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Vocabulary Unit 6

Latin Roots 6-11

+ LATIN ROOTS (6-11)

GREG: “gather,” and “flock”A (“to”) + greg (“gather”) + ation

(“process of doing something”) = Aggregation (“gathering of individuals” / “individuals who have gathered together”)

+ AGGREGATE

Why might sardines aggregate into a large moving school?

+ GREGARIOUS

Are you gregarious or shy? When are some times gregarious people are seen in school? What kind of classroom environment

would work for gregarious people?

+ LATIN ROOTS (6-11)

HERE, HES: “stick”Ad (“for”) + here (“stick”) = Adhere

(“cling” or “used to stick”)

+ COHERE

In what types of situations might you find yourself cohering with strangers?

+ INCOHERENT

Have you ever been in a situation where things were incoherent? Where were you? What was happening?

+ INHERENT

What rights did the Founding Fathers consider inherent? Are they inherent for all people or just Americans?

+ LATIN ROOTS (6-11)

LATERAL: “side”Bi (“two”) + lateral “side”) = Bilateral

(“having two sides”)

+ COLLATERAL

When researching your persuasive speech topic, what were some collateral issues or questions that

arose?

+ UNILATERAL

What is the problem with unilateral relationships? Can you think of any that might

be positive?

+ LATIN ROOTS (6-11)

LITERA: “letter”Think: Literature is books. Books are

comprised of lots of letters!

+ LITERAL

There is no prompt. There is no discussion. We all just want you

to stop using “literally” when you mean “figuratively.”

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+ LITERATE

In 2014, being a literate member of society means understanding more than reading books. What other

things must we “read” to be a literate member of society?

+ LATIN ROOTS (6-11)

LUC, LUM: “light”Lum (“light”) + in + ary (“one connected

or belonging to another thing”) = Luminary (“one who is a source of light”)

+ ELUCIDATE

Have you ever been in a situation where the person attempting to elucidate actually confused you more, or

didn’t know what they were talking about?

+ LUCID

Are your dreams more often lucid or surreal? Describe your most lucid dream.

+ TRANSLUCENT

Theorize some possible reasons that nature would have made this frog

translucent.

+ LATIN ROOTS (6-11)

MAN, MANU: “hand”Manu (“hand” ) + script (“object that is

written”) = manuscript (“document written by hand”)

+ EMANCIPATE

Are animal rights activists who emancipate lab animals doing the right thing, or are they causing more harm than good?

+ MANDATE

When we vote people into office, do we give them a mandate to do whatever they want or

feel?

+ MANIPULATE

Be honest: How do you manipulate your parents?