Vocab Lesson 17
lingu
tongue
bilingual, linguist, lingua franca, linguini, language
Latin
mot
move
Latin
nav
ship
motor, motivation, demote, emotion, motion, promote,
motile, commotion
navy, naval, navigate, circumnavigate, unnavigable
und
wave
inundate, undulate, undulatory, udulation
Latin
flect
bend
reflect, inflection, genuflect, defelct, reflection
Latin
coron
aur
crown
gold
coronoa, coronation, coronary, coroner
Latin
aura, auriferous, Aurora, auric
Latin
liter
letter
literature, illiterate, preliterate, literati
Latin
rat
think
rational, ratio, irrational, ratiocinate, rationalize
Latin
sis
condition
arteriosclerosis, osmosis, mitosis, meiosis, catharsis,
symbiosis
Greek
par
mens
equal
measure
parity, disparity, par, compare, incomparable, disparate Latin
mony
condition
Latin
commensurate, immense, incommensurable,
mensurable, dimension
acrimony, harmony, matrimony, ceremony, simony,
parsimony
Latin
Latin
quintet, quintillion, quintuplet, quintuple,
quintessence,
sociology, sociable, socialism, sociopath, dissociate
Latin
egg
oviducts, oviparous, ovipositors, ovisac, oviform,
ovary, oval
Latin
phasia
speech
aphasis, dysphasia, apophasis
Greek
pter
wing
pterodactyl, helicopter, pterosaur, artchaeopteryx
Greek
phen
appearance
phenomenon, phenotype, phosphenes, fancy, fantasy
Greek
hist
tissue
histopathology, histolysis, histology, histogenesis
Greek
glott
tongue
epiglottis, polyglot, glossolalia, glottal, monoglot,
glossectomy
Greek
phan
appearance
Greek
peri
near or around
phantgom, epiphany, diaphanous, sycophant,
cellophane, theophany
perimeter, perihelion, perigee, periphery, periodical
pot
drink
potable, potion, potation, potatory, compote,
symposium
Latin
via
road
via, viaduct, trivia, via avion, obviate, obvious, via
media
Latin
quin
five
socio
society
ovi
Latin
Greek
Using the context clues from the sentence and your understanding
of the root, define the underlined words in the following sentences.
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The linguini-loving linguist knew the lingua franca.
Motile microorganisms have powers of spontaneous motion.
The navy circumnavigated the globe by precise navigation.
The undulant waves soon inundated the low regions.
As she genuflected, she saw her reflection in the glass.
A hazy corona circled the moon the night before the coronation.
The goddess of the golden dawn, Aurora, held the auriferous rocks.
At the party the literati discussed the glories of literature.
The rational person will not rationalize his wrongs away.
Singing was an emotional catharsis for the vocalist.
There was a disparity between his story and the facts.
Are the rewards of the job commensurate with the duties?
We must decide whether we wish to live in harmony or acrimony.
Using the context clues from the sentence and your understanding
of the root, define the underlined words in the following sentences.
14. The quintet played Mozart to a group of quinquagenarians.
15. The sociopath used his knowledge of sociology to evil purposes.
16. Ovoviviparous fishes produce eggs that hatch inside the mother’s body.
17. The dysphasia resulted from injury to the speech center of his brain.
18. The stunned shepherd watched the pterodactyl fly off with his ram.
19. Are you studying these phenomena or this phenomenon?
20. Histology is the study of the structure of plant and animal tissues.
21. The famous polyglot spoke seventeen languages.
22. Soft light came through the diaphanous curtains.
23. The moon’s perigee and the earth’s perihelion are both tomorrow.
24. The magic potion was too vile to be potable.
25. His resignation obviated the need for impeachment proceedings.
Answer YES or NO.
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Does a calm ocean have large undulations?
Is a big paycheck incommensurate with a big job?
Will diaphanous draperies give your home privacy?
When a comet is at perihelion, does it have a bright tail?
Is there a disparity of income between executives and laborers?
Are auriferous rocks good material for road gravel?
Is an oviduct a tube for an egg to move through?
Is retirement a time of peace and acrimony?
Do ambitious people hope for professional demotion?
Is histology the study of plant and animal tissues?
undulatory : placid ::
flux: stasis
literate: literati
reflection: refraction
tranquil: smooth
potable : esculent::
water: food
boat: land
glass: cup
simony: parsimony
commensurate : incommensurate ::
disproportionate: inadequate
proportionate: sufficient
disproportionate: insufficient
proportionate: incommensurable
perihelion : perigee ::
heliotropic: heliocentric
aphelion: apogee
histology: tissue
obviate: prevent
sociable : hermit ::
egregious: blatant
gregarious: eremite
tractable: sociopath
irate: buffoon
inundate : desiccate ::
obviate: require
navy: circumnavigate
undulate: wave
perihelion: perigee
parsimony : prodigality ::
spending: saving
literate: preliterate
stinginess: wastefulness
promotion: demotion
perihelion : perimeter ::
perigee: moon
sun: perigee
aphelion: diameter
apogee: aphelion
EVALUATION
1.Should high schools require all students to become bilingual as a graduation
requirement?
2.Should executives who challenge corporate policies be promoted or demoted?
INTUITION:
1.You are in a helicopter, trying to land under dangerous circumstances. What are
the dangerous circumstances?
2.On a voyage to study a newly discovered preliterate tribe in Borneo, your ship runs
into a storm in the Indian Ocean, and suddenly your navigation equipment fails.
What has happened to the navigation equipment?
EMOTION:
1.What do you think is the emotional structure in most highly self-motivated people?
2.What emotions are common causes of irrationality?
AESTHETICS:
1.What could an aesthetically-minded city do to turn its highway viaducts into works
of modern art?
2.Can you think of an aesthetic use for linguini?
SYNTHESIS:
1.Explain the common concept among the words diaphanous, diameter, and
dialogue.
2.What do emotion and promotion have to do with motion?