1. Vocabulary Workshop Unit 3

2. HIB/HAB “to have, hold” Prohibit: verb –To stop one from doing something; prevent If the law did not prohibit speeding, there would be far more traffic accidents. Inhibit: verb –To get in the way of; hinder Jenny decided she wouldn’t let nervousness inhibit her success in the swim meet.

3. FUS/FOUND “to pour out” Suffuse: verb –To fill up from within; to spread throughout The commercial showed how to suffuse the peanut butter onto the whole wheat bread. Confound: verb –To confuse and frustrate The twins sometimes confound me when they play tricks, but I can usually tell them apart.

4. Infuse: verb –To inject or fill something Ms. Plis infused the chemical mixture with peroxide.

5. TEN/TAIN/TIN “to hold” Sustain: verb –To support for an extended period of time The building blocks sustained the foundation for weeks after the hurricane. Abstain: verb –To not do something; refrain When I abstained from watching television, I found I had more free time.

6. Tenacious: adjective –Stubborn, persistent, determined Thanks to a tenacious group of students, enough money was raised for the class trip. Retinue: noun –A group that attends to an important person Queen Elizabeth II always has a large retinue of ladies-in-waiting around her.

7. PLE “to fill” Replete: adjective –Filled up with The ship was replete with supplies for the month- long journey. Implement: verb –To put into action It took the telephone company several days to implement the new system.

8. Deplete: verb –To use up; waste The desert travelers were careful not to deplete their precious supply of water.

9. Identifying Sentence Errors The sentences test your knowledge of grammar, usage, and diction(choice of words) 1.Nearly all scientists believe that the current threat to the environment could be abated if the general public consumed more wiser. No error 2.The Dean and the Curriculum Committee plan increasing the number of credits required for graduation, beginning with the incoming freshman class. No error Read the whole sentence, “listening” for the mistake. If you “heard” a mistake, choose it and you’re done. If not, read each underlined choice and eliminate choices that contain no error. If you’re sure the sentence contains no errors, choose E.