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_____ act as the base of a word.

A.Infixes
B.Prefixes
C.Roots
D.Suffixes

User FeelGood
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Id go with C. Roots

User NDestiny
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Say you have a word like "unattainable"

Un - would be the prefix
able - would be the suffix.
The base word would be attain which also is the root word since its the main word that just has a prefix and suffix added.

The Answer is C) Roots
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