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Improving your vocabulary

Improving your vocabulary. The following slides slowly show you derivatives of a common base word. These words are found in the Academic Word List – a list of the most common words needed to function well in an academic setting.

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Improving your vocabulary

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  1. Improving your vocabulary • The following slides slowly show you derivatives of a common base word. These words are found in the Academic Word List – a list of the most common words needed to function well in an academic setting. • At the top of the presentation is a comment on how the word is formed (the meanings of the roots, etc) • In the middle of the presentation are various derivational changes. A noun will change its form to become an adjective etc. As you click to reveal more different forms, constantly ask yourself the question – are these forms in my “active repertoire” ? • Usually at the end of the presentation there is an arrow, and then a word which adopts a similar root, but is a completely different word with a different meaning. So instead of going DEEP (vertically) as you did with the derivatives - inside the way a word can change, I invite you to go FAR (horizontally) across many new, related words. • The idea here is that you let your mind receptively input the words you see. Don’t work too hard. Just let the words enter your mind. Listening to music while watching this presentation may help.

  2. Using Word Lists to vary your vocabulary • Building your writing and reading vocabulary • Learn about the Academic Word List • http://www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/staff/averil-coxhead/awl/http://www.uefap.com/vocab/vocfram.htm • http://web.uvic.ca/~gluton/awl

  3. Ana- everywherelysis – to make loose • Analyze • Analytical • Analysis • Unanalyzed •  synthesize

  4. A – to proche - near • approach • approachable • Unapproachable • reproach

  5. Assessare – to sit next to the judge • Assess • Assessment • Reassessed • Unassessed •  Session – to sit in the parliament

  6. Auctoritas – advice, opinion, influence command • Author • Authority • Authoritative • Authorize • Unauthorized • Authentic

  7. Bene – goodFactor - do • Benefit • beneficial • Benefactor •  superficial

  8. Con togetherCept –container - keep • Conceive • Concept • Conceptual • Conceptualize • Conceptualization •  reception receive

  9. Con sistTo place together – to stand • consist • consistent • Inconsistent • Inconsistently •  Assist resist insist

  10. Con – togetherTract – to pull • Contract noun • Contractor • Contractual • tractor, retract, traction

  11. Creare – crescent - to make grow • Create • Creative • Creatively • Creativity • Creator • Recreate •  increasing

  12. De-completelyfinire –end limit finish • Define • Definable • Definition • Redefine • Indefinable • refine

  13. Dis – individually Tribuere – to assign • Distribute • distribution • Distributor • Redistribute •  Retribution

  14. oikonomia "household management," from oikonomos "manager, steward," from oikos "house" (cognate with L. vicus "district," vicinus "near;" O.E. wic "dwelling, village;" see villa) + nomos "managing," from nemein "manage" Greek • Economy • economical • economically • economist • Uneconomical •  Ecology – the study of your place

  15. Aestima = to value • Estimate • Overestimate • Underestimate • Estimations • Inestimable • 

  16. From fin = ending – that is paying your bills to finish • Finance • Finances • Financial • Financially • Unfinanced • infinite

  17. Function - performance • Function • Functional • Functional • Dysfunctional • defunct

  18. In dicare – to say • index • Indicate • Indications • Indicative • Indicator • predict

  19. In = notDivide • individual  • individualize • individuality • Individualist • Individualism • dividend

  20. Inter – betweenpret – many ? • Interpret • Interpretation • Misinterpret • Misinterpreted • Reinterpretation

  21. In – inVolve – roll into • involve • Involvement • Uninvolved • Involving • revolve, evolve

  22. Leg - law • Legal • Legally • Illegally • Legalize • Legality • Illegal • legislation lecture

  23. Pro – forwardceed – to go • Proceed • Process • Procedure • Procedural • recede precede

  24. Re – repeatquire – to ask • Require • Requirement • Required (adjective) • inquire question

  25. Re- back, againspond – to promise • Respond • Respondent • Responsive • Unresponsive • Responsible • Irresponsible

  26. Signum – sign markIfy - make • signal • Significant • Signify • Significance • Insignificant •  signature

  27. Similis - To be like • Similar • Dissimilar • Similarities •  Simulation Synonym

  28. Species – a kind of category • Specific • Specifics • Specify • Specifically • Special Specie

  29. To build • Structure • Restructure • Structural • Structured • Unstructured •  Instruct construct

  30. Vary – to make different to turn • Vary • various • variable • invariably • variability • Invariable • Variety •  diverse

  31. Ad – tominister – to serve (la main) • Administer • Administration • Administrations • Administrative • Administrator • Administratively • 

  32. The end • Final • Finalize • Finality • Finally • Finals •  Definite infinite

  33. Part –piece shareCip – to take • Participate • Participant • Participation •  party partisan apart

  34. Reg - rules • Regulate • Deregulates Deregulation • Regulated Regulation • Regulator Regulatory • Unregulated • irregular •  register

  35. Se – apartlegere – to gather collect • Select • Selected • Selection • Selective • Selectively • Unselective • separate

  36. Phasis – to show • Emphasis • Emphasize • Emphatic • Emphatically •  phase – the appearance of the moon

  37. Ex – outclaudere = close • Exclude • Excluding • Exclusion • Exclusive • Exclusively • include preclude

  38. Etc.

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