Vocabulary Development Midterm

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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


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