vocabulary tree
halle kate wheeler
9/31/10
-suffix ment means expressing the meaning or result of action.
1.exitment
s-joy
joy:happines::buck:dollar
verb
2.fragment
s-piece
piece:fragment::strawberry:fruit
noun
3.engagment
s-promise
promise:lie::soft:hard
noun
4.payment
s-advance
advance:payment::car:vehicle
noun
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pre-meaning before
post-meaning after
pre
1. prehistoric-synonym,elderly antonym,young
2.prelimenary-synonym,introductory antonym,conclusion
post
1.posterity-synonym,offspring antonym,past
2.postgraduate-synonym,alum antonym,undergraduate
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dic/dict
def- to say or declare
1.dictator n./ dictator:authority::strawberry:fruit/ syn,authority
2.dictation v. / dictation:verbal::banana:yellow/ syn,verbal
log
def- comes from the greek meaning word
1.monologue n./ monologue:narrative::nails:hard/ syn,narrative
2.epilogue n./ epilogue:preface::chapter:page/ syn,conclusion
cycle
def- circular
1.epicycle n./ epicycle:solar system:: round:circular/ syn,solar system
2.hemicycle n./ hemicycle:legislatures::strange:odd/ syn,legislatures
| log | cycle | dic/dict |
| 1)epilogue | hemicycle | dictator |
| 2)monologue | epicycle | dictation |
| conclusion | legislatures | authority |
| narrative | solarsystem | verbal |
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ReplyDeletedue on 11/19 1. define the following roots, suffixes, and prefixes: sub-, super-, tele, trac/tract, -ion, -ive 2. pick out at least 2 words that use each root 3. for each new word, please do the following: --write an analogy --record the part of speech --clip an image 4. be sure to put the information into the thesaurus format that you are using 5. cut and paste this entire page into your web-portfolio
ReplyDelete1.Sub deffinition- Under or less than. super deffenition-above anything and/or exceeding the natural state tele deffenition-
It refers to distance. It's from Greek, "tēle", meaning "far off".
2.Examples of how the word is used
tele- illustration
They offer local and long distance telephone service.
Telephome is a verb.
tele- illustration
Telecommuting twice weekly can ease motorists' gas pains by 40 percent.
Telecommunting is a verb.
1.Trac/tract deffinition-the root word for tract/trac is pull or drag
2.Examples of how the root is used are......
Tractor-N Protractor-N
1.Ion deffinition-Def-An act or process
2.Examples of how the root is used are.....
Nation-N Abbreviation-N
1.Ive deffenition-is used to form adjectives, and also nouns derived from them, and means "tending to; having the nature of''
2.Other words similar would be - expens-ive, interact-ive, inact-ive.
Expensive-Adj Inactive-Adj Inactive-Adj