What's that mean? - English Game

ENGLISH 11

WHAT'S THAT MEAN?

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

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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

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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.

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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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