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Choose a suffix from the chart to complete each word.
Use a print or online dictionary to find the meanings of unfamiliar words and to confirm your answers.
4. When confronting evil, story characters show defi_____.
Answer:
The correct answer is When confronting evil, story characters show defiance.
Step-by-step explanation:
A suffix is a grammatical element (affix) that is incorporated at the end of a lexical base giving rise to a derived word. Most come from Greek or Latin.
We can find two important types of suffixes:
- Derivational : it tell us what type of word it is.
- Inflectional : shows something about the grammar of the word.
Some examples of suffixes are:
-acy : privacy
-al: proposal
-ist: realist
-ment: engagement
-ness: sadness
-tion: solution