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The prefix "dis-" means "not" or the
opposite. It can also mean "apart."
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Let's form words with this prefix.
When you don't agree with someone, you
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disagree. Now, what's the
noun? What can you experience?
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You can have a disagreement.
How about the adjective? What
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do we call a person that's hard to get along with?
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disagreeable.
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What do magicians do? They
can make things appear and
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disappear.
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When something doesn't give you an advantage,
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but it actually creates difficulties,
we say that it puts you at a
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disadvantage.
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When you experience uneasiness, you
lack comfort. You actually experience
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discomfort.
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If something stops usual activity
it's like an interruption,
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but things can't function
normally, so we call it a
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disruption, and the verb is
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disrupt.
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