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?