Vocabulary ~ Week 16
Chagrin – Humiliation; embarrassed disappointment
Caustic – Like acid; corrosive or harsh
Inane – Lacking sense, significance or ideas; silly
Placate – To pacify, appease or soothe
Reparation – Compensation or payback to make amends
for a wrongdoing
Vacillate – To be indecisive; to waver
Tacit – Not spoken; implied
Morphemes:
Gen- – Race; kind; origin
Nasc/nat- – Be born
Pat/pass- – Suffer; endure
Vocabulary ~ Week 16
Chagrin – Humiliation; embarrassed disappointment
Caustic – Like acid; corrosive or harsh
Inane – Lacking sense, significance or ideas; silly
Placate – To pacify, appease or soothe
Reparation – Compensation or payback to make amends
for a wrongdoing
Vacillate – To be indecisive; to waver
Tacit – Not spoken; implied
Morphemes:
Gen- – Race; kind; origin
Nasc/nat- – Be born
Pat/pass- – Suffer; endure
Vocabulary ~ Week 16
Chagrin – Humiliation; embarrassed disappointment
Caustic – Like acid; corrosive or harsh
Inane – Lacking sense, significance or ideas; silly
Placate – To pacify, appease or soothe
Reparation – Compensation or payback to make amends
for a wrongdoing
Vacillate – To be indecisive; to waver
Tacit – Not spoken; implied
Morphemes:
Gen- – Race; kind; origin
Nasc/nat- – Be born
Pat/pass- – Suffer; endure
Vocabulary ~ Week 16
Chagrin – Humiliation; embarrassed disappointment
Caustic – Like acid; corrosive or harsh
Inane – Lacking sense, significance or ideas; silly
Placate – To pacify, appease or soothe
Reparation – Compensation or payback to make amends
for a wrongdoing
Vacillate – To be indecisive; to waver
Tacit – Not spoken; implied
Morphemes:
Gen- – Race; kind; origin
Nasc/nat- – Be born
Pat/pass- – Suffer; endure
Grammar Time!
Pronouns ~ Which one should I use?
Subject/nominative pronouns:
I, you, he, she, they, it, we
Object pronouns:
Me, you, him, her, them, it, us
 (We, Us) students believe that school is cool. (We
is the subject of the sentence)
 Ivan and (he, him) have lived on the island for
years. (The two men are both the subject)
Comparing:
When you compare 2 things, they are both the subject.
 Rainsford is a better hunter than she. (if you add
“is” to the end of the sentence, it sounds better).
 Rainsford is better at surviving than I. (if you add
“am” to the end of the sentence, it sounds
better).
Grammar Time!
Pronouns ~ Which one should I use?
Subject/nominative pronouns:
I, you, he, she, they, it, we
Object pronouns:
Me, you, him, her, them, it, us
 (We, Us) students believe that school is cool. (We
is the subject of the sentence)
 Ivan and (he, him) have lived on the island for
years. (The two men are both the subject)
Comparing:
When you compare 2 things, they are both the subject.
 Rainsford is a better hunter than she. (if you add
“is” to the end of the sentence, it sounds better).
Rainsford is better at surviving than I. (if you add “am” to
the end of the sentence, it sounds better).
Grammar Time!
Pronouns ~ Which one should I use?
Subject/nominative pronouns:
I, you, he, she, they, it, we
Object pronouns:
Me, you, him, her, them, it, us
 (We, Us) students believe that school is cool. (We
is the subject of the sentence)
 Ivan and (he, him) have lived on the island for
years. (The two men are both the subject)
Pronouns ~ Which one should I use?
Comparing:
When you compare 2 things, they are both the subject.
 Rainsford is a better hunter than she. (if you add
“is” to the end of the sentence, it sounds better).
Rainsford is better at surviving than I. (if you add “am” to
the end of the sentence, it sounds better).
Grammar Time!
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Subject/nominative pronouns:
I, you, he, she, they, it, we
Object pronouns:
Me, you, him, her, them, it, us
 (We, Us) students believe that school is cool. (We
is the subject of the sentence)
Ivan and (he, him) have lived on the island for
years. (The two men are both the subject)
Comparing:
When you compare 2 things, they are both the subject.
 Rainsford is a better hunter than she. (if you add
“is” to the end of the sentence, it sounds better).
Rainsford is better at surviving than I. (if you add “am” to
the end of the sentence, it sounds better).