1. NCEE/SAT Words Week 10

2. CURR vs. FUG CURR- / CURS- / CORR- [COUR-] = to run (from Latin currere = to run) FUG- / FUGIT- = to flee (from Latin fugere = to flee)

3. Examples: current = belonging to the present time; a body of water or air moving in a definite direction currency = a system of money curriculum = the subjects comprising a course of study in a school (literally, “a little running” from Latin currere and the diminutive suffix –ulum) cursory = hasty and lacking in detail cursive = writing style in which the characters are joined together fugitive = one who runs away refuge = a person or the condition of being safe from danger (literally, “one who runs back” from Latin re+fugere) fugue = a state of altered consciousness in which a person may wander around as though conscious, but his/her behavior is not directed by the normal personality centrifugal = literally, “fleeing from the center” from centrum+fugere

4. ERR vs. VAG ERR- = to stray, wander (from Latin errare = to wander) VAG- = to wander (from Latin vagari = to wander)

5. Examples: err = to make a mistake errant = to go astray error = a mistake extravagant = lacking restraint in spending money or resources (literally, “wander beyond” from Latin extra+vagari) vague = not specific vagrant = a person without a settled home who wanders from place-to-place

6. STA STA- / STAT- / STIT- / SIST- = put in place, cause to stand, stand (from Latin stare = to stand)

7. Examples: stable = unchanging or unlikely to move stanza = the divisions in a poem stanchion = a vertical pole or bar used to support something statue = a three dimension, usually freestanding, image stature = an individual’s level of achievement statute = a law established by a legislative body resist = to fight or refuse to give in to something (literally, “to stand back” from Latin re+stare)

8. SED SED- / SID- / SESS- = sit, settle (from Latin sedere)

9. Examples: sedulous = working with great zeal and diligence sedation = a state of calm, restfulness, or drowsiness sedentary = tending to sit a lot of the time sediment = material in a liquid that settles at the bottom subside = to diminish in intensity (literally, “sitting under” from Latin sub+sedere) session = a period in which an official body meets sessile = a plant or animal permanently attached to a base