Directional prefixes (at, ad, de, dis,
con,ex, pre, pro, sub, in)
Negative prefixes (Un, in, im, il,
non)
Intensifying prefixes
At, ad= to, toward, add to (advance)
De= down, off (depart)
Dis= apart, in different directions
Con= with, together
Ex= out of (Ex. Exit sign)
Pro= forward, ahead
Re= back, again (redo an assignment)
Sub= under, below (submarien)
In= in, into
Meaning
Verb
1. to put to sleep or
rest by soothing
means: to lull a child
by singing.
2. to soothe or quiet.
3. to give or lead to
feel a false sense of
safety; cause to be
less alert, aware, or
watchful
Word
Lull
Meaning
Noun
4. a temporary calm,
quiet, or stillness: a
lull in a storm.
5. a soothing sound:
the lull of falling
waters.
Meaning
Verb
1. to stay attached; stick
fast; cleave; cling
(usually followed by
to )
2.Physics. (of two or
more dissimilar
substances) to be
united by a molecular
force acting in the area
of contact.
3. to be devoted in
support or allegiance;
be attached as a
follower or upholder
(usually followed by to
): to adhere to a party.
4. to hold closely or
firmly (usually followed
by to ): to adhere to a
plan.
Word
Adhere
Meaning
The mud adhered to
his shoes.
Ad: to, toward
Synonyms:
Cling
Stick to
to adhere to a political
party.
Meaning
Adjective
1.excessively proud of
or concerned about
one's own
appearance, qualities,
achievements, etc.;
conceited
2. proceeding from or
showing pride in or
concern about one's
appearance, qualities,
etc.; resulting from or
displaying vanity:
Example: He made
some vain remarks
about his
accomplishments.
Word
Meaning
Vain
Vanity-N
Vein
Adjective
3. ineffectual or
unsuccessful;
futile:
Ex: vain hopes; a
vain effort; a vain
war.
4. without real
significance,
value, or
importance;
Ex: Mackenzie from
Dork Diaries by
Rachel Renee Russell
Meaning
Noun
a slight or petty
quarrel.
2. a slight fit of
annoyance, bad
mood, or the
like.
Word
Tiff
Meaning
Verb
3. to have a petty
quarrel.
4. to be in a tiff
Synonyms
1. spat, scrap,
misunderstanding,
difference.
Meaning
Word
Verb
Pout
1. to thrust out the
lips, especially in
displeasure or
sullenness.
2. to look or be
sullen.
3. to swell out or
protrude, as lips.
verb (used with
object) 4. to protrude
Synonyms:
(the lips).
5. to utter with a
brood, mope,
pout.
glower, scowl,
sulk
Meaning
Noun
6. the act of
pouting; a
protrusion of the
lips.
7. a fit of
sullenness: to be
in a pout.
Meaning
Word
Adjective
Elated
very happy or
proud; jubilant;
in high spirits:
example: an
elated winner
of a contest.
Synonyms:
overjoyed,
ecstatic.
Antonyms:
dejected.
Meaning
Meaning
Noun
1. a noisy quarrel,
squabble, or fight.
2. a bubbling or
roaring noise; a
clamor.
Word
Brawl
Synonyms
1. wrangle, row,
altercation,
rumpus,
squabble, fight,
bicker.
Meaning
Verb
4. to quarrel
angrily and
noisily; wrangle.
Meaning
Noun
1.an animal hunted
or seized for food,
especially by a
carnivorous animal.
2. a person or thing
that is the victim of
an enemy, a swindler,
a disease, etc.; gull.
3. the action or habit
of preying:
Ex: a beast of prey.
Word
prey
Meaning
Verb
1.to seize and devour prey,
as an animal does (usually
followed by on or upon ):
Ex: Foxes prey on rabbits.
6. to make raids or attacks
for loot or plunder: The
Vikings preyed on coastal
settlements.
7. to exert a harmful or
destructive influence: His
worries preyed upon his
mind.
8. to victimize another or
others (usually followed by
on or upon ): loan sharks
that prey upon the poor
Meaning
adjective
1. lasting or taking a
short time; of short
duration: a brief
walk; a brief stay in
the country.
2. using few words;
concise; succinct: a
brief report on
weather conditions.
3. abrupt or curt.
4. scanty: a brief
bathing suit.
Word
Meaning
brief
Noun
5.a short and concise statement or
written item.
6. an outline, the form of which is
determined by set rules, of all the
possible arguments and information on
one side of a controversy: a debater's
brief.
7. Law. a. a writ summoning one to
answer to any action.
b. a memorandum of points of fact or of
law for use in conducting a case.
c. a written argument submitted to a
court.
8. an outline, summary, or synopsis, as of
a book.
Meaning
Noun
1. a cruel or
vicious ruffian,
robber, or
murderer.
Word
thug
Meaning
Meaning
Noun
1.something that cures
or relieves a disease or
bodily disorder; a healing
medicine, application, or
treatment.
2. something that
corrects or removes an
evil of any kind.
Word
remedy
Meaning
Verb
3.to cure, relieve, or heal.
4.to restore to the natural or
proper condition; put right:
to remedy a matter.
5.to counteract or remove:
to remedy an evil.
EX: Vitamin C is a
cold remedy
Meaning
Adjective
1.pertaining to
or suitable for a
feast or festival:
festive
decorations; a
festive meal.
2. joyous; merry:
a festive mood.
Word
Meaning
Festive
Ex: Birthdays can
be festive events
Festival:a day or
time of religious
or other
celebration,
marked by
feasting,
ceremonies, or
other
observances: the
festival of
Christmas; a
Roman festival.
Meaning
Noun
1. a waterfall descending
over a steep, rocky surface.
2. anything that resembles a
waterfall, especially in
seeming to flow or fall in
abundance:
4. (in a drain or sewer) a
chain of steps for dissipating
the momentum of falling
water in a steep place in
order to maintain a steady
rate of flow.
5. an arrangement of a
lightweight fabric in folds
falling one over another in
random or zigzag fashion
Word
Cascade
Ex: a cascade of roses
covering the wall.
Meaning
Verb
6. to fall in or like a
cascade.
verb (used with
object) to cause to
fall in a cascade.
Meaning
Verb
1. to cause pain,
uneasiness, or
trouble to.
verb
2. to be unwell;
feel pain; be ill:
He's been ailing
for some time.
Word
Ail
Ailment
Synonyms
1. bother, annoy,
distress.
Meaning
Noun
Ailment: physical
disorder or illness
Meaning
Word
Adjective
1. moderately
warm; lukewarm:
tepid water.
2. characterized by
a lack of force or
enthusiasm: tepid
prose; the critics'
tepid reception for
the new play.
Tepid
Synonym
moderate, mild,
unemotional,
halfhearted,
apathetic.
Nonexample: hot,
sizzling, freezing
cold
Meaning
Meaning
Noun
1.a person whose trade
is building with units of
various natural or
artificial mineral
products, as stones,
bricks, cinder blocks, or
tiles, usually with the
use of mortar or cement
as a bonding agent.
Word
Mason
Meaning
Verb
4. to construct of or
strengthen with
masonry
2. a person who dresses
stones or bricks.
Masonry: Craft
of a mason
Meaning
Verb
to laugh softly or
amusedly, usually
with satisfaction
Word
chuckle
Meaning
Noun
a soft laugh,
usually of
satisfaction.
Meaning
Adjective
1.quick and active;
lively: brisk trading; a
brisk walk.
2. sharp and
stimulating: brisk
weather; brisk wind.
3. abrupt; curt: I was
surprised by her
rather brisk tone.
Word
brisk
Meaning
Verb
to make or become
brisk; liven
Ex: A brisk walk
Meaning
Verb
1. to unite formally, as
by treaty, league,
marriage, or the like .
Ex: Russia allied itself
to France.
2. to associate or
connect by some
mutual relationship,
as resemblance or
friendship.
Word
Ally
Alliance: formal
agreement between
nations
synonyms
unify, join, combine,
wed. partner, friend,
aide, accomplice,
accessory, assistant,
colleague, auxiliary,
helper.
Meaning
Noun
a person, group, or nation
that is associated with
another or others for
some common cause or
purpose: Canada and the
United States were allies
in World War II.
5. Biology . a plant,
animal, or other organism
bearing an evolutionary
relationship to another,
often as a member of the
same family: The squash
is an ally of the
watermelon.
6. a person who
associates or cooperates
with another
Meaning
Noun
1.a body of honeybees
that emigrate from a
hive and fly off together,
accompanied by a
queen, to start a new
colony.
2. a body of bees settled
together, as in a hive.
3. a great number of
things or persons,
especially in motion.
Word
Swarm
Meaning
Verb
4to fly off together in a
swarm, as bees.
7. to move about, along,
forth, etc., in great
numbers, as things or
persons.
8. to congregate, hover,
or occur in groups or
multitudes; be exceedingly
Synonym: horde, host,
mass
Ex: The beach swarms
with children on
summer weekends.
numerous, as in a place
or area.
9. (of a place) to be
thronged or overrun;
abound or teem
Meaning
Adjective
having or showing a
moderate or humble
estimate of one's
merits, importance,
etc.; free from vanity,
egotism, boastfulness, or
great pretensions.
2. free from ostentation
or showy
extravagance: 3.
having or showing
regard for the decencies
of behavior, speech,
dress, etc.; decent: a
modest neckline on a
dress.
4. limited or moderate
in amount
Word
Modest
Ex: a modest house.
Ex: a modest increase in
salary.
Antonym: bold, coarse,
extravagant
Meaning
Meaning
Noun
a hot spring that
intermittently sends
up fountainlike jets of
water and steam into
the air.
Word
geyser
Meaning
Verb
to spew forth as or like
a geyser: the kettle
geysering all over the
stove.
Meaning
Noun
a loud, unrestrained
burst of laughter.
Word
guffaw
Meaning
Verb
to laugh loudly and
boisterously.
Meaning
Adjective
1.luxuriant;
Word
Lush
succulent; tender and Synonym: luxurious,
juicy.
fresh.
2. characterized by
luxuriant vegetation: a
lush valley.
3. characterized by
luxuriousness,
opulence, etc.: the lush
surroundings of his
home.
Antonyms
withered, stale
Meaning
Meaning
Noun
1.a strong, wavelike,
forward movement, rush,
or sweep: the onward
surge of an angry mob.
2. a strong, swelling,
wavelike volume or body
of something: a billowing
surge of smoke.
3. the rolling swell of the
sea.
4. the swelling and rolling
sea: The surge crashed
against the rocky coast.
Word
Meaning
surge
Verb
(of a ship) to rise and fall,
toss about, or move along on
the waves: to surge at
anchor.
11. to rise, roll, move, or swell
forward in or like waves: The
sea surged against the shore.
The crowd surged back and
forth.
12. to rise as if by a heaving
or swelling force: Blood
surged to his face.
13. Electricity . a. to increase
suddenly, as current or
voltage.
b. to slip back, as a rope.
Meaning
Word
Meaning