Vocabulary

Here is where you can find the weekly vocabulary words. 

We are studying how to use prefixes, roots, and suffixes to built meaningful words. Over the next several months, we will continue these explorations into the building blocks of our language.

Vocabulary for Week 2:

Prefixes

Con-  : together, with

Pro-  : in agreement with, good

Roots

-cede/ ceed-  : to yield, to go

-test- : to determine the quality of something

Suffixes

-ed : forms the past tense of verbs

-ing : forms the present participle of verbs

Vocabulary for Week 3

Prefixes

Ad- : to, toward

Anti- : against, opposite

Roots

-vert- : to turn, to change

-sume- : to take, to use

Suffixes

-ment : state of, result, turns verbs into nouns

-ize : system, group

 

Vocabulary for Week 4

Prefixes

Trans- [L] across, beyond

Audi- [L] to hear

 

Roots

-suade- [L] sweet

-duct- [L] to lead

 

Suffixes

-ence [L] process, quality, forms nouns from verbs

-ial/-al/-eal [L] relating to, belonging to, forms adjectives from nouns

 

Week 5

No new vocabulary this week.  Quiz on the vocabulary from the previous weeks.

Remember, you can earn extra credit points on your journals by including words that combine these.