Interactions 2 Chapter 9
Vocabulary Skills: Discovering Meaning in Context
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Chapter 9 Vocabulary Log 2
Chapter 9 explores recent research on the human brain, the mind, and the factors that influence the development
of our personalities.
For this log, you can choose the dictionary you like best. (Longman, Oxford, Cambridge, M-W, thesaurus.com)
To see a list of word roots, prefixes, suffixes and their meanings, visit this website. You can email me and I will
send it to you if you don’t want to type it.
https://www.msu.edu/~defores1/gre/roots/gre_rts_afx2.htm
1. Break down the Underlined words into prefix and/or suffix and root.
Use the lists of prefixes, suffixes, and word roots in your textbook to help you:
a. Chapter 5, pages 108-109
b. Chapter 7, page 159-160
c. Chapter 9, page 213
2. Write down the meaning of each prefix, suffix and/or root that you find for these words.
3. Then, find a definition in the dictionary that best matches the meanings of the word parts (prefixes,
suffixes, and roots) you found.
4. For the remaining words, find a definition that matches the context of these articles in Chapter 9:
The Human Brain—New Discoveries (pages 200-203)
Personality: Nature or Nurture? (pages 205-209)
5. Then, circle the name of the article you got the context from.
Words and expressions for Chapter 9 Log 2 (18 total):
NOUNS
VERBS
ADJECTIVES
polygamist
psychologist
chronology
chromosome
microscope
researchers
maturity
evidence
institute
wiring
memory
identity
imply
traditional
precise
mental
mature
involved
Vocabulary Word/Phrase 1
ADVERBS
Part of Speech (P.o.S.)
Telephone
Noun
Prefix and Meaning: none
Root and Meaning: “tele” means “far” (page 213)
Root and Meaning: “phon” means “sound” (msu.edu website listed in instructions)
Definition of Word: an instrument for reproducing sounds at a distance.
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Researchers
noun
Definition of Word: a person who searches or investigates a problem completely.
Which essay helped you with context clues? (circle one) The Human Brain or Personality: Nature
or Nurture?
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Which essay helped you with context clues? (circle one) The Human Brain or Personality:
Nature or Nurture?
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Which essay helped you with context clues? (circle one) The Human Brain or Personality: Nature
or Nurture?
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Which essay helped you with context clues? (circle one) The Human Brain or Personality: Nature
or Nurture?
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Which essay helped you with context clues? (circle one) The Human Brain or Personality: Nature
or Nurture?
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Which essay helped you with context clues? (circle one) The Human Brain or Personality: Nature
or Nurture?
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Which essay helped you with context clues? (circle one) The Human Brain or Personality: Nature
or Nurture?
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Which essay helped you with context clues? (circle one) The Human Brain or Personality: Nature
or Nurture?
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Which essay helped you with context clues? (circle one) The Human Brain or Personality: Nature
or Nurture?
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Which essay helped you with context clues? (circle one) The Human Brain or Personality: Nature
or Nurture?
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Which essay helped you with context clues? (circle one) The Human Brain or Personality: Nature
or Nurture?
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Which essay helped you with context clues? (circle one) The Human Brain or Personality: Nature
or Nurture?