The word evacuation is formed by adding the Latin suffix -tion to evacuate. Choose the answer that best shows the meanings of evacuation and evacuate. Base your answer on your knowledge of -tion. A. evacuate: "the act of emptying out" / evacuation: "to empty out"
B. evacuate: "to empty out" / evacuation: "the act of emptying out"
C. evacuate: "being empty" / evacuation: "the act of emptying out"
D. evacuate: "being empty" / evacuation: "to empty out"

Based on our knowledge of the suffix -tion, the best option is:

B. evacuate: "to empty out" / evacuation: "the act of emptying out"

Explanation:

A suffix is a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change it into a new word by altering its meaning. The suffix -tion is added to a verb to indicate a process, a state, an action, or a result. Thus, if we know the meaning of "evacuate", we can easily infer the meaning of "evacuation". To evacuate means to remove something or someone from a place or, simply put, to empty a place out. Thus, "evacuation" is the act of emptying out. With that in mind, we can choose letter B as the best option.

B. evacuate: "to empty out" / evacuation: "the act of emptying out"

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