For each work below, determine whether it is simple or complex: home, payment, invalid, root, surprise, distinction, glue, geese, deform, premature.
Home, root, glue, and geese are simple, that is, consisting of the root word only. : pay + ment, in + valid, sur- + prise, distinct + ion, de + form, pre- + mature.
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Home, root, glue, and geese are simple, that is, consisting of the root word only.
Payment, invalid, surprise, distinction, deform, and premature are complex, that is, consisting of some combination of a root word and a prefix, suffix, another root word, etc.: pay + ment, in + valid, sur- + prise, distinct + ion, de + form, pre- + mature.