Do you recall that the four most common prefixes account for 97% of the prefixed words in written school English? Here's the last prefix of those top four. I bet this is one that you've seen quite often.
Prefix: re-
Meaning: again, once more
Examples: redo, refresh, rerun, reuse, rewrite
For more words using this particular prefix, click on this link: http://mrsdell.org/rewords.htm. Then, come back here and post the word that you were least familiar with. Visit an online dictionary site to find that word's definition and share it with the group. (Here's a link to an online dictionary that you might want to use: http://www.merriam-webster.com/.)
7 comments:
I picked regain. Using Merriam-Webster, I went to the visual thesarus which was very helpful:
Regain ~ find, recover, retrieve.
redouble, To make twice as great in size or amount.
Richard A.
I choose the word reenter,which is a verb.which means to enter something again.
Sheila W.
reclaim-claim or demand the return or restoration of
reinvent:to make as if for the time something already invented.
Dorothea M.
Recharge:to charge again,to retore a new the active material in (a storge battery)
Rebound = To spring back on or as if on collision or impact with another body
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