VOCABULARY GRADE 7 Weeks of: 9/30/13 and 10/7/13 Quiz: Friday, 10/11/13

AB-, A-, ABS-  Meaning: away  Examples:  abnormal – away from the normal  abrasion  absorb  aversion

A-, AN-  Meaning – not, without  Examples:  atypical – not the typical  amoral  ahistorical

ANIMA-  Meaning – breath  Examples:  animal  animation  magnanimous

AM-, AMOR-  Meaning – love, loving  Examples:  amorous  amiable  Enamored – strongly affected by a feeling of love

AMBI-  Meaning – both, on both sides  Examples:  ambidextrous – ability to complete a task using either the left or right hand  ambivalent  ambiguity

ANN-, -ENN  Meaning – year, yearly  Examples:  anniversary  annual – to come on a yearly basis  centennial -

AMBUL-, AMBULAT-  Meaning – walk, move  Examples:  ambulance – an auto used to move a person in need of medical attention  amble  preamble

AQU-  Meaning – water  Examples:  aquarium – a place where water animals are housed  aquatic  aquamarine

AUD-, AUDI-  Meaning – hearing, listening, sound  Examples:  auditorium  auditory – one who has the ability to remember things that they hear  audition  Hmm…Why would a car dealership name their car the “Audi”?

BEN-  Meaning – good, well  Examples:  benefit  benign – a disease that is not harmful  Beneficial  Hmm…Why would the medical profession label a non-threatening disease benign?

CYCL-  Meaning – circle, wheel  Examples:  bicycle – a two-wheeled machine  unicycle  cyclical

DEM-  Meaning – people  Examples:  democrat  Epidemic  pandemic

GEO-  Meaning – earth  Examples:  geologist  geography  geometry – Interesting one….why does this fit in a math genre?

-GON  Meaning – angle  Examples:  polygon  decagon  octagon

-GRAPH, -GRAM  Meaning – drawn, written  Examples:  photograph  graphic  telegram

HEMI-, SEMI-  Meaning – half  Examples:  hemisphere  semicircle  semi-annual – something that happens twice a year

HYDRO-, HYDRA-  Meaning – water  Examples:  hydroplane  hydrometer  hydrant

HYPER-  Meaning – over, too much, a lot  Examples:  hyperactive – to overact unnecessarily  hyperbole  hypersensitive

-MANIA  Meaning – madness, crazy  Examples:  maniac  maniacal  pyromania

MECH-  Meaning – machine  Examples:  mechanic  mechanism  mechanical

HOMEWORK  October 2, 2013 – Choose two words from each slide. Write a MATURE sentence for each word. DO NOT use the words that I have already defined for you!  October 9, 2013 – A worksheet will be posted on the wiki.  October 11, 2013 – Quiz on Vocabulary  Don’t forget to use Quizlet as a study aide!