Word+Meanings

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Word Meanings  Words can take on different meanings depending who uses them and for what purpose.

For example the synonym of happy is cheerful.
 * Synonyms** are words that have similar meanings to each other.

For example the antonym of up is down.
 * Antonyms** are words that mean the opposite of each other.


 * Context Clues** are hints that the author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word. The clue may appear within the same sentence as the word to which it refers, or it may be in a preceding or subsequent sentence. Because most of your vocabulary is gained through reading, it is important that you be able to recognize and take advantage of context clues.

The snake **__slithered__** through the grass. He was hunting. You must discover what **__slithered__** means by using logic.

Word parts can include **prefixes**, **suffixes**, and **roots**.

**Root** words are base words. They are have a meaning by themselves and can stand alone in a sentence.

A **prefix** is an incomplete word, one that has a meaning, but cannot stand alone. It is added at the front of a root word to modify the root word's meaning.

A **suffix** is like a prefix, except that it is added to the end of a root word and can be used to change the root word's part of speech, tense, person, number, or meaning.

We can build words from these building blocks.

Take the root word "hope". We can add the suffix -ful to make hopeful. Now "hope" changed into an adjective. We can add another suffix -ly to make hopefully, an adverb.

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Practice Synonyms: [|Say it another way] [|Synonymical] [|Synonym Finder] [|Match the Synonyms] [|Synonym Game] [|Unscramble the Synonyms]

Practice Antonyms: [|Student Activity Center-Antonyms] [|Antonyms Level 1] [|Antonyms Level II] [|Find the Antonyms] [|Antonym Practice]

Practice Context Clues: [|Context is Key] [|Using Mutiple Meanings] [|More Mutiple Meanings] [|Cows Context Clues] [|Context Clue Quiz]

Practice Word Parts: [|Fish Tank] [|Prefix Mix] [|Prefixes make new words] [|Prefixes say Plenty]

[|Putting Down Roots] [|Putting Down Roots II] [|Putting your Roots into Action] [|Putting your Roots into Action II] [|Rooting out Words]

[|Suffixes Say Alot] [|Success with Suffixes] [|Suffixes Make New Words] [|Match the Suffixes]

[|How Words Work] [|Word Meanings]