What's that mean? - English Game

can you use CLUES to figure out the meaning of the word?

WHAT'S THAT MEAN?

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ENGLISH 11

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After around the 14th century, English began to emerge and be used more consistently than Latin. Because it was English's predecessor, however, Latin words became the basis of the English language.

Greek and Latin

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The root "mal-" means bad or evil. "-ignant" comes from gignere, which means to produce or generate.

Harmful or dangerous

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QUESTION 3/6

FOUND ABUNDANTLY

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An affix is a grammatical element placed at the beginning or end of a word to change its meaning.

Prefix and suffix

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Both words share the prefix "contra-", which means against. Contradict means to say something that goes against what you've previously said, and contrast means to find the opposite or differences of something.

"contra-" ; against

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QUESTION 6/6

Since we know that "phon" relates to noise, we can eliminate strong and quick. Symphonies are usually delicate classical music; by finding the opposite of this, we come to the correct answer, discordant noises.

Discordant noises

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