English 9 9H Vocabulary
English 9 & 9H Vocabulary
Part I: Morphemes
Morpheme
Definition
Examples
1 a, an
not, without
amoral-not having morals
2 ad
motion to or towards, at, near
adjacent-next to
3 agog
to lead
pedagogy-the study of teaching kids
4 alt
other
alternate-a different choice
5 amph, amb,
ambi
both, around
ambiguous-unclear because it contains both
characteristics
6 ana
up, back, again, throughout,
according to
analogy-an explanation of one thing based on
comparing it to another
7 anthrop
human, man
anthropology-the study of human society
8 apo, aph
off, away, off from, away from
apology-to express sorrow about a past action
9 arch
to be the first, to rule, ruler,
chief
archangel- the chief angel
10 audi
to hear
auditorium - ta place where it's easy to hear
performers
11 ben
well, good
benefit-something good for someone
12 bib
book
bibliography
13 brev
short
abbreviate
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14 carn
flesh
carnivorous
15 centr
center
eccentric
16 chrom
color
monocrhomatic
17 cogn
to know
recognize
18 com
with, together, alongside
company
19 contr, contra
against, opposite,
complementary
contraband
20 corp
body
corpse
21 cred
to believe
incredible
22 crust, crout
shell
crustacean
23 culp
guilt, blame
culprit
24 dem
the people
democracy
25 derm
skin
dermatology
26 di, dia
through, across, apart, between diameter
27 dox
to think, to have opinion, to
praise
orthodox
28 du
two
duo
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29 dys
difficult, faulty, bad
dysentery
30 ecto
outside
ectoderm
31 ectomy
a surgical cutting out
tonsillectomy
32 ego
self
ego-maniac
33 end, endo
inside, within
endoscope
34 eso
inward, within
esoteric
35 ex
removal, out, outside, from out, extract
without
36 fac
to do, to make
factory
37 fratr, frater
brother
fraternity
38 ge, geo, terr
earth, ground
terrain
39 graph
to write
biography
40 gyn
woman
gynecologist
41 hol
whole, entirely
holocaust
42 homo
same
homogenize
43 hypo
under, insufficient
hypothesis
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44 ic, tic, ical, ac having to do with
cardiac
45 im, in, ir
not
improper
46 inter
between, inside
interrupt
47 isk, iscus
small
asterisk
48 iso
equal
isoceles
49 ist
one who believes in or one who terrorist
does
50 judg, judic
judge
judicial
51 liter
letter
literature
52 log
spech, word, reason
monologue
53 magn
great
magnify
54 mal, male
bad, evil
malevolent
55 mar
sea
marine
56 met, meta,
meth
above, beyond, over, after,
behind, between, with , beside
metacognitive
57 micro
small
microscope
58 min (really
minor, mini
and minu
smallest, least
minute
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59 mob, mot, mov to move
movie
60 mort, mori
death
mortician
61 mut
to change, to exchange
immutable
62 ne, neo
new
neonatal
63 nom, nomen,
nomin
name
nominal
64 oid, od
in the image or form of, alike
factoid
65 onym
name
pseudonym
66 ortho
straight, correct
orthodox
67 palin
again
palindrome
68 para
beside, alongside
parachute
69 patr, pater
father
paternity
70 ped, pod, pe,
pied, pus
foot
pedal
71 pend
hang, weigh
pendulum
72 peri
about, around, encircling,
enclosing
periscope
73 phob
fear
claustrophobia
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74 plan, plain
level, flat
airplane
75 poly
more than one, many
polygon
76 potent
power
omnipotent
77 pre
before
predict
78 pros
to, toward, near
proselytize
79 pseudo
false
pseudonym
80 pugn
fist, to fight
impugn
81 retr, retro
backward
retroactive
82 scend, scent
to climb
condescend
83 sci
to know, knowledge
science
84 scrib, script
to write
scribble
85 sed, sess
to sit, to settle
sedentary
86 sequ, segu,
follow
secu, sue, suit
sequence
87 simil
same
similar
88 sol
sun
solar
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89 soph
wisdom, knowledge
sophomore
90 spir
coil, spiral
spire
91 spond, spons
promise, pledge
respond
92 stat
to stand, to take position
statue
93 sub
under
submarine
94 sym, sys,
with, together
symphony
95 temp, tempor
time, moderation, measurement temporary
96 therm
heat
thermos
97 ur
urine, the urinary system
urology
98 ven, vent
come
revenue
99 vert
turn
subvert
voice, to call, to summon
vocal
100 voc
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Part II: Academic Vocabulary
Academic
101 analysis
Term
102 antagonist
103 citation
104 conflict
Definition
Breaking something down into
smaller parts and explaining
how each part works or makes
meaning.
The person, force, or object who
is opposed to the main character
A comment in parentheses or a
footnote that gives credit to a
source for information or ideas
the writer uses
The tension or problems in a
story
105 dramatic irony Describes scenes when the
audience knows something
important that the characters
don't--they'd change how they
act if they knew.
106 epithet
A short phrase that writers use
over and over to describe a
particular character or thing.
107 figurative
language
Examples, tools, miscellaneous
notes
Grey-eyed Athena, OR Odysseus, Master
Mariner and Soldier
A category for these writing
tools: metaphor, simile,
personification, imagery,
hyperbole
108 foreshadowing Hints about what is going to
happen in the story
109 hyperbole
Intentional exaggeration to
make a point
110 iambic
pentameter
Describes a poetic rhythm -each line has ten syllables, but
only five beats. The line starts
on an off-beat.
The WHOLE TOWN was at the City-West
football game (but not really, cause of course
some people were working at the hostpital
and the gas station and...)
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112 imagery
113 metaphor
114 monotone
115 mood
116 narrative
117 narrator
When a writer is so descriptive
that you can almost SEE,
HEAR, SMELL, TASTE or
FEEL what they're writing
about.
When a writer compares two
The river was a growling tiger rushing down
things that are not obviously
the mountain.
similar
Flat, unchanging tone of voice
The atmosphere of a story, or
Spooky, lighthearted, depressing, joyful
how it makes you feel when you
read it
A story
The voice or person who is
telling a story
118 onomatopoeia When a word or phrase sounds The silken sad uncertain rustling of each
like the thing it's describing
purple curtain.
119 organization, How a piece of writing is set up:
structure
the order of the ideas and
paragraphs
120 oxymoron
When there are two words next Jumbo Shrimp, feather of lead, unseeing eye
to each other that kind of
contradict eachother
121 paragraph
A group of sentences all related
to one specific topic or idea.
122 persona
A social role people play in a
particular situation
When you speak in public, it's often best to
adopt a "speaking persona" who might be a
little bit more assertive than you are. Music
performers, actors, teachers, also often use a
persona.
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123 personification When an author or poet
describes something that's not
human using human
characteristics.
124 platiarism
When a writer uses the words or
ideas of another writer without
giving credit to the original
writer.
125 plot
The events in a story
126 point of view
127 protagonist
(1) How a character sees the
Common language is "first person," "third
world (2) How the narrator sees person limited" and "third person omniscient"
the character's world (3)
perspective
The main character in a story
128 pun
A joke that's based on playing
with word sounds and
meanings.
129 rate
The speed of someone's talking
130 repetition
When an author repeats a word, "the" is not meaningful repetition, but "the
idea, phrase or symbol in a
scarlet ibis" is...
meaningful way
When a writer uses the words
"like" or "as" or "than" to
compare two things that are not
obviously similar.
131 simile
132 situational
irony
When something happens that's
the opposite of what we can
honestly say we EXPECT to
happen.
133 sonnet
A 14-line poem written in
iambic pentameter with a
specific rhyme scheme and a
turn (or change in the action) at
line 8, 10 or 12.
You give a thank you gift of mint candies and
with it a note that says "Thanks, that really
MINT a lot to me!"
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134 speaker
135 stanza
136 subject
The voice talking in a poem,
kind of like the poem's narrator.
This person is NOT the same as
the poet, though sometimes we
act like it.
A group of phrases or sentences
in a poem that are usually
followed by a blank line, kind
of like a poem's paragraph.
The main IDEA of a story
In poems, there are words, sentences, stanzas
and books. In stories, there are words,
sentences, paragraphs and chapters.
Usually kind of vague words like war,
friendship, power, loss, love, dreams, death,
evil, etc.
137 summary
A re-telling of what happened in
a story or poem or play.
138 symbol
An object, person, or idea in a The scarlet ibis in the story is a bird, but it
story or poem that stands for
also represents Doodle.
something more important than
just itself
The author's message about the
SUBJECT.
139 theme
140 thesis
The main idea of a piece of nonfiction writing (essay, article,
book); every thing else in the
piece of writing supports it.
141 topic sentence The main idea of a paragraph.
Everything else in the paragraph
supports it.
142 verbal irony
Saying one thing and meaning Sarcasm is one kind of verbal irony.
something else
143 voice
144 works cited
The individual writer's style
habits (includes syntax, diction,
punctuation)
A specific type of bibliography
for papers written in MLA style