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WHEN YOU FINISH THE QUIZ, TURN IT OVER AND:
BEFORE THE QUIZ: WE WILL GO OVER THE NEW UNIT 8 WORDS AND ROOTS YOU WILL NEED YOUR NOTEBOOK PREPARE YOUR DESK FOR THE UNIT 7 QUIZ: PRIVACY BOARD, PENCIL, AND PEN WHEN YOU FINISH THE QUIZ, TURN IT OVER AND: Work on the argument essay (get your CPU) ESSAY IS DUE ON OR BEFORE 3/23 FRIDAY
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WORDS HAVE PARTS AND THOSE PARTS HAVE MEANINGS
Vocab. Unit 8 - Roots
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CRYPT = hidden, secret DI = apart, away
ROOTS TO STUDY CRYPT = hidden, secret DI = apart, away NULL = nothing, void ENT = to form FER = to carry, bear, bring VER = truth PER = through, throughout IBLE = capable of being CEPT = to take, hold, grasp PRO = before, in front of, forward
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5. CRYPTIC 6. DIVERGENT 8. FERVENT 11. NULLIFY
WORDS TO STUDY 5. CRYPTIC DIVERGENT 8. FERVENT NULLIFY 12. PERCEPTIBLE PROCLAIM 15. PROXY STINT
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CRYPT = hidden, secret encrypt
CRYPTIC (adj.) – puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic.
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DI = apart, away VER = truth ENT = to form
digress verify DIVERGENT (ADJ.) –going in different directions; different from each other; departing from convention, deviant. SYNONYMS: differing, unorthodox
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FER = to carry, bear, bring ENT = to form
FERVENT (ADJ.) – very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot. SYNONYMS: enthusiastic, blazing, scorching ANTONYMS: emotionless, restrained, apathetic
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NULL = NOTHING, VOID NULLIFY (VERB) – to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out. SYNONYMS: invalidate, annul ANTONYMS: confirm, sanction, ratify, endorse
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PER = through, CEPT = to take, hold, grasp throughout IBLE = capable of being
PERCEPTIBLE (ADJ.) – capable of being grasped by the senses or mind. SYNONYMS = noticeable, observable
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PRO = before, in front of, forward
PROCLAIM (V.) – to declare publicly or officially. PROXY (N.) – an agent, substitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in another’s place.
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STINT = 1. (VERB) to limit, be sparing or frugal.
2. (NOUN) a limit or restriction; fixed share of work or duty; a period of activity.
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