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Vocabulary Building

The document provides an overview of vocabulary building techniques, focusing on contextual understanding, structural analysis of prefixes and suffixes, and the significance of root words. It includes examples of various prefixes, suffixes, and Latin roots, as well as a list of vocabulary words with their definitions. The aim is to enhance understanding and usage of language through these methods.

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Vocabulary Building

The document provides an overview of vocabulary building techniques, focusing on contextual understanding, structural analysis of prefixes and suffixes, and the significance of root words. It includes examples of various prefixes, suffixes, and Latin roots, as well as a list of vocabulary words with their definitions. The aim is to enhance understanding and usage of language through these methods.

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VOCABULARY BUILDING

CONTEXTUAL VISAGE
SYNONYMS
ANTONYMS
CONTEXTUAL VISAGE

• Context is the “setting” or scene in which an idea or event takes


place.
• In writing, context can help us understand the situation in how a
word is being used.
• In other words, the sentence the unknown word is in can help you
figure out its definition.
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
• Prefixes are the parts of words that come at the beginning. examples of
prefixes are re-, pre-, de-, and many more. each of these word segments
has a meaning.

• The prefix in- means “not.” Therefore, if we add in- and animate together,
we get the word inanimate, which means, you guessed it, “to not move.”
• The prefix re- means “to do again,” like in the word reuse.
• The prefix pre- means “before,” like in the word prepare.
• The prefix de- means “to undo,” like in the word detach.
SUFFIXES

• The suffix -ment means “a result,” like in the word government.


• The suffix -ion refers to a process, like in the word invention.
• The suffix -ful means “full of,” like in the word useful.
ROOT WORDS
• Though Latin is no longer used in the common world, many english
words have Latin roots.
• The Latin root rhino means “nose.” You can see this in the words
rhinoplasty, rhinoceros, and rhinovirus.
• The Latin root reg means “to control.” You can see this in the
words regulate, regime, and regal.
• The Latin root tox means “poison.” You can see this in the
words toxic, detox, and intoxicated.
• Anti- greek, synonym of anti- greek, meaning “against”
• Contra-, contro-, counter- latin, meaning “against”
• De- latin, stands for negation dis-, di-, dif- latin, stands for
privation and negation in-, im-, il, i- latin, synonym of un-
latin, meaning “not”
• Ob-, o(b)s-, o- latin, meaning “against” para- greek,
meaning “against”.
• Absence of: -less, non-, un-,
• Dis deprivation: de-, dis-,
• Un negation: a-, dis-, in-, non-,
• Un opposition: anti-, contra-,
• Counter reversal of result: dis-, un-
TEPID
( LUKE WARM )
BARBARIC
(UNCIVILIZED AND BRUTAL)
SURREALISTIC
(IRRATIONAL, WEIRD, STRANGE)
EFFIGY
( STATUE, PROXY )
PERFUNCTORY
(QUICK, HASTY)
FERAL
(WILD)
ESCHEW
( ABSTAIN FROM, REFRAIN FROM)
COMELY
(ATTRACTIVE)
SAGACITY
(WISDOM)
CONGRUENT
(HAVING SAME SIZE AND SHAPE)
DISPUTE
(CONTROVERSY)
INDENTURE
(AGREEMENT, CONTRACT)
IOTA
(SMALL, BIT)
TRANQUILITY
(CALMNESS)
FLUX
( CONTINUOUS FLOW)
CHASTEN
(DISCIPLINE)
PEDAGOGUE
(TEACHER)
SENESCENT
(AGING)
VAPID
(BORING)
WRANGLER
(COWBOY, ANIMAL HERDER)
INCOMMUNICADO
(WITHOUT COMMUNICATION)
TENABLE
(DEFENSIBLE)
CYNOSURE
(CENTER OF ATTENTION)
VARIEGATE
(MULTI COLOR)

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