Word Structure: Identify Incorrect Root or Affix Usage in Made-Up Words Quiz

This is false. The prefix post- typically attaches to Latin roots or established words (e.g., postmodern, postscript) and does not usually combine with simple Anglo-Saxon verbs like 'go.'

The root is 'beautify' (a verb). The suffix -ment (state, result of) is correctly applied to verbs, but the combination of the verb stem + -ment is often redundant or replaced by a simpler noun (Beautification or Beauty).

Reagain is redundant because re- already means 'again.' Non-unnecessary creates a double negative, meaning 'not not necessary,' which is overly confusing.

The prefix ex- usually joins with a Latin root. The correct word, exit, uses the Latin root it (to go).

While grammatically possible, the accepted word for 'not capable of being felt' is the Latin-derived intangible or imperceptible. The English root combination is not standard.

This is false. Contra is used as a standalone word (e.g., 'to argue contra') or as a root word in phrases (e.g., 'pro and contra').

The prefix anti- means 'against' or 'opposed to.' It makes little sense to be 'against the action of driving.' The other options use prefixes that logically modify their roots.

Beautifullyly adds an unnecessary second adverb suffix. Tablement attempts to add a suffix that forms a noun from a verb, to a noun (table), creating an awkward combination.

The suffix -ion is the correct suffix used to form the noun from the verb stem (re- + ject) to create rejection.

The verb 'communicate' already means 'to share or exchange information.' The prefix inter- (between/among) is unnecessary because the root already implies this mutual action.

This is false. Many English words combine prefixes and suffixes of different origins (e.g., unforgettable). The word is awkward because it attaches the suffix -ful to the adjective infamous.

More bigger is an error called a double comparative; the word should only be bigger (or more big/great).

Antibirth (against the action of being born) and Noncomplete (not already finished) are illogical combinations. Unseenable is awkward/incorrectly formed as the correct word is invisible.

The suffix -ion is the correct suffix used to form the noun from the verb stem (re- + gress) to create regression.

The suffix -able is meant to attach to a simpler form of the root. The correct word is likely demotivator or a rephrasing, but not Demotivateable.

This is true. The word already has the prefix pre- (before) and the root cautio (caution). Adding -ize to the full noun is awkward and unnecessary.

The prefix for meaning 'wrongly' or 'badly' is mis- or mal-. The prefix un- means 'not' or 'opposite of,' so Unjudge means 'not to judge,' not 'to judge wrongly.'

Comfortableness and Quicklyness are incorrectly formed by attaching the noun-forming suffix -ness to an adjective (comfortable) or an adverb (quickly). The correct form would be comfort and quickness.

The prefix pre- means 'before' or 'beforehand,' but the root vis means 'to see.' You cannot 'see before' something is able to be seen. 'Predictable' is correct, but 'Previsible' is nonsensical.

The correct word is inaudible, which uses the Latin prefix in- (not) and the root aud (to hear).