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Vocabulary Week 1

Vocabulary Week 1. Latin Prefixes 1-6. Latin Prefixes (1-6). AB-, A-, ABS- : “from,” “away,” “off” ab (“off”) + rupt (“broken”) = ABRUPT (broken off suddenly) a (“away”) + vert (“turn”) = AVERT (to turn away). ABDICATE. What are ways people in 2013 abdicate responsibility?

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Vocabulary Week 1

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  1. Vocabulary Week 1 Latin Prefixes 1-6

  2. Latin Prefixes(1-6) • AB-, A-, ABS- : “from,” “away,” “off” • ab (“off”) + rupt (“broken”) = ABRUPT (broken off suddenly) • a (“away”) + vert (“turn”) = AVERT (to turn away)

  3. ABDICATE What are ways people in 2013 abdicate responsibility? How do you abdicate responsibility?

  4. ABHOR Who do you abhor more? Why?

  5. ABRASION SANDPAPER Which is more abrasive? Why? What’s the most abrasive thing you have ever encountered?

  6. ABSCOND What is the man absconding from? When have you wished you could abscond?

  7. ABSOLVE What is the best way to be absolved from something you did wrong?

  8. AVERSE Which do you have a bigger aversion to?

  9. AVOCATION Which of these is not an avocation? Why? What avocations do you have?

  10. Latin Prefixes(1-6) • AD-: “to,” “toward,” “near” • an (“near”) + join = ADJOIN (to be next to)

  11. ADHERENT Which is more adherent? Why? What beliefs/rules do you adhere to?

  12. ADVENT What does each picture mark the advent of?

  13. ADVERSE Who is the adversary of the person in the picture? Do you have any adversaries?

  14. Latin Prefixes(1-6) • ANTE-: “before” • ante (“before”) + room = ANTEROOM (room before the entrance to a house) • POST-: “after” • post (“after”) + script = POSTSCRIPT (note added to a letter or text after it has been written)

  15. ANTECEDENTS Think of your antecedents. What characteristics do you still have from them? What traditions did your antecedents pass on to you? How is antecedent used grammatically?

  16. POSTMORTEM What do postmortems reveal to us? When might a hospital perform a postmortem?

  17. Latin Prefixes(1-6) • BI-: “two” • bi (“two”) + lingual (“languages”) = BILINGUAL (speaking two languages) • SEMI-: “half” • semi (“half”) + monthly = SEMIMONTHLY (occurring every ½ month)

  18. BIPARTISAN Which is a more productive way of making decisions – with a partisan or bipartisan committee?

  19. BISECT When do you need to bisect something in real life?

  20. SEMICONSCIOUS What is the difference between semiconscious and unconscious? When have you felt semi-conscious?

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