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Basic Terms
root form: inspector, thermal
base word: unlikely
prefix: re-, un-, dissuffix: -able, -ive, -ly
affixes
wh-what, sh-ship,
th-thumb, ch-church,
ng-king, nk-thank
prepositions, articles,
conjunctions: with, to,
for, and, the, but
compound words:
mankind, blackbird
unable
2.
review
distrust
enlighten
(empower)
nonsense
inside,
implant
overcome
misguided
submarine
prefix
interrupt
forewarn
derail
transfer
supersonic
semicircle
antitrust
midterm
underfed
Somewhat Positive
dis-,
de-
non-
sub-
pro-
co-
bene-
in-
un-
mis-
super-
com-
be-
mal-
anti,
contra
a-
en-,
em-
ad-
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Derivational Suffixes
Derivational suffixes change the part of speech
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Intermediate Level:
Understands roots and affixes
Decodes multi-syllabic words
Advanced Level:
Uses word parts to determine word meanings
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graph
geo
pyro
polis
neuro
ortho
scope
photo
therm
crat
psych
chron
phobe
pseud
onym
crypt
helio
logy
sphere
the, theo
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uni
di
bi
du, duo
tri
tetra
quadri
penta
hexa
sept
oct
nove
deca
deci
cent
milli
poly
multi
semi
hemi
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Developing content-specific,
academic vocabulary
depends on a basic
understanding of Greek
and Latin
Sixty percent of the words in
English texts are of Latin
and Greek origin
Bear et al., 1996; Henry, 1997
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grammar school
grammar books
rules of grammar
grammatical
grammatically
ungrammatical
ungrammatically
grammatology
gramma
r
telegram
mammogram
histogram
gra
anagram
m
cryptogram
monogram
electrocardiogram
photograph
polygraph
mimeograph
phonograph
telegraph
paragraph
gram, graph
to write,
written
Greek
graph
graphite
grapheme
graphologi
st
graphic
Susan Ebbers 2005
graphically
photographer
cartographer
geographer
cryptographer
autobiographer
xylographer
paleographer
biographer
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SO MANY SYNONYMS
ANGLO-SAXON, FRENCH, LATIN, and GREEK
AngloSaxon
French
Latin or
Greek
cook
saut
concoct
holy
sacred
consecrated
kingly
royal
regal
wreck
sabotage
subvert
hearten
encourage
inspire
show
cinema
theater
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PLEASED
DELIGHTED
OVERJOYED
HAPPY
CAREFREE
LIGHTHEARTED
MERRY
JOYOUS
JOYFUL
CHEERY
CHEERFUL
CONTENT
BLITHE
BLISSFUL
SATISFIED
BOUYANT
BEATIFIC
ECSTATIC
EUPHORIC
EUPEPSIC
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THANK YOU
Merci
Danke
Gratias
/
efharisto/
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