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Define each CAPITALIZED word below, and identify its root and affix(es).

a. Governments are concerned that they will be unable to avert a flu PANDEMIC

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pandemic: an extremely widespread outbreak of a disease or the quality of being widespread.

pan- (prefix) + dem- (root) + -ic (suffix)



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The answer is:

PANDEMIC: a disease spread over a whole country or worldwide.

Root: dem

Affixes:

pan-: prefix expressing inclusion of a continent, ethnic or religious group .

-ic: suffix that forms adjectives.

A word definition is the precise meaning of a word, especially found in a dictionary. The root of a word is its basic form, without any affixes. Affixes are morphemes connected to words -prefixes and suffixes- that change their meaning: they provide different grammatical categories or inflection.

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