Back-formation is the method of creating new words by_____ the so-called suffixes.

The overwhelming majority of blends are _____.

The conversion of two-syllable nouns into verbs involves a change of_____.

Nouns converted from adjectives have all the characteristics of nouns and achieve a full noun status, thus known as _____.

-eer, -er, -ess, -ette, -let are all suffixes added to noun bases to produce _____ nouns.

All of the following are pejorative prefixes except _____.

Prefixes do not generally change the ____ of the stem but only modify its meaning.

Affixation is generally defined as the formation of words by adding word-forming or ____ to stems.

_____ doesn’t belong to the most productive means of word-formation.

The expansion of vocabulary in modern English depends chiefly on_____.