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Word Roots

Word Roots . Miss, mitt. ddd. Prefixes. Suffixes. c ommissioner, n. A person sent to meet with others to plan and make official decisions. The baseball commissioner decided to suspend the players for 10 games. s mite, v. To send a sharp blow; to strike.

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  1. Word Roots Miss, mitt

  2. ddd

  3. Prefixes

  4. Suffixes

  5. commissioner, n • A person sent to meet with others to plan and make official decisions The baseball commissioner decided to suspend the players for 10 games.

  6. smite, v. • To send a sharp blow; to strike He vowed that he would smite his enemy.

  7. transmit, v. • To send from one person or place to another The technology allows data to be transmitted by cellular phones.

  8. admissible, adj. • Able to be sent as truthful evidence The judge decided that the confession was admissible in court.

  9. missive, n. • A message sent through the mail The two old friends like to fire off missives filled with good-natured teasing and mock insults.

  10. submissive, adj. • Yielding; obedient The class was submissiveto their teacher’s demands.

  11. permit, v. • To allow; to authorize Mrs. Gigantino permitted herself one more cookie after lunch on Friday.

  12. missionary, n. • A person sent for a special task, usually religious John Paton was a great pioneer missionary who devoted himself to sharing the gospel with the cannibals of the New Hebrides in the pacific.

  13. missile, n. • A rocket or weapon sent through the air A propeller-driven underwater missile is called a torpedo.

  14. remittance, n. • Money sent in payment The young college student always mails in her remittance late, so she usually gets charged a late fee on her phone bill.

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