Unit #24 Tip of the week— To pluralize a noun ending in y preceded by a vowel, just add –s.
Tip words— 1) turkeys 2) forays (foray = attack or raid)
Academic Verbs— 3) differentiate to make a distinction Please differentiate your 9’s and 4’s. 4) modify to change or add information to Adjectives modify nouns.
Commonly misspelled words— 5) existence exist + ence 6) familiar fa + mil + iar
Roots/prefixes/suffixes— cogn = to know alter = other sur = over astr = star
7) cognizant in a state of knowing 8) altercation argument with others 9) usurp to forcefully take over a position of authority 10) astronomy study of stars
Commonly confused words— 11) peace (n. harmony) The people protested for peace. 12) piece (n. a part) I want a piece of pie.