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Vocabulary Week 1

Latin Prefixes 1-6

+ Latin Prefixes(1-6)

AB-, A-, ABS- : “from,” “away,” “off” ab (“off”) + rupt (“broken”) = ABRUPT (broken off

suddenly) a (“away”) + vert (“turn”) = AVERT (to turn away)

+ ABDICATE

What are ways people in 2013 abdicate responsibility?How do you abdicate responsibility?

+ ABHOR

Who do you abhor more? Why?

+ ABRASION

Which is more abrasive? Why?What’s the most abrasive thing you have ever

encountered?

SANDPAPER

+ ABSCOND

What is the man absconding from?When have you wished you could abscond?

+ ABSOLVE

What is the best way to be absolved from something you did wrong?

+ AVERSE

Which do you have a bigger aversion to?

+ AVOCATION

Which of these is not an avocation? Why?What avocations do you have?

+ Latin Prefixes(1-6)

AD-: “to,” “toward,” “near” an (“near”) + join = ADJOIN (to be next to)

+ ADHERENT

Which is more adherent? Why?What beliefs/rules do you adhere to?

+ ADVENT

What does each picture mark the advent of?

+ ADVERSE

Who is the adversary of the person in the picture?Do you have any adversaries?

+ Latin Prefixes(1-6)

ANTE-: “before” ante (“before”) + room = ANTEROOM (room before the

entrance to a house)

POST-: “after” post (“after”) + script = POSTSCRIPT (note added to a

letter or text after it has been written)

+ ANTECEDENTS

Think of your antecedents. What characteristics do you still have from them?

What traditions did your antecedents pass on to you?How is antecedent used grammatically?

+ POSTMORTEM

What do postmortems reveal to us?When might a hospital perform a postmortem?

+ Latin Prefixes(1-6)

BI-: “two” bi (“two”) + lingual (“languages”) = BILINGUAL (speaking

two languages)

SEMI-: “half” semi (“half”) + monthly = SEMIMONTHLY (occurring every

½ month)

+ BIPARTISAN

Which is a more productive way of making decisions – with a partisan or bipartisan committee?

+ BISECT

When do you need to bisect something in real life?

+ SEMICONSCIOUS

What is the difference between semiconscious and unconscious?

When have you felt semi-conscious?