Hib/Hab Fus/Found Ten/Tain/Tin Ple

Hib-/Hab-  To have, to hold

Prohibit: verb  Antonyms:  Allow  Encourage  Welcome  permit  Synonyms:  prevent  Forbid  Ban  bar  Examples:  Smoking in public places  Cell phone usage in school  Voting for criminals  Drinking under 21  Definition: to not allow; to stop someone from doing something

Prohibit sentences  Anyone under the age of 35 is prohibited from running for president.  Nebraska passed an edict that prohibits smoking in public places.  Nebraska should prohibit…

 Antonyms:  Aid  Assist  Support  Encourage  Synonyms:  Hold back  Hamper  Stall  restrain  Examples:  Road construction, snow, rain, ice-- inhibit driving  Rain and mud can inhibit construction  Injuries can inhibit a sports team from winning  Definition:  to hinder, to slow, to get in the way of

Inhibit Sentences  Eating three candy bars every day will inhibit your weight loss.  One thing that can inhibit your driving is…

Fus-/Found-  To pour out

 Antonyms:  Drain  Use up  consume  Synonyms:  Flood  Saturate  spread  Examples:  The water suffused the bathtub  Sunlight suffuses the horizon at sunrise  Laughter suffused the room at the joke  Definition:  To fill from within; to spread throughout

Suffuse Sentences  The sun’s rays suffused the sky as the yellow orb peeked over the horizon.  The stadium suffused with…

 Antonyms:  Simplify  Clarify  Make clear  explain  Synonyms:  Puzzle  Bewilder  Amaze  perplex  Examples:  Calculus  Complicated maps  Doctor’s handwriting  Shakespeare  Definition:  To confuse and frustrate

Confound Sentences  The complicated roadmap of Paris, France, confounded my mother.  Any type of advanced calculus completely confounds me.  Something that confounds me is…

 Antonyms:  Extract  Pull out  Take out  Remove  Synonyms:  Inject  Fill  Instill  Examples:  Infuse a party with good music  Infuse a balloon with water  Infuse a sick person with antibiotics  Definition:  To fill something or someone with an object; to inject

Infuse Sentences  Movie directors hire Jim Carrey so he will infuse a movie with humor.  The coach wanted to infuse his team with enthusiasm.  For my practical joke, I will infuse these balloons with…

Ten-/Tain-/Tin-  To hold

 Antonyms:  Quit  Stop  Renounce  end  Synonyms:  Keep going  Maintain  Continue  uphold  Examples:  Holding your breath  Keeping a tiny school going  Staying in a vball or fball stance  Holding a note in music  Definition:  To support for a long time

Sustain Sentences  My choir instructor forced us to sustain a high C for 30 seconds.  For our land to sustain crops, we must…

 Antonyms:  Indulge  To participate  To take part  To engage in  Synonyms:  Decline  Refrain  Go without  Examples:  Voting  Alcohol  Sweets and chocolates  meat  Definition:  To not do something; to refrain from a habit

Abstain Sentences  Choosing to be a vegetarian, my aunt abstains from all meat products.  One thing I choose to abstain from is…

 Antonyms:  Wavering  Indecisive  Undetermined  Wishy-washy  Synonyms:  Firm  Insistent  Steadfast  inflexible  Examples:  Competitive athletes  Abe Lincoln  Military generals  Definition:  determined; stubbornly persistent

Tenacious Sentences  If you want to win this game, you have to be tenacious and fight for it!  You have to be tenacious if you want to…

 Antonyms:  No one follows you  Alone  solitary  Synonyms:  Entourage  Followers  Attendants  disciples  Examples:  Jesus & his disciples  Groupies of a band  A celebrity’s stylists  A president’s advisors and secret service  Definition:  A group that follows a special person

Retinue Sentences  National leaders always travel with a retinue of advisors and bodyguards.  I would/wouldn’t want to have a retinue because…

Ple-  To fill

 Antonyms:  Hungry  Empty  lacking  Synonyms:  Full  Stuffed  complete  Examples:  Thanksgiving—tummy is replete with food  Trick or treat sacks with candy  Plains were once replete with bison  Definition:  Filled up with something

Replete Sentences  The care box was replete with cookies and games for the soldiers in Afghanistan.  I wish my wallet/purse was replete with…

 Antonyms:  Stop  Halt  Give up  Synonyms:  To put into practice  To apply  To put into service  Examples:  A new chore schedule  A new drug awareness program  A new organization or curriculum in school  A new grading system  Definition:  To put an idea or program into action; to execute

Implement Sentences  The company decided to implement an online billing system to save paper.  A new idea I would like to see implemented at school is…

 Antonyms:  increase  Add to  Boost  raise  Synonyms:  To eat up  To drain  reduce  diminish  Examples:  Water in lakes during a drought  Natural resources—coal, oil  Ice on polar caps  Definition:  To use up

Deplete Sentences  While scuba diving, be careful not to deplete your tank of oxygen.  One resource our world is depleting is…