Morphemic Units

For this exercise, break down the following words into their constituent morphemic units. You will likely need a dictionary, but remember the etymological roots do not always identify morphemes. The final arbiter is what a competent speaker of English would consider the smallest meaningful unit.

Print the exercise out, complete it, and bring it to section.

For some fun with words like "unkempt" (where's "kempt"?) see this brief humor piece by Jack Winter in a 1994 issue of The New Yorker.