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Exploring Suffixes: A Quick Study Guide for Quiz Preparation

This guide offers a concise overview of key vocabulary and concepts for a suffix quiz, focusing on words associated with various themes such as benevolence, peace, truth, heaviness, and lightness. Key terms and their origins are highlighted, along with historical and literary references to enhance understanding. Students will encounter words like "benediction," "pacifist," "criminology," "stoic," and more, with examples and contexts to aid retention. Ideal for quick revision ahead of the upcoming quiz on Units 1 and 2.

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Exploring Suffixes: A Quick Study Guide for Quiz Preparation

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  1. 6 Minute Study for Suffix Quiz

  2. BENE: “well” or “good” • Benediction Benevolence • Benefactor Beneficiary To wish To speak To make or do To make or do

  3. Am: “love” • Amicable Enamored • Amorous Paramour

  4. Bell: War • Antebellum Bellicose • Belligerence Rebellion

  5. Pac: Agree, Peace • Pacify Pact • Pacifist Pace

  6. Crim: fault, crime • Criminology Decriminalize • Incriminate Recrimination “incriminating evidence”

  7. Prob: prove, proof, honesty • Approbation Probate • Probity Reprobate

  8. Grav: heavy, serious Grave Gravitate Gravitas Aggravate Think: younger siblings Think: character

  9. Lev: light, to raise or to lighten Alleviate Elevation Levity Cantilever

  10. Buzz words from mythology and history • Cicerone: a guide

  11. Hector : to bully or harass by personal pressure • Hector from Homer’s Illiad, leader of Trojan army (Eric Bana playing Hector in movie “Troy” – imagination here kids)

  12. Hedonism: attitude/way of life that happiness should be chief goal (amen) • From Greek word “pleasure”

  13. Nestor: senior figure or leader in one’s field • Another guy from the Illiad; eldest Greek leader of Trojan war • Wise and generous with advice

  14. Spartan: marked by simplicity, avoidance of luxury, often strict self discipline/self-denial • Think less of “THIS IS SPARTA” • Not as in your face • Tiny bachelor apartment—”When he was single, he had lived a spartan life in a tiny, undecorated apartment with one chair, a table, and a bed.”

  15. Stentorian: extremely loud, often with especially deep richness of sound • You will notice throughout the year, I have a stentorian voice that teachers all around the hall will be able to hear. (ha!) • Again, another old guy from the Illiad, Stentor, had a powerful voice to give us this word.

  16. Stoic: seemingly indifferent to pleasure or pain • Stoics were members of a philosophical movement from ancient Greece to Roman era. • Think of a stoic person as one who endures mental and physical pain without complaint.

  17. Sybaritic: marked by a luxurious or sensual way of life • Ancient city Sybaris—famous for wealth and luxury • Think: Rich Kids of Instagram. Now you want to punch them.

  18. homework • Unit 1& 2 Root Vocab words + Greek/History words due Lesson 8 (Wednesday) • Quiz Wednesday over Unit ½ • Tuesday: Review Unit 2 Words, Review Game, Study Time

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