Word Study Review – 10/8/12 – Highlighted words to be assessed on Friday.
Lesson 1
abhor
abominate
abridge
abstruse
abut
abyss
accolade
adjunct
affidavit
affinity
Lesson 2
ambiance
amenable
amplify
antecedent
anterior
appalling
aptitude
archaic
arduous
artisan
Lesson 3
balm
beget
beleaguer
bereave
beset
bizarre
blather
bleak
bludgeon
bucolic
Lesson 4
catharsis
caucus
Meaning
to hate very much
extreme hatred
to shorten
hard to understand
to border upon, to adjoin
bottomless pit or gulf
an award or honor; praise
cerebral
certify
chasm
of or relating to the brain
to confirm formally
a deep opening in the earth’s surface
something connected to, an assistant
a sworn written statement
a natural attraction; kinship
mood or general atmosphere
agreeable
to make larger, louder or more powerful
going before, preceding
situated in front
causing horror; shock
natural ability, capacity for learning
ancient; outdated
difficult
a worked skilled in a craft
something that heals, ointment
to give birth; to create
to besiege; surround; harass
suffering the death of a loved one
to harass; to surround
extremely unconventional; far fetched
to talk nonsensically
depressing; discouraging
to hit or attack; a short, heavy club
rural or rustic in nature; country-like
an emotional healing
a meeting of the members of a political party
to make decisions
Link
chore
a bomb hate
bridge
moose
butt
miss
lemonade
add junk
after David
fin tea
ambulance
mean bull
ants and flies
hand seed
antlers
falling
altitude
cake
hard on us
art in sand
palm
forget
big leaguer
leave
bees sat
bazaar
lather
leak
dungeon
bulls frolic
cats and horses
cactus
cereal
hurt a fly
spasm
Greek/Latin Roots
mob, mot, mov
grad, gress
pos
sed, sid, sess
log
ono, nym, onym
tain, ten, tent
fer
Meaning
move
step
to place; put
to sit, settle
word; idea; reason
word; name
hold
to carry, bear, bring together
Word Example
locomotion or mobile
graduate, digress
transpose, compose
sedentary reside
logical
homonym, synonym
patent,extend
transfer, conference
Prefix/Suffix
e-. exinnonil, im, in, ir
pro
retro
an, anti
ab
ad
Meaning
outside, extra
in, inside, into
not
not
for, in favor of, positive
backward, back
against, opposite
away, from
toward, to
Word Example
exclude
inject
nonsense, nonfiction
incapable, immobile, illogical
promote
retrospect, retrofit
antihistamine, antidote
abduct, absorb
advance, adjourn, address