Ninth Grade Vocabulary

Unit 6

Latin RootCanere

Cantum“to sing, to call

RecantVerb—to formally withdraw

Sentence: The witness had to recant his statement after forensic evidence proved he was

lying.Syn: repeal Ant: reaffirm

IncantationNoun—ritual, chant, spell

Sentence: The witches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth used an incantation to see the future.

Syn: spell

DisenchantedAdjective—unhappy with

Sentence: The team’s fans, who had once loved the star pitcher, grew disenchanted with him as

he failed to strike the other team out.Syn: disappointed Ant. enthusiastic

Latin RootAudire

Auditum “to hear

InaudibleAdjective—so quiet as to be impossible to hear

Sentence: Feedback from the microphone grew from an almost inaudible buzzing to a deafening

shriek.Ant: loud

AuditoryAdjective—Having to do with the sense of

hearing.Sentence: Developing auditory skills involves

knowing what to listen for, and when to listen for it!

AuditNoun—a thorough review

Sentence: Once the accounting scandal became public, stockholders called for a thorough audit.

Latin RootSonare

Sonatum“to sound”

DissonanceNoun—unpleasant or unharmonious sound

Sentence: The static from the radio filled the room with a painful dissonance.

Syn: discord Ant: harmony

AssonanceNoun—similarity of word sounds

Sentence: The young poet could produce lines of skillful assonance and great beauty.

ResonantAdjective—having an effect; powerful

Sentence: The music of some composers who died long ago is still resonant today.

JohannSebastianBach

Latin RootLogein

To speak; to reason

AnalogousAdjective—comparable to; like

Sentence: Do you think the invention of the printing press is analogous to the invention of

the computer in our own time?Syn: equivalent Ant: unrelated

DialogueNoun—communication between two or more

people

Sentence: Israel and Palestine have been at war for so long that any kind of dialogue seems

impossible.Syn: Conversation.

PrologueNoun—a speech, passage, or event coming

before the main speech or event

Sentence: In the prologue to the novel, the author lists the main characters and their

histories.Syn: preface Ant: epilogue