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Vocabulary Week 1
Latin Prefixes 1-6
+ Latin Prefixes(1-6)
AB-, A-, ABS- : “from,” “away,” “off” ab (“off”) + rupt (“broken”) = ABRUPT (broken off
suddenly) a (“away”) + vert (“turn”) = AVERT (to turn away)
+ ABDICATE
What are ways people in 2013 abdicate responsibility?How do you abdicate responsibility?
+ ABHOR
Who do you abhor more? Why?
+ ABRASION
Which is more abrasive? Why?What’s the most abrasive thing you have ever
encountered?
SANDPAPER
+ ABSCOND
What is the man absconding from?When have you wished you could abscond?
+ ABSOLVE
What is the best way to be absolved from something you did wrong?
+ AVERSE
Which do you have a bigger aversion to?
+ AVOCATION
Which of these is not an avocation? Why?What avocations do you have?
+ Latin Prefixes(1-6)
AD-: “to,” “toward,” “near” an (“near”) + join = ADJOIN (to be next to)
+ ADHERENT
Which is more adherent? Why?What beliefs/rules do you adhere to?
+ ADVENT
What does each picture mark the advent of?
+ ADVERSE
Who is the adversary of the person in the picture?Do you have any adversaries?
+ Latin Prefixes(1-6)
ANTE-: “before” ante (“before”) + room = ANTEROOM (room before the
entrance to a house)
POST-: “after” post (“after”) + script = POSTSCRIPT (note added to a
letter or text after it has been written)
+ ANTECEDENTS
Think of your antecedents. What characteristics do you still have from them?
What traditions did your antecedents pass on to you?How is antecedent used grammatically?
+ POSTMORTEM
What do postmortems reveal to us?When might a hospital perform a postmortem?
+ Latin Prefixes(1-6)
BI-: “two” bi (“two”) + lingual (“languages”) = BILINGUAL (speaking
two languages)
SEMI-: “half” semi (“half”) + monthly = SEMIMONTHLY (occurring every
½ month)
+ BIPARTISAN
Which is a more productive way of making decisions – with a partisan or bipartisan committee?
+ BISECT
When do you need to bisect something in real life?
+ SEMICONSCIOUS
What is the difference between semiconscious and unconscious?
When have you felt semi-conscious?