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Vocabulary From Latin and Greek Roots

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MILITA Latin MILITARE, MILITATUM, __________________________________________________________

militant: _____________________________________________________________________________________________

militarize: ___________________________________________________________________________________________

SOC Latin SOCIUS, _____________________________________________________________________________

SOCIARE, SOCIATUM, ____________________________________________________________________

associate: ___________________________________________________________________________________________

socialize: ____________________________________________________________________________________________

sociable: ____________________________________________________________________________________________

asocial: ______________________________________________________________________________________________

HOST Latin HOSTIS, ____________________________________________________________________________

host: ________________________________________________________________________________________________

hostile: ______________________________________________________________________________________________

COMPAN Latin COMPANIS, _________________________________________________________________________

companionship: ______________________________________________________________________________________

accompaniment: _____________________________________________________________________________________

Exercise 1 : Complete the sentence in a way that shows you understand the meaning of the ital ic ized vocabulary word.

1. I enjoy the companionship of my dog Sparky because __________________________________________

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2. Gina was known as a mil itant patriot, and she often _____________________________________________

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3. Brian had a host of friends, so he was often _____________________________________________________

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4. Liza seemed asocial when she did things like ______________________________________________________

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5. Ronald refused to associate with any of the other employees at the office because

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6. Because my mother is a very sociable person, she often ________________________________________

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7. The crowd seemed hosti le towards the comedian, so she _________________________________________

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8. Many students come to the library to social ize rather than to ________________________________

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9. The singer had the accompaniment of a piano so that he could _______________________________

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10. The country will be forced to mil itar ize its borders if _________________________________________

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Exercise II. Fi l l in the blank with the best word from the choices below. One word wi l l not be used.

mi l itant companionship asocial host

1. After his girlfriend broke up with him, Dirk became completely ______________________________ and stopped going out at all.

2. When the police ended the protest march, a group of the more __________________________________ marchers began to riot.

3. Oliver was lonely and looking for ___________________________ when he met his future wife.

sociable hosti le associates mi l itar izes

4. Tamara didn’t like Charles very much, but she tried not to act ________________________________ toward him.

5. Because my sister __________________________________ with a lot of artists, she knows quite a bit about painting and sculpture.

6. Charlie urged his little brother to be _______________________________________ and friendly at the birthday party.

mi l itar ized companionship social ize accompaniment host

7. After the war, areas that had been ____________________________________ were given back to the civilians by the soldiers.

8. Although Marie is very shy, she will ___________________________________ freely with her friends and family

9. The manager needs to replace a(n) ________________________________ of non-working machines in the factory before the place is in shape to open.

10. It was difficult to work to the ____________________________ of car horns and jackhammers.

Exercise III. Choose the set of words that best completes the sentence.

1. Once the town had been _______________________, soldiers from the two camps were no longer allowed to ________________________ with one another.

a. associated; militarize b. militarized; associate c. hosted; associate d. accompanied; socialize

2. Because Danny was a(n) _______________________ supporter of his favorite hockey team, he

spent most of his time at home watching their games and gained a reputation for being ___________________________.

a. militant; sociable b. asocial; sociable c. sociable; militant d. militant; asocial

3. Although Inez, the famous singer, had a (n) ___________________ of admiring fans at her door

every night, she longed for the ____________________ of a true friend. a. host; companionship b. companionship; associate c. companionship; host d. accompaniment; host

4. I could tell that Greg and Grace were fighting because they acted

___________________________ and would not __________________________ with each other. a. asocial; militarize b. hostile; associate c. sociable; accompany d. militant; associate

5. The wine was a fine ____________________________ to the meal, and, along with our

______________________ hostess, made for a very pleasant evening. a. accompaniment; sociable b. companionship; asocial c. companionship; hostile d. accompaniment; militant

Exercise IV. Complete the sentence by inferr ing information about the ital ic ized word from its context.

1. In order to prove he is sociable , Doug might __________________________________________________

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2. If a pet can provide an elderly person with some companionship , it probably means

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3. Because Monique doesn’t associate with her sister much any more, their friends might assume ______________________________________________________________________________________________

Exercise V. Fi l l in the blank with the word from the Unit that best completes the sentence, us ing the root we supply as a clue. Then, answer the questions that fol low the paragraph.

1. _________________________________________ 2. _________________________________________

1. The best title for this passage would be a. “The School Uniform Debate.” b. “Teachers Encourage Dress Codes.” c. “Students Don’t Like Uniforms.” d. “Dress Codes and No Uniforms.”

2. The word “circumvent” in the second paragraph means

a. show. b. promise. c. admire. d. avoid.

3. The author of this passage seems to think that

a. arguments for and against uniforms make sense. b. school uniforms are required. c. the financial of uniforms is too high. d. the First Amendment is violated by uniform requirements.

4. The purpose of this passage is to a. convince the reader that school uniforms are necessary. b. explain the history of school uniforms. c. describe the problems faced by students wearing uniforms in France. d. present both sides of the school uniform debate.

Exercise VI. Drawing on your knowledge of roots and words in context, read the fol lowing select ion on pg. 71 and define the i tal ic ized words. If you cannot f igure out the meaning of the words on your own, look them up in the dict ionary. Note that dis means “away.”

dissociate: __________________________________________________________________________________________________

companionable: ______________________________________________________________________________________________