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
Word
Meaning
Noun:
the principal face or front
of a building
Noun:
a false, superficial, or
artificial appearance
“The façade of the Library
of Congress is very
ornate.”
Synonyms:
mask, disguise, guise,
front, pretense, veneer
She tried hard to keep up
a brave façade, despite
the fact that her fear was
almost palpable.
Meaning
Verb: to shine by
reflection with a
soft luster or
sparkle
Noun: glitter,
sparkle
Word
Meaning
Colloquial (informal)
expression meaning to
perspire, lightly.
Meaning
Word
Meaning
Adjective:
having a thick
body; burly.
Adjective:
closely placed
or planted
A football nose tackle
often has a thickset
body style.
The shrubs formed
such a thickset border
that no one could see
through them.
Meaning
Noun:
Goods legally
prohibited in
trade; smuggled
goods
Word
Meaning
Meaning
Verb:
to impede the
progress of; to hold
back
Synonyms:
obstruct, block,
bar, impede
Adjective:
hind; rear, as in the
dog’s hind legs
Word
Meaning
Related word:
hindrance – the
state of being
hindered; the
action of hindering;
impediment
Meaning
Adjective:
to abound
[ab (from) and
unda (wave)]
more than
enough; amply
sufficient
Synonyms:
copious, plentiful,
ample, bountiful
Word
Meaning
Related forms:
abundance (noun),
abundantly (adv.)
Meaning
Noun:
an implement for
mowing, as grass
or grain, by hand
Word
Meaning
Colloquial use:
“Beware of the
grim reaper!”
Meaning
Word
Meaning
Verb
Related forms:
to take apart; to strip
of furniture and
equipment
dismantled,
Ex: The store was
going out of business
so all of the shelves
and equipment had to
be dismantled.
dismantling,
dismantlement
(noun)
Meaning
Adjective:
capable of moving or being
moved; changeable in
appearance, mood, or
purpose (syn.-adaptable);
having the opportunity for,
or undergoing a shift in
social status
ex: He believed that meeting
his educational goals would
give his family an upwardly
mobile status, economically
and socially.
Related form:
Mobility (Noun)
Word
Noun:
Meaning
Using vehicles for
transportation . . .
“GOING MOBILE”
a construction or
sculpture (as of wire
and sheet metal) with
parts that can be set in
motion (by air currents)
Related words: mobile
home – a trailer used as
a permanent dwelling
Meaning
from restrain (verb) –
to prevent from doing
something; to limit,
restrict, or keep under
control; curb; to place
under restraint or
arrest
Related forms:
restrainable (adj)
restrained (adj),
restrainedly (adv),
restraining order
(noun)
Word
Noun:
an act of restraining, the
state of being restrained,
a restraining agency, force
or device; deprivation,
limitation of liberty,
confinement; control
over one’s feelings,
reserve, discipline
Meaning
Ex:
The coach showed
admirable restraint in not
yelling at his team.
Meaning
Verb:
To go unsteadily,
haltingly, etc.; to
walk lamely, or
awkwardly, limp;
to hamper the
movement of (a
horse) by tying
two legs together;
to hamper or
hinder
Word
Meaning
Noun: an awkward,
halting walk or limp; a
rope, strap, etc., used to
hobble a horse; a fetter
Related forms:
Hobbled, hobbling
(Rare) hobbler – an
awkward situation;
difficuty
Meaning
Adjective:
elaborately decorated
Word
Meaning
Related forms: ornately
(adv.), ornateness (noun)
Meaning
Verb:
To struggle
confusedly at close
quarters; to shuffle
one’s feet
(Noun, also)
Ex: When the students’
scuffle came to the
attention of the teacher,
they were disciplined
appropriately.
Word
Meaning
Related words:
scuffled, scuffling
Meaning
Verb:
to lay waste, make
desolate, ravage
or destroy; to
make helpless or
overwhelm
Word
Meaning
Related forms:
devastated
devastating,
devastatingly
devastator, devastation
Meaning
Adjective:
sharply outlined or
prominent (one
stark tree); bleak,
desolate, barren
(stark wasteland);
emptied, stripped
(stark shelves);
grimly blunt,
unsoftened,
unembellished, etc.
(stark realism); stiff
or rigid, as a corpse
Word
Meaning
Adverb:
in a stark manner;
utterly, wholly
(stark raving mad)
Meaning
Verb:
to move heavily or
clumsily
Noun:
surplus or disused
articles that are stored
away
Word
Meaning
Noun:
timber or logs, especially
when dressed for use
Verb:
to cut logs; to saw logs
into lumber
Related Words:
Lumberjack (n) – logger
Lumberyard (n) – a place
where lumber is kept
for sale
Meaning
Verb:
To make different
in details, but not
in substance;
modify; to resew
parts of a garment
for a better fit; to
become different,
change or vary; to
neuter or spay (an
animal)
Word
Meaning
Homonym - altar: (a
raised platform where
sacrifices or offerings are
made to a god)
Additional uses:
alter ego – another
aspect of oneself; a very
close friend or constant
companion
Other forms: alteration
(n), alterable (adj.),
alterative (adv.)
Meaning
Adjective:
that cannot be
overcome;
unconquerable
The Parkview
Panthers football
team seems
invincible this year!
Word
Meaning
Related forms:
Invincibility (noun)
Invincibleness (noun)
Invincibly (adv.)
Meaning
Noun:
Thieves’ slang: lit.
one who would
skin a flint for gain
or economy; miser;
a stingy person
Word
Meaning
Meaning
Verb:
To build, form, or
devise by fitting
parts together
systematically;
geometry – to draw
a figure so as to
meet the specified
requirements
Syn: make
Word
Meaning
Noun:
something built or put
together systematically; an
idea or perception resulting
from a synthesis of sense
impressions, etc.; a concept
or theory devised to
integrate in an orderly way
the diverse data on a
phenomenon
Related forms: constructor,
constructer,
construction,
constructional,
constructionally,
constructionist,
constructive
Meaning
Adjective:
slender in form; slight
in build or structure;
gracefully slender;
pliant, supple, lithe;
poor or inferior: a slim
chance; a slim excuse;
small or
inconsiderable;
meager; scanty: a slim
income; sized for the
thinner than average
person
Word
Meaning
Adjective:
Covered or shaded with
willows
Meaning
Verb:
to kill (an animal or
animals) for food;
butcher; to kill
(people),
especially brutally
or in large
numbers as in
battle, or by
deliberate acts of
cruelty
Word
Meaning
Related forms:
slaughterhouse,
slaughterous,
slaughterer
Historical/ Biblical: “the
slaughter of the
innocents”
Meaning
Verb:
To prepare and use
(soil or land) for
growing crops; till; to
grow plants from
seeds, bulbs, shoots,
etc.; to improve or
develop plants by
various horticulture
techniques
Word
Meaning
Verb:
to improve by care,
training, or study; refine (to
cultivate one’s mind); to
promote the development
or growth of; to acquire
and develop (cultivate a
taste for music)
Related forms:
cultivated, cultivating,
cultivator, cultivation,
cultivatable, cultivar
Meaning
scant (adjective)- barely
sufficient; having
scarcely enough
synonyms:
scanty, meager, skimpy,
sparse, exiguous
scant (verb) – skimp,
stint
Word
Meaning
scanty, i-er, est
(adjective) – barely
sufficient
scantily (adverb)
scantiness (noun)
Related word:
scantling (noun) a small
piece of lumber, (as an
unpright in a house)
Meaning
Noun:
an ancient
military machine
for hurling
missiles
(projectiles)
Word
Meaning
Noun: a device for
launching an airplane
as from an aircraft
carrier
Verb: the act of
launching an airplane
(or projectile) using
such a device