Vocabulary Development Midterm
Cred
Believe trust
Inter
Between
Extra
Beyond
There is a legal battle raging and the judges are concerned that time is running out. Lawyers are being asked to EXPEDITE the matter by getting their paperwork in early. What does "expedite" mean?
Quicken
Syn
Same
Dict
Say
No word must ever leak out about this military action! It has to be CLANDESTINE operation in order to succeed. Which word is a synonym of "clandestine"?
Secretive
Auto
Self
Sed
Sit
If you count all the votes in an area that heavily supports candidate A and only some of the votes in an area that heavily supports candidate B youll SKEW the results in favor of candidate A. What does "skew" mean?
Slant
Audi
Sound
Stereo
Sound
Anim
Spirit/ mind
Astr
Star
Logy
Study of
Name four context clues.
Synonyms/ restatement/definition Examples Contrasts Inferences
Tri
Three
Chron
Time
Con
Together
Epi
Top/ on
Ard
Toward
Tort
Twist
Bi
Two
Sub
Under
Sunshine said, "Amber, why are you making such a big deal about Roberts' hair? Yes, he did dye it purple. It is rather unusual for a guy to have purple hair. On the other hand, it's not exactly going to change the course of world history. Its really quite a TRIVIAL matter." What does "trivial" mean?
Unimportant
Bell
War
Aqua
Water
Hyper
Above, Over, Beyond
Super
Above, beyond
Post
After
Anti
Against
List three signal words for contrast clues
Although However But
Circum
Around
Dis
Away
Ob
Away
Re
Back again
Mal
Bad
Mis
Bad, wrong
Ante
Before
Com
With
Gram
Write
Scrib
Write
Contra
against
Mis
bad
Pre
before
Geo
earth
Octa
eight
List four punctuation marks that signal context clues.
( )- Parenthesis : - Colon , - Comma - dash
Archy
government
Semi
half
Thermo
heat
Scop
look
Meter
measure
Luna
moon
Helio
sun
Ad
to
Cede
to go
Sym
together
Gyro
turn, twist
Intra
within
Fortunately, the dizzy spell was TRANSIENT. He was able to continue playing within seconds and had no trouble winning the match. When you describe an event as " transient" you are saying that ____________.
It doesn't last long
Cide
Kill
Cogn
Know
Terr
Land
Bio
Life
Vita
Life
Bas
Low
Anthropo
Man
Neo
New
In
Not
Non
Not
Un
Not
Nihill
Nothing
Sur
On
Ician
One who
Alter
Other
Demo
People
Dyna
Power
Both sides in the election contest are throwing accusations at each other. The supporters claim that Governor Bush is trying to THWART the will of the people. The bush supporters say that Mr. Gore is trying to create votes or assign choices to people who did not really cast votes for president. What does "thwart" mean?
Block
Put this medicine on your skin until it is invisible. It will inhibit the infections attempt to spread. What does "inhibit" mean?
Block or Slow down
Biblio
Book
Port
Carry
Centri
Center
Muta
Change
Cise
Cut
Obit
Death
Path
Disease/ feelings
Ism
Doctrine
De
Down, away, apart
Equi
Equivalent
Sequ
Follow
Tetra
Four
In the early 1600s, a dangerous trip across the Atlantic Ocean was a DAUNTING idea. The Europeans, who would someday be known as the pilgrims, must have been very determined and brave group of settlers. A daunting task is one that would __________ someone.
Frighten or intimidate
Cap
Head
What are context clues?
Hints or suggestions about the meaning of a word.
Cent
Hundred
List three signal words for example context clues.
Including Such as For instance
Itis
Inflammation
When your plan brings us great wealth, you will be rewarded for your SAGACITY.
Intelligence
Intro
Into