Academic Vocabulary helps students understand the
questions they are being asked on test in multiple
subjects. Knowledge of root word meanings helps in
decoding unfamiliar words.
New vocabulary words will be introduced each week. A
Frayer Model for each word is due every Wednesday to
check for completeness. Students should complete
and study these words throughout the week in
preparation of weekly vocabulary quiz.
Words followed by an *(asterick) are root words (part of a
larger word), and should not be used alone.
Weekly Vocabulary Quiz
1. Define each vocabulary term.
2. Write a sentence using vocabulary term with context clues.
Remember: Words with *(asterisk) is a root word. It is not a
word by itself. Add a prefix for suffix to the root to make it
a word, then use it in a sentence to show you understand
the meaning.
FOA
Write down word and definition on separate piece of
notebook paper
Vocabulary Terms
Definition
Examples
Analyze
Break something down
into its parts
Articulate
Express clearly
Cite
Quote (what someone
else has said or
published)
*astro
stars, heaven, space
astronomy, astrological, asteroid
*cred (o)
believe
credit, discredit, incredible, credulous
Vocabulary Terms
Definition
Compare
Find Likeness
Comprehend
Understand; find
meaning
Contrast
Find differences
*geo
earth
*form
to shape
Examples
geography, geology, geothermal
telegram, diagram, grammar, epigram,
monogram
Vocabulary Terms
Definition
Examples
Delineate
Describe in detail
Demonstrate
Show clearly
Describe
Tell the facts; details
*ject
to throw
inject, reject, projection, subject
*junct
to join
conjunction, junction
Vocabulary Terms
Definition
Examples
Determine
Describe
Develop
Elaborate or expand
Distinguish
Set Apart
*Inter
Between, among
Intercede, intervene
*Nov
New
Novice, innovate, novel
Vocabulary Term
Definition
Draw
Take or pull
Evaluate
Find value; judge
Explain
Make a plan or define
*mega/magna
large, powerful
*Bene, bon
Good
Examples
megahit, megaphone,
magnify, magnificent
Benevolent, benefactor,
benign
Vocabulary Term
Definition
Identify
Find; point out
Infer
Deduce; conclude
Integrate
Put together
*Cogn,gno
Know
*poli/polis
city, government
Example
Incognito, cognition,
recognize
police, metropolitan,
politician
Vocabulary Term
Definition
Example
Locate
Find
Organize
Arrange; classify
Paraphrase
Put in different words
*hyper
Too much, excess
Hyperbole, hypertension,
hypersonic
*hypo
Too little, under
Hypochondriac, hypodermic
Vocabulary Term
Definition
Examples
Refer
Mention
Retell
Tell in your own words
Suggest
Put forth; to say
*Geo
Earth
Geocentric, geothermal, geology
*Chron
Time
Anachronism, chronic,
chronology
Vocabulary Term
Definition
Example
Summarize
Sum up
Support
Hold up
Synthesize
Combine to form a more
complex product
*Pan
All
Pandemic, panacea, panarama
*Retro
Backward
Retroactive, retrograde,
retrospective
Vocabulary Term
Definition
Example
Trace
Outline; follow the
course of
Alliteration
Words in a row with the
same initial consonant
sound
Analogy
A similarity between like
features of the two
things
*min
little, small
miniscule, minority, minute
*Uni
One
Unilateral, unity, unanimous
Vocabulary Term
Definition
Example
Argument
A reason or set of reasons
that something is true
Central Idea
Most important point the
author makes
Conclusions
Summing up of an
argument
*Cosm
Universe, world
Microcosm, cosmopolitan,
cosmos
*Dia
Across
Diagram, diametrically,
diaphram
Vocabulary Term
Definition
Connections
Relating what you read to
something else you know
Connotative Language
The association that a
work brings to mind
Details
Isolated facts that support
ideas
*Hemi, demi, semi
Half
*grad/gress
to step
Example
Semifinal, demigod,
hemisphere
graduate, gradual, progress,
progression