8th Pre-AP Vocabulary #12
1. advisable - Worthy of being recommended or suggested
2. attentive - Taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention
3. clarify - Make clear and easier to understand.
4. confer - To talk something over
5. entangle – Entrap; to get mixed up, as in some trouble
6. impair – To diminish in value or strength; Make worse or less effective.
7. inspiration - something causing a feeling of wanting to do well
8. noticeable - Capable or worthy of drawing attention
9. posterity - Future generations; all of a person’s descendants
10. precise - Exact in performance or amount; strictly correct
ROOTS:
soph – wise (Greek)
tac, tic – silent (Latin)
test – to witness, affirm (Latin)
trib – to allot, give (Latin)
ver – truth (Latin)
eu – good, well (Greek)
hier – sacred (Greek)
paleo – long ago, ancient (Greek)
cog – to know (Latin)
corp – body (Latin)
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8th Pre-AP Vocabulary #12 Practice
Give the correct vocabulary word for each definition below. **Remember, if you spell the word
incorrectly, it is WRONG!
1. givng close and thoughtful attention
2. entrap; to get mixed up, as in some trouble
3. make clear and easy to understand
4. future generations; all of a person’s descendants
5. capable or worth of drawing attention
6. to diminish in value or strength
7. something causing a feeling of wanting to do well
8. to talk something over
9. exact in performance or amount
10. worthy of being recommended or suggested
Look carefully at each vocabulary word below. If the word is spelled incorrectly, write the correct
spelling on the line. If the word is spelled correctly, simply leave the space blank.
1. adviseable
2. confer
3. intangel
4. clairify
5. impare
6. atentive
7. inspiration
8. presice
9. postairity
10.
noticeable
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#12 Vocabulary Practice – Pre AP
Below are synonyms for each of your vocabulary words. Write the corresponding vocabulary word
next to the synonym. **Remember, if you spell the word incorrectly, it is WRONG!
1. prudent
2. apparent
3. intertwine
4. debilitate
5. observant
6. discuss
7. motivation
8. descendants
9. simplify
10. specific
Write 10 words, each containing one of your roots. Give the root, its origin, definition of the root,
and a word containing root. The word you choose to represent the root should have an obvious
connection in terms of definition.
ROOT
ORIGIN
ROOT DEFINITION
WORD WITH ROOT