Lesson 2 english
Auditor means ______.
examiner of financial records
Generations mean _____.
grandfather, father, son
Deserted means _____
left without inhabitants
Parchment means ______.
material for writing
Match the terms with the definitions.
prefix element in front of a word suffix element added to the end of a word antonym a word or phrase that means the opposite of another synonym a word or phrase that means the same as another root the basic meaning of a word without the added affixes
Bigotry means _____.
prejudice
Baptism means ______.
religious ceremony using water
Feud means ______.
argument or hostility
Blight means _____.
destruction
Pestilence means ______.
disease
Seizure means _____.
Capture
Recital means _____.
Chant
Reigning means ______.
Current
Depopulated means _____.
Destroyed
Select SEVEN questions that are necessary to ask when determining the meaning of a word.
Does the context of the sentence or surrounding sentences help to define the word? Does the context of the paragraph or the selection help to explain the use of the word? Does it have a familiar prefix, suffix, or root word? Does the author change the meaning of the word throughout the text? Is the word used denotatively, connotatively, or figuratively? Does the title or subtitle of the selection help to explain the use of the word? What part of speech is the word in the sentence?