1. root: port meaning: carry, entrance
Week 14 Vocabulary
root: port
meaning: carry, entrance

2. Vocab. Words
Deport
Convey
Import
Deportment
Portal
Rapport
Portico
Synthesize
Porter
Portfolio

3. Portal (n) A gate or entrance
The old wardrobe in the attic was a portal to the magical world Narnia.

4. Porter (n) A person employed to carry luggage and other loads.
George hated his job as a porter; he was constantly carrying heavy suitcases up and down the stairs.

5. Deport (v)
To kick someone out of a country, typically for having committed a crime.
Hopefully Justin Bieber gets
deported back to Canada due
to his reckless behavior.

6. Deportment (n) A person‘s behavior or manners.
There are team rules in soccer governing player deportment on and off the field.

7. Import (v)
To bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale.
United States imports cars from Italy, like Lamborghinis and Ferraris.

8. Rapport (n) A good understanding and communication between two people
The teacher wanted to establish a good rapport with her students.

9. Portico (n) A porch or walkway with a roof supported by columns
Jack’s entrance to his house had a beautiful portico decorated with vines and other intricate carvings.

10. Portfolio (n) Representation of a persons work.
Carolyn worked on her art portfolio for Pratt all year.

11. ACADEMIC WORDS

12. Convey (v) If you convey something, you communicate it
The goal of informative/explanatory writing is to convey information to your audience.

13. Synthesize (v)
If you synthesize information you combine it in a logical way.
Read these three sources on endangered species and synthesize the information to come to a conclusion.