9. Prefixes & Suffixes (3): two-stage formations

Prefixes & Suffixes (3): two-stage formations

Use the words in brackets to form adjectives, nouns and verbs with the help of prefixation & suffixation. Sometimes you will need to make changes at both the start and end of the word.
  1. I need to get a bottle of (infect). I want to give the bathroom a proper cleaning. 
  2. What does (modest) mean? – – – Well, that's not easy to explain. Improper behavior. Being impudent or (shame). 
  3. (able) is an umbrella term, which can cover anything from (impair), to activity (limit) and participation (restrict). 
  4. The genetic code is the set of rules by which information (code) in genetic material is translated into proteins by (live) cells. 
  5. The Age of (lighten) is the era in Western philosophy and (intellect), (science) and cultural life, centered upon the eighteenth century, in which reason was advocated as the primary source and (legitimate) for authority. 
  6. It's clear now, after 25 years, that the President's decision was a colossal (calculate). But nobody could have seen that then. 
  7. Some (autism) people may be (sense) to pain, and fail to notice injuries. Some can be very (affection) toward those they know and care about. 
  8. My grandfather's first concern has always been his hometown, in spite of the terrible (grateful) he had to suffer from people who benefited from his (generous). 
  9. The (sane) defense has existed since the twelfth century, but was not initially considered an argument for the (defend) to be found not guilty. The idea that it could beat the (convict) arose in the early nineteenth century, in the writings of an (influence) scholar, Isaac Ray. 
  10. Those hackers will face life (prison) under the Anti-(terror) Act.