laying down the law
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Laying down the law. Quiz 5. You be the judge…. Word Tower: JUD. Root: JUD-. Means “judge” Words that contain ‘ jud -’: j udicious injudicious p rejudice adjudicate. j udicious. Example: Not plagiarizing that assignment was a judicious decision. Definition: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
LAYING DOWN THE LAWQuiz 5
You be the judge…
Word Tower: JUD
Root: JUD-Means “judge”
Words that contain ‘jud-’: judicious injudicious prejudice adjudicate
judicious Example:
Not plagiarizing that assignment was a judicious decision.
Definition:
List people you consider to be judicious:
injudicious
In-: Injudicious:
What actions would you consider injudicious?
prejudice A bias or discrimination
(Judgment BEFORE knowledge or pre-judgment)
What types of things can people have a prejudice about?
adjudicate Prefix ad- means “to” Adjudicate means:
Where are adjudicators necessary?
JUR LAW or SWEAR (as in an oath) We’ll cover:
perjury jurisdiction Abjure
perjury
Per- means “away” It is a nounIf you lie on a witness stand, you commit perjury. Perjury means:
jurisdiction Dict- means: ___________ *hint: diction,
dictionary Jurisdiction: The authority to administer
the law. Example: The matter falls outside the jurisdiction of this court.
Explain why this makes sense.
abjure Ab- means “off”
Example: The martyr chose to die rather than abjure his religious beliefs.
So, abjure means:
More examples: The young actress knew she would have to abjure privacy
in order to gain fame. In taking the oath of citizenship, immigrants abjure
allegiance to their former countries.
Arch- (2 specific meanings) Meaning 1: Meaning 2:
Arch- Meaning 1: Most important/to rule
Examples: Archenemy Archbishop Anarchy Matriarchy Patriarchy Architect
Arch- Meaning 2: Ancient
Examples: Archeology Archives Archaic
Dem- WORD TOWER
Dem- PEOPLE
Dem- Democracy---government of/by the
people CRAT=government (often in form “cracy”)
ex: aristocracy
Demographic: a single vital or social statistic of a human population, as the number of births or deaths. Example: Miley Cyrus' marketing demographic is preteen and teenage girls.
Dem-Diseases:Epidemic: “epi”=AMONG “dem”=PEOPLE
Disease affecting or tending to affect a large number of individuals within a community or region at the same time.
Dem-Pandemic: “pan”=ALL “dem”=PEOPLE
Disease occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population.
Lie vs. Lay What’s the difference?
video explanation
In your words: Use LIE if: Use LAY if:
The Rule: The principal parts (most-common verb forms) of
lie are: lie (present,) lay (past) and lain (past participle—started
in past and continues now). Today I will lie down on the couch. Yesterday I lay down on the couch. I have lain on this couch for three hours.
The principal parts of lay are: lay (present), laid (past) and laid (past participle).
I will lay my keys on the table. Yesterday I laid my keys on the table. He had laid his keys on the table every day for the past year.
Practice: I am dizzy and need to _______ down. He was going to ________ down right on
the kitten, but we stopped him. Do you ______ your clothes out before
you go to sleep at night? The dog was to _______ down for a nap.