mis/mit review (definitions & sentences)

Boost your 7th grader's vocabulary with word roots & affixes!

Match the words with their definitions. admit to send someone in or allow someone to enter (like with a ticket) dismiss to send someone out or let someone leave (like with a bell) emit to send out or give off (like an odor or a light) intermission a break between acts of a play for people to stretch missile a weapon designed to be sent in the direction of a target mission a special duty or job a person is sent out to do omit to leave out or exclude from something remit to send back (like a bill) submit to SUBJECT yourself under someone else's control transmit to send something across places (like a signal or virus) There was an _ in the middle of the really long movie so that we could go to the bathroom and grab more popcorn. transmit intermission mission submit Because I had to purchase a ticket, the usher _(ed) me into the movie theater. omit submit transmit admit Dogs will often _ a terrible odor when they are wet. emit omit remit submit I couldn't wait for the judge to _ the case and send me home. admit remit dismiss transmit My _ was to move quickly through the hall to make it to class before the bell ran. omit transmit missile mission I had to _ the yearbook order envelope and check by Friday or I wouldn't get a yearbook. remit omit dismiss transmit The teacher said to _ the assignment by 9:00 pm so that she could grade it before tomorrow's class. remit submit transmit emit The _ was easily able to hit its target and destroy the village. intermission transmit missile mission I was so depressed when I realized my name had been _(ed) from the field trip list, but I got added back in after the mistake was found. omit remit submit admit The school was closed because the flu virus had been _ (ed) to the entire teaching staff; there were not enough teachers to teach the students. dismiss transmit remit submit