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Vocabulary: unit 2

Vocabulary: unit 2. POWER. WORD TOWER: DOM. DOM: HOUSE/LORD. DOMESTIC DOMINION PREDOMINATE INDOMITABLE. domestic. Dealing with the house/home. dominion. Place or area of control/power. predominate. To be the strongest or greatest. Pre-. indomitable. Impossible to subdue or defeat.

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Vocabulary: unit 2

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  1. Vocabulary: unit 2 POWER

  2. WORD TOWER: DOM

  3. DOM: HOUSE/LORD • DOMESTIC • DOMINION • PREDOMINATE • INDOMITABLE

  4. domestic • Dealing with the house/home.

  5. dominion • Place or area of control/power.

  6. predominate • To be the strongest or greatest. • Pre-

  7. indomitable • Impossible to subdue or defeat.

  8. Word Tower: Tain/tin/ten

  9. Tain/tin/ten: have/hold

  10. Words we will cover: • Retain • Abstain/Abstinence • Tenable • Tenacious

  11. retain • Definition: HOLD BACK/KEEP • Re: again/back • Example: I really hope I can retain all of the stuff we’ve learned for the big test.

  12. Abstain/abstinence • Ab-- means “away” • Example: She chose to abstain from caffeine during the golf season. • Abstain: • Abstinence:

  13. tenable • Definition: • Example: After the fishing hook plunged into his skin, he found that the only tenable solution was to use a pliers to get it out.

  14. Tenacious/tenacity • Example: Despite everyone else’s opinions, the tenacious student refused to believe that her answer was wrong. • Definition:

  15. Hyper vs. Hypo

  16. Two definitions: • Hyper: Over/ Above and Beyond • Hypo: Under/Beneath/Less Than Ordinary

  17. Hyperthermia vs. hypothermia

  18. Definitions: • Therm- Means Temperature • Hyperthermia: • Hypothermia:

  19. hypodermic • Derm: • Hypodermic:

  20. Hypothetical • Definition: Example: Phrenology

  21. Hyperbole • Definition:

  22. Pairs: Take a guess: (just for fun) • HYPEROPIA • MYOPIA • HYPERTENSION • HYPOTENSION • HYPERGLYCEMIC • HYPOGLYCEMIC

  23. Word Tower: PATH/PASS

  24. Path/pass: feeling or suffering

  25. Words we will cover: • Impassioned • Psychopath • Apathy/Empathy/Sympathy

  26. impassioned • IM- IN • DEFINITION: FILLED WITH OR SHOWING GREAT EMOTION • Example: The Chieftainettes’ impassioned performance resulted in erupting applause.

  27. psychopath • DEFINITION: SUFFERING OF THE MIND • PSYCH:

  28. Apathy/empathy/sympathy • Prefixes: • A- NOT • EM-IN/INTO---(You have been IN the experience) • SYM- TOGETHER • Apathy: • Empathy: • Sympathy:

  29. Let’s try it: • Match the three words to the correct sentences. • He was so ______________ about sports that he didn’t even know which city the Packers were from. • I too had felt the wrath of sunburn, so I felt ___________ as she winced with every movement. • When I watch movies about the Holocaust I am filled with _____________ for the victims of this atrocity.

  30. Word tower: ARCH

  31. Arch- • Meaning 1: Most important/to rule • Examples: • Arch Nemesis • Anarchy • Matriarchy/Patriarchy

  32. Arch: most important/ to rule • ARCH NEMESIS– Most important enemy. • Example: ActivInspire used to be my friend. However, ever since the tools have begun to disappear more and more frequently, it has the potential to become my arch nemesis.

  33. Anarchy: • Definition: NO Rule/No government • Example: When the 3rd graders noticed that the new substitute teacher was too nice to scold them, complete anarchy broke out. Kids were throwing things, wrestling, and feeding their lunches to the fish.

  34. Matriarchy/Patriarchy: • Matriarchy: Ruled by _______________ • Matr- ______________________ • Example: The women in the Iroquois society are said to have held the most power, proving that it may have been an example of a matriarchy. • Patriarchy: Ruled by _______________ • Patr ______________________ • Example: As more women are elected to positions of power, it is debated whether or not the U.S. is a patriarchy.

  35. Arch- • Meaning 2: Ancient • Examples: • Archeology • Archives • Archaic

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