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Prefixes “Dis-” (Latin) meaning away or from or not, as in “disinterested,” which means not interested. “Post-” (Latin) meaning after, as in “post-war,” which means after a time of war. “Hyper-” (Greek) meaning above, beyond, or excessive, as in “hypersensitive,” which means way too sensitive or very sensitive. “Pre-” (Latin) meaning before or in order, as in “predate,” which means to come before something else. “Multi-” (Latin) meaning many, as in “multifaceted,” which means to have many parts.

Suffixes “-ize” meaning to make, as in “summarize,” which means to make a summary. “-bility” meaning state or quality of being, as in “stability,” which means the state of being stable. “-ology” meaning science, study of, or theory, as in “biology,” which is the study of life. “-phobia” meaning fear, as in “bibliophobia,” which is the fear of books. “-able” or “-ible” meaning worthy of or inclined to, able to, as in “resistible,” which means able to be resisted.

Root Words “Phon” (Greek) meaning voice or sound, as in “cellphone” or “phoneme” “Polis” (Greek) meaning city, as in “Indianapolis” or “metropolis” “Fin” (Latin) meaning final or end, as in “final” “Poly” (Greek) meaning many, as in “polygon” “Mono” (Latin) meaning one, as in “monotheist”

Reading Vocabulary Fluency - your ability to read and understand without hesitation or confusion. Background knowledge - the knowledge that you would need (history, insight, etc.) to fully understand a text. Metacognition - the ability to understand the way that you think. Part-to-whole comprehension - the understanding of how a part of a work affects the overall message of a piece. Motivation - the understanding of why a certain work may have been created in the first place.

Think last week’s words are gone? You’re super-hilarious! I’d bet the megamillions that they’ll show up on your nearest quiz. After all, I’d hate to deny you of an atypically good education that would damage your ability to read deep bibliographic works! Your biology is at stake, after all. So, don’t let the aquatic seepage from your eyes ruin your day, but they they will return as surely as geothermal heat is needed for a health Earth’s core! The realness is real!