 21

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