What's that mean? - English Game
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Created on September 25, 2024
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Transcript
ENGLISH 11
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WHAT'S THAT MEAN?
can you use CLUES to figure out the meaning of the word?
QUESTION 1/6
Question 1/6
Greek and Latin
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.
QUESTION 2/6
QUESTION 2/6
Harmful or dangerous
The root "mal-" means bad or evil. "-ignant" comes from gignere, which means to produce or generate.
QUESTION 3/6
QUESTION 3/6
FOUND ABUNDANTLY
QUESTION 4/6
QUESTION 4/6
Prefix and suffix
An affix is a grammatical element placed at the beginning or end of a word to change its meaning.
QUESTION 5/6
QUESTION 5/6
"contra-" ; against
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.
QUESTION 6/6
QUESTION 6/6
Discordant noises
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.
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