UNIT 6 VOCABULARY THEME: LEVELS

EXTRA OUTSIDE/BEYOND

OVER Excessive/above

SUB Under

EXTRAVAGANT

(adj.) beyond what is reasonable

EXTRANEOUS The student’s research included many extraneous details that did not support her thesis.

EXTRANEOUS (adj.) not relevant

EXTRAPOLATE

(v.) to infer or estimate

OVERSIGHT NOUN

OVERSIGHT An omission or error due to carelessness

OVERBEARING

Domineering Dictatorial Haughtily or rudely arrogant

OVERWHELM

(v.) overpower someone’s emotions: provide with a huge amount

SUBORDINATE

Placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank Of less importance; secondary

SUBLIMINAL Television commercials used to occasionally contain subliminal messages about their products. It is now illegal to advertise that way.

SUBLIMINAL (adj.) existing without conscious awareness

SUBMERGE

(v.) to plunge into something, especially water

SUBMISSIVE

(adj.) giving into the demands of others