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SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES

Word Power
(SLL1002S 2022)

Tutorial Assignment 2 MEMO (75 marks)

Exercise 1, page 32 (1 mark per word = 20 marks):


Assent – dissent
Depreciate – appreciate
Associate – disassociate
Postnatal – antenatal
Converge – diverge
Persuade – dissuade
Discord – accord
Inflate – deflate
Regress – progress
Accelerate – decelerate
Infect – disinfect
Exhale – inhale
Proceed – recede
Explicit – implicit
Complicate – explicate
Immigrate – emigrate
Congregate – segregate
Subscript – superscript
Inject – eject
Confident – diffident

Exercise 2, page 32 (1 mark per word = 5 marks):


Irresistible
Anti-clockwise
Inaudible
Disinclination
Non-resistance

Exercise 5, page 34 (1 for the meaning of the prefix and 1 for the meaning of the root = 40 marks):
Exit – ex + it = go out
Include – in + clud = shut in / close in
Dissolve – dis + solv = break down/ apart, loosen down/apart, free apart/down
Repel – re + pel = drive back / push back
Innocuous – in + noc = not harmful
Obviate – ob + via = in the way of the road
Antepenultimate – ante + pen [L. paene > almost, nearly] + ultim = before almost last
Invoke – in + voc/k = call on/upon
Collect – com + lect = gather together

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Circumambulate – circum + ambul(a) = walk around
Circumscribe – circum + scrib = write around
Interrupt – inter + rupt = break between
Provide – pro + vid = see forward
Submarine – sub + mar(i) = below/under the sea/ocean
Abstain – abs + tain = hold away/from
Postscript – post + script = write after
Extracurricular – extra + curr(i) = run outside
Dissent – dis + sent = sense apart
Excise – ex + cis = cut out
Impunity – in + pun(i) = not punished

Write sentences for each of the words below (using the word in its exact form, i.e. you cannot change it to
singular or plural, or change nouns to adjectives etc.) that clearly illustrates their current English meaning. 1
(2 marks per sentence = 10 marks)

a. Occlusion
b. Pellucid
c. Imbibe
d. Uncouth
e. Perfidious

Definitions for your ease of reference:

1 Writing your own sentences to demonstrate the meaning of a word is an important part of this course. The point of writing an example sentence is to show
CLEARLY and without a doubt that you know what the word means and how to use it correctly (i.e. grammatically) in a sentence. Below are some notes on how a
good sentence should be constructed to demonstrate the meaning of a word. Sentences are awarded 2 marks for a good sentence, 1 for a passable sentence, 0
for incorrect usage. Example: ‘sine die’ (adv.; with reference to business or proceedings that have been adjourned) with no appointed date for resumption. 2
mark sentence: ‘The court adjourned sine die, as the judge had not appointed a date for resumption’ > the sentence is both grammatically correct, and shows
clearly that ‘sine die’ means ‘an adjournment of a meeting or court without a day appointed to continue’. 1 mark sentence: ‘The court adjourned sine die’ >
while technically correct, the sentence does not contain enough information to demonstrate the meaning of ‘sine die’, that is, it does not make it obvious what
‘sine die’ means. 0 mark sentence: ‘The judge said the court will be sine die’ > the sentence does not demonstrate the meaning of ‘sine die’, nor is ‘sine die’ used
correctly, as there must be an indication that the court ‘adjourned’, or that the case was ‘suspended’ or ‘postponed’. This is because ‘sine die’ is an adverb that
must go together with an appropriate verb (such as the examples just mentioned). If you have not come across a word/phrase before, be sure to look up what
part of speech it is as well as a few example sentences so that you become more comfortable with using it.
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