clud (close) exclude, included, preclude CLUD means close. To exclude is to close out; to be included is to be admitted; and to preclude something that might happen means to stop it, to close the possibility before it happens! Spanish…includido
se (apart) separate, secede, sedition SE means apart. To separate is to put something apart; to secede is to go apart, as the South did in the Civil War; and sedition is exciting people to rebel against the government! Spanish…sedición
plu (more) plus, pluralism, nonplused PLU means more. A plus is an addition of more; pluralism is the belief in a society of many different groups; and to be nonplused is to be overwhelmingly confused, feeling like “No more, tell me no more!” Spanish…pluralismo
germ (vital) germ, germinate, germane GERM means vital. A germ is a tiny living organism; to germinate is to become vital and grow; and a germane idea is one that is vital to the conversation. Spanish…germinar
FUS (pour) transfusion, infusion, fusillade FUS means pour. In a transfusion, blood pours from one person to another; in an infusion of ideas, the ideas pour in from elsewhere; and when warships unleash a fusillade, there is a great outpouring of gunfire. Spanish…fusilería
Advanced Word: Preclude The verb preclude (pree-KLOOD) from the Latin praecludere, contains the stem pre (before) and clud (close) and refers to heading off something in advance, closing it off as a possibility, before it even happens. In 1911 in her novel Ethan Frome, Edith Wharton wrote that “for the moment his sense of relief was so great as to preclude all other feelings.”
Caesar’s English II Lesson XIII Stem meaning example clud close exclude, conclude se apart separate, secede plu more plus, plural germ vital germinate, germane fus pour transfuse, profuse
PRECLUDE : AVOID :: secede : withdraw seed : germinate exclude : include blood : transfusion
PRECLUDE : AVOID :: secede : withdraw seed : germinate exclude : include blood : transfusion
GUNS : FUSILLADE :: separate : unify germane : relevant exclude : barriers tubes : transfusion
GUNS : FUSILLADE :: separate : unify germane : relevant exclude : barriers tubes : transfusion
Find the best opposite. NONPLUSED germane lucid infused precluded
Find the best opposite. NONPLUSED germane lucid infused precluded
SEDITION exclusion patriotism germination treachery
SEDITION exclusion patriotism germination treachery
After the insurrection, new ideas began to ___________. fusillade secede germinate include
After the insurrection, new ideas began to ___________. fusillade secede germinate include
No province was permitted to ____________ from the empire. renovate preclude germinate secede
No province was permitted to ____________ from the empire. renovate preclude germinate secede
In the panic of the barbarian assault, the legion commander was __________. nonplused separate germane transfused
In the panic of the barbarian assault, the legion commander was __________. nonplused separate germane transfused
The Grammar of Vocabulary: nonplused, an adjective. When the generals refused, Caesar was completely nonplused. ________________________________________
Caesar’s Classic Words Challenge From Herman Melville’s Billy Budd Nothing especially __________ to the story occurred. separate precluded germane nonplused
Caesar’s Classic Words Challenge From Herman Melville’s Billy Budd Nothing especially __________ to the story occurred. separate precluded germane nonplused
From Edith Wharton’s Ethan Frome His sense of relief was so great as to _________ all other feelings. separate transfuse germinate preclude
From Edith Wharton’s Ethan Frome His sense of relief was so great as to _________ all other feelings. separate transfuse germinate preclude
From Herman Melville’s Billy Budd He was ____________, evincing a confusion. germane nonplused included pluralistic
From Herman Melville’s Billy Budd He was ____________, evincing a confusion. germane nonplused included pluralistic