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Question 4 OT 10

What is a word root?
A. The context of a word
O B. A word part added to the end of a word
C. The main part of a word
D. A word part added to the beginning of a word
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Answer 1

A word root is the base part of a word (i.e., less any prefixes and suffixes).

To change the meaning of a word, a prefix can be added to the front of the word root, or a suffix can be added to the back. Quite often, a prefix and a suffix are added to a word root to change the meaning. (Prefixes and suffixes are known as affixes.)