VOCABULARY GRADE 7

Weeks of: 9/30/13 and 10/7/13

Quiz: Friday, 10/11/13

AB-, A-, ABS-

Meaning: away

Examples:

abnormal – away from the normal

abrasion

absorb

aversion

A-, AN-

Meaning – not, without

Examples:

atypical – not the typical

amoral

ahistorical

ANIMA-

Meaning – breath

Examples:

animal

animation

magnanimous

AM-, AMOR-

Meaning – love, loving

Examples:

amorous

amiable

Enamored – strongly affected by a feeling of love

AMBI-

Meaning – both, on both sides

Examples:

ambidextrous – ability to complete a task using either the left or right hand

ambivalent

ambiguity

ANN-, -ENN

Meaning – year, yearly

Examples:

anniversary

annual – to come on a yearly basis

centennial -

AMBUL-, AMBULAT-

Meaning – walk, move

Examples:

ambulance – an auto used to move a person in need of medical attention

amble

preamble

AQU-

Meaning – water

Examples:

aquarium – a place where water animals are housed

aquatic

aquamarine

AUD-, AUDI-

Meaning – hearing, listening, sound

Examples:

auditorium

auditory – one who has the ability to remember things that they hear

audition

Hmm…Why would a car dealership name their car the “Audi”?

BEN-

Meaning – good, well

Examples:

benefit

benign – a disease that is not harmful

Beneficial

Hmm…Why would the medical profession label a non-threatening disease benign?

CYCL-

Meaning – circle, wheel

Examples:

bicycle – a two-wheeled machine

unicycle

cyclical

DEM-

Meaning – people

Examples:

democrat

Epidemic

pandemic

GEO-

Meaning – earth

Examples:

geologist

geography

geometry – Interesting one….why does this fit in a math genre?

-GON

Meaning – angle

Examples:

polygon

decagon

octagon

-GRAPH, -GRAM

Meaning – drawn, written

Examples:

photograph

graphic

telegram

HEMI-, SEMI-

Meaning – half

Examples:

hemisphere

semicircle

semi-annual – something that happens twice a year

HYDRO-, HYDRA-

Meaning – water

Examples:

hydroplane

hydrometer

hydrant

HYPER-

Meaning – over, too much, a lot

Examples:

hyperactive – to overact unnecessarily

hyperbole

hypersensitive

-MANIA

Meaning – madness, crazy

Examples:

maniac

maniacal

pyromania

MECH-

Meaning – machine

Examples:

mechanic

mechanism

mechanical

HOMEWORK

October 2, 2013 – Choose two words from each slide. Write a MATURE sentence for each word. DO NOT use the words that I have already defined for you!

October 9, 2013 – A worksheet will be posted on the wiki.

October 11, 2013 – Quiz on Vocabulary

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