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Words of the Week 2009-2010

Words of the Week 2009-2010. 2 nd Semester. Previous Roots You Are Responsible For. CLUD, CLUS = close DICT, DIC = speak FER = carry PRE = before IL, IN = not LIG, LI = bind PATH, PASS = feel SEQU = follow ACR, ACU = sharp, sour CIRCUM = around ANT, ANTE = before FUS = pour

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Words of the Week 2009-2010

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  1. Words of the Week2009-2010 2nd Semester

  2. Previous Roots You Are Responsible For • CLUD, CLUS = close DICT, DIC = speak • FER = carry PRE = before • IL, IN = not LIG, LI = bind • PATH, PASS = feel SEQU = follow • ACR, ACU = sharp, sour CIRCUM = around • ANT, ANTE = before FUS = pour • GRAD, GRESS = step PLIC = fold • SED, SID = sit, settle TRACT = draw, drag • CRAC, CRAT = rule

  3. Week #19 • GREG means flock or herd

  4. Aggregate - sum; the whole amount

  5. Egregious - outstandingly bad; flagrant • from Latin ēgregius outstanding (literally: standing out from the herd)

  6. Gregarious - Seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable

  7. Segregate - To separate or isolate from a group

  8. Previous Roots You Are Responsible For • CLUD, CLUS = close DICT, DIC = speak • FER = carry PRE = before • IL, IN = not LIG, LI = bind • PATH, PASS = feel SEQU = follow • ACR, ACU = sharp, sour CIRCUM = around • ANT, ANTE = before FUS = pour • GRAD, GRESS = step PLIC = fold • SED, SID = sit, settle TRACT = draw, drag • CRAC, CRAT = rule GREG = flock, herd

  9. 1. CLUD, CLUS 10. DICT, DIC 2. FER 11. PRE 3. IL, IN 12. LIG, LI 4. PATH, PASS 13. SEQU 5. ACR, ACU 14. CIRCUM 6. ANT, ANTE 15. FUS 7. GRAD, GRESS 16. PLIC 8. SED, SID 17. TRACT 9. CRAC, CRAT 18. GREG • Bank: before, follow, pour, draw, close, not, sharp, step, rule, speak, bind, around, fold, carry, feel, before, sit (or settle), flock (or herd)

  10. Week #20 • HYPO means (under) • Hypochondriac • Hypocrisy • Hypodermic • Hypoglycemic • Hypothesis

  11. Hypochondriac – a person with chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms

  12. Hypocrisy - the condition of a person pretending to be something he is not (esp. in the area of morals or religion)

  13. Hypodermic - the region of the skin beneath the epidermis • Hypodermic needle

  14. Hypoglycemia - An abnormally low level of glucose in the blood

  15. Hypothesis - a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations

  16. 1. CLUD, CLUS 11. DICT, DIC 2. FER 12. PRE 3. IL, IN 13. LIG, LI 4. PATH, PASS 14. SEQU 5. ACR, ACU 15. CIRCUM 6. ANT, ANTE 16. FUS 7. GRAD, GRESS 17. PLIC 8. SED, SID 18. TRACT • CRAC, CRAT 19. GREG • HYPO • Bank: before, follow, pour, ,under, draw, close, not, sharp (or sour), step, rule, speak, bind, around, fold, carry, feel, before, sit (or settle), flock (or herd)

  17. Week #21 JECT mean throw Adjective Conjecture Dejected Interject Trajectory

  18. Adjective - a word that expresses an attribute of something • Remember “Unpack Your Adjectives”?

  19. Conjecture - the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence; guess

  20. Dejected - Being in low spirits; depressed

  21. Interject - to insert abruptly or sharply; interrupt; throw in

  22. Trajectory - the path followed by an object moving through space

  23. CLUD, CLUS • SPIR 3. FER 12. PRE 4. IL, IN 13. LIG, LI 5. PATH, PASS 14. SEQU 6. ACR, ACU 15. CIRCUM 7. ANT, ANTE 16. FUS 8. GRAD, GRESS 17. PLIC • SED, SID 18. DICT, DIC • CRAC, CRAT 19. TRACT • HYPO 20. GREG • Bank: before, follow, pour, breathe, under, draw, close, not, sharp (or sour), step, rule, speak, bind, around, fold, carry, feel, before, sit (or settle), flock (or herd)

  24. SPIR (breathe) • Aspire • Inspired • Respiration • Spiritual • Transpire

  25. Aspire - To have a great ambition; desire strongly • The contestants aspire to be famous.

  26. Inspired - Of such excellence as to suggest divine inspiration • (an inspired musician; an inspired performance)

  27. Respiration - The act of inhaling and exhaling; breathing

  28. Spiritual - relating to the spirit or soul and not to physical matter; intangible

  29. Transpire - to come to light; be known • Despite efforts to hush the matter up, it soon transpired that the colonels had met with the rebel leaders.

  30. WEEK #5 OB means AGAINST

  31. Obtuse - not sharp, acute, or pointed • What is the definition of an obtuse angle?

  32. Obfuscate – to be evasive, unclear, or confusing

  33. Obdurate – stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

  34. Obliterate – to remove from existence • An H-bomb could obliterate an entire city.

  35. WEEK #6 TAIN, TEN means HOLD, TWIST

  36. Abstain - To refrain from something by one's own choice

  37. Detain - To keep in custody or temporary confinement

  38. Sustenance - Something, especially food, that sustains life or health

  39. Tenacious - To hold persistently to something, such as a point of view

  40. WEEK #7 VOC, VOK means call

  41. Advocate - One that argues for a cause; a supporter or defender

  42. Provoke - To incite to anger or resentment.

  43. Irrevocable - not able to be changed; unalterable

  44. Unequivocal - having only one meaning or interpretation • Is there unequivocal evidence for global warming?

  45. Vocation – an occupation (from Middle English vocacioun, divine call to a religious life)

  46. WEEK #8 BELLI, BELL means war

  47. Antebellum - Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War. • An Antebellum Mansion

  48. Bellicose - Warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; belligerent. • What are the most bellicose nations to the U.S. right now?

  49. Belligerent - Inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive.

  50. Rebel - To resist or defy an authority (verb); a Confederate soldier (noun)

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