simple words	not composed of more than one grammatical unit; care
complex words	composed of more than one grammatical units; careless
two major types of complex words:	affix words and compound words
affix words	made from basic steam word with the addition of an affix
sorts of affixes:	: prefixes (come before the steam) and suffixes (come after the steam)
affixes have three possible effects on word stress:	receives the primary stress, the word is stressed just as i