Vocab
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noun
dissolution
Link: Solution
To break into parts;
to terminate a
contract
Also: dissolve
Solution for the
DISSOLUTION …
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forage
Verb
To search
for food
Link: forest
Wild animals FORAGING for food in the FOREST
.
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amenable
adj
NOT: amendable
Agreeable, responsible
to authority, pleasant,
cooperative
Link: Mean bull
Also: amenability
Mean bulls are NOT amenable
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precarious
adj
unsafe,
unsteady,
unstable
Link: Carry us
Carry us when it’s precarious…
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criterion
noun
Standard
for
judgment
Also:
Criteria = plural
Link: librarian
The librarian often uses Shakespeare as a
criterion for determining great plays.
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guise
noun
Appearance;
semblance
Link: disguise
To be disguised the spy would
have to change his guise.
GUISE means actual
appearance
DISGUISE means
pretend/fake
appearance
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lesion
noun
wound, injury;
especially one
created by a disease
Link: LEGION
Soldiers of the Foreign LEGION
suffering from their LESIONS.
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gird
verb
To encircle as with
a belt; to prepare
as for action
Link: herd
Curly GIRDED the
HERD with his trusty
lasso.
Link: HERD
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noun
fetish
an object of unreasonable
obsessive reverence or
attention
Link: The BRITISH have a FETISH for tea.
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disperse
verb
Scatter; distribute
widely
Also: dispersal
Link: PURSE
The thug DISPERSED
Dee’s PURSE...
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Greek + Latin
WORD PARTS
Know these, know 1000’s!
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1
Word root
Meaning
ex
Out of;
Former
Word Roots: Your
chart
Related words
Word studies
concrete
excrete
crete
Exude or ooze
sift
exotic
-ic
Having outer or
other world
qualities
Creates
an
adjective
exhilarating
hilarar hilarious
Invigorating,
enlivening
To cheer
Alcoholi
c
quixotic
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1
Word Roots: Your
chart
Word studies
Word root
Meaning
Related words
archy
Rule;
power
hierarchy
hier
Ranking of
importance
rank
anarchy
a
Chaos; no order
without
patriarchy
Patri/pat
er
Rule by father
figure
Amoral
anomaly
paternal
patriarch
father
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1
Word Roots: Your
chart
Word studies
Word root
Meaning
Related words
geo
earth;
ground
geology
logy
Study of earth’s
properties
Study of
geophysics
physics astrophysi
The energy, motion,
& forces found on
earth
Physical
propertie
s
cs
physical
geometry
metry
symmetry
Measuring & rules
that govern shapes
measure
astrology
dermatolo
gy
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Vocab
RELATED
WORDS
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NOUN
dissolution
Dissolute
dissolve
adj
The dissolution of the team..
The dissolute team…
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plural
criteria
criterion
singular
The criteria for college are that you…
The one criterion is that you…
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NOUN
dissolution
dissolve
VERB
The dissolution of the team was…
The team dissolved…
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verb
disperse
dispersal
noun
The crowd dispersed…
The dispersal of the crowd…
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amenable
amenability
adj
noun
She was amenable to the
instructions…
Her amenability to the instructions
was…
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Which word?
Quiz
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1.
a. to encircle
b. to prepare
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2.
to search or hunt for
food
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3.
willing; pleasant;
agreeable
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4.
to scatter
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5.
unsafe
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6.
appearance
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7.
a breaking up into parts
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8.
an object causing
obsessive behavior
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9.
A standard or basis for
judgment
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10.
wound
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11.
WORD PARTS
EARTH
[root]
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12.
WORD PARTS
FORMER
Out of
[root]
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13.
WORD PARTS
RULE
POWER
[root]
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14.
WORD PARTS
The science of the earth’s
forces, motion, + energy
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15.
WORD PARTS
Foreign
…or from ‘beyond’
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16.
WORD PARTS
Rule or dominance of
fathers
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17.
WORD PARTS
To become glad;
to become happier than
your former mood
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18.
WORD PARTS
To push or flow out,
(as in a liquid)
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19.
WORD PARTS
Ranking by importance
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20.
WORD PARTS
Study of the earth
(general properties)
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Answers1
1. gird
2. Forage
3. amenable
4. disperse
5. precarious
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Answers2
6. guise
7. dissolution
8. fetish
9. criterion
10. lesion
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Answers3
11. GEO
12. EX
13. ARCHY
14. GEOphysics
15. EXotic
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Answers4
16. patriARCHY
17. EXhilarate
18. EXcrete
19. hierARCHY
20. GEOlogy
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Grammar/Usage
Misplaced Modifiers
I found my book Butterfly Love in the library.
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Grammar/Usage
Misplaced Modifiers
I found my book Butterfly Love in the library.
In the library I found my
book Butterfly Love.
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Grammar/Usage
Misplaced Modifiers
Trying to understand the meaning
of these poems, this unit can
sometimes stress me out.
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Grammar/Usage
Misplaced Modifiers
Trying to understand the meaning
of these poems, this unit can
sometimes stress me out.
Trying to understand the meaning
of these poems, I can sometimes
stress out.
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Grammar/Usage
Misplaced Modifiers
Trying to understand the meaning
of these poems, this unit can
sometimes stress me out.
Trying to understand the meaning
of these poems can sometimes
stress me out.
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Grammar/Usage
Misplaced Modifiers
He asked her to go to prom
before lunch with him.
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Grammar/Usage
Misplaced Modifiers
He asked her to go to prom
before lunch with him.
He asked her before lunch to go
to prom with him.
Before lunch, he asked her to
go to prom with him.
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