Read the example sentence and study the chart of word prefixes.My father planted perennial flowers in the garden because they’ll bloom year after year.PrefixDefinitionper-throughoutpre-beforein-, un-noten-within

The prefix “per-” means “throughout,” and the sentence says the flowers bloom year after year. Together, these clues show that “perennial” describes something lasting a long time, so the correct choice is “lasting a long time.”

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