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1 C.O. Wilson Middle School Mrs. Jones Vocabulary List Nederland ISD

2 Week 1 PED = foot 1. biped a creature with two feet 2. centipede a creature with 100 feet 3. impediment something that stands in one s way; an obstacle 4. millipede a creature with 1,000 feet 5. pedal a lever that is moved with one s foot 6. peddler a person who goes from door to door on foot trying to sell a product bi = 2 cent = 100 im = between milli = thousand quad = four tri = three ment = act or state of al = pertaining to er = person who cure = care for 7. pedestrian a person who walks across the street on foot 8. pedicure a foot treatment that could include soaking the feet and polishing the toenails 9. quadruped a four-footed creature 10. tripod a three-footed stand often used to balance a camera Week 2 MAN = hand 1. emancipate to set free; to lend a hand in freeing someone; to release from someone s hands. 2. manacles handcuffs 3. manager a person who has the upper hand; a person who is in charge of someone or something 4. mandate an order or command placed in one s hands 5. maneuver to handily or skillfully go around something 6. manicure a treatment for the hands and nails 7. manipulate to skillfully operate by hand al = pertaining to ate = cause or make cure = care for er = person who er = thing which fac = to make script = to write 8. manual a handbook; a book of directions 9. manufacture to make by hand or by machine; to change raw material into a new product 10. manuscript a handwritten or typed piece of writing, such as a book. 2

3 Week 3 SPEC = see, look 1. circumspect careful to look at all possibilities before acting; cautious; aware of consequences 2. inspect to look at carefully in search of flaws 3. introspection the act of looking into one s own thoughts and feelings 4. perspective one way of looking at things 5. respect to look up to someone; to show honor 6. retrospective looking back at past things circum = around in = inside intro = inwardly per = intensive re = backwards retro = backwards 7. spectacle something displayed for the public to see 8. spectacles glasses that help someone see better 9. spectator a person who watches something, such as a sporting event 10. speculate to look at and think about something from different points of view Week 4 DICT = speak 1. contradict to speak against; to say the opposite 2. dictation what is written down as someone says it 3. dictator a leader who speaks and rules with total power 4. diction the manner in which something is expressed in words (written or spoken) 5. dictionary a reference book in which spoken or written words are defined 6. dictum a judge s ruling or statement 7. edict public words issued by an official that explain a law or command contra = against e = out pre = before ver = true ary = pertaining to ment = act of doing something 8. indictment formal words spoken or written by a jury that charge a person with a crime 9. predict to say what will happen before it occurs 10. verdict the decision a jury makes in a trial; the decision said by the jury 3

4 Week 5 JECT = throw 1. dejected to feel sad; to feel thrown down in spirit 2. eject to throw out 3. injection a shot; the throwing of medicine into the body by a needle de = down e = away from in = inside inter = between pro = motion forward or away re = backwards sub = lower 4. interjection a word thrown into a sentence or conversation 5. jettison to throw goods overboard to lighten the load on a boat or an airplane 6. projectile an object thrown into the air with great force 7. projector a machine that throws an image onto a wall or = thing which 8. reject to throw something out because it s defective and can t be used again 9. subject to throw oneself under someone else s rule 10. trajectory the curved path of an object thrown into space Week 6 SECT= cut, separate 1. bisect to cut into two pieces 2. dissect to cut apart for the purpose of investigation 3. insect a class of small arthropod animals that has three separate sections to their bodies: head, thorax, abdomen 4. intersection the point at which two lines or roads meet and cut across each other bi = 2 dis = removal in = into inter = between trans = across tri = 3 viv = life 5. section a separate part of something 6. sectional a couch that is made up of separate pieces 7. sector a separate part of a society, group, or area 8. transect to cut across something al = the act of 9. trisect to cut into three separate pieces 10. vivisection surgery on living animals; medical research that involves cutting into living animals to study organs, tissues, or diseases 4

5 Week 7 PORT = carry 1. deport to carry or send away from a country; to banish 2. export to carry out of the country 3. import to carry into the country de = removal ex = out im = into re = again sup = under 4. portable capable of being easily carried 5. portage the route over which boats and supplies are carried from one lake or river to another 6. porter an attendant who carries travelers luggage for them able = capable of being er = person who 7. portfolio a case for carrying loose papers 8. report a collection of writing that carries information to be shared again with someone new 9. support to carry the weight of something 10. transport to carry something from one place to another Week 8 MISS, MIT = send 1. admit to send someone in; to allow someone to enter 2. dismiss to send someone out; to let someone leave 3. emit to send out or give off (such as an odor) 4. intermission a break between acts of a play or performance during which people are sent out for snacks or stretch breaks 5. missile a weapon designed to be send in the direction of a target 6. mission a special duty or function which a person or group is sent out to do 7. omit to leave out; to not send ad = movement to dis = removal e = out inter = between o = away from re = again sub = lower trans = across sion = state of being 8. remit to send back (usually related to paying bills) 9. submit to send yourself under someone else s control; to give in to someone else s power 10. transmit to send something across places; to pass along 5

6 Week 9 GRAPH = writing 1. autobiography writing about a person s life written by that person 2. autograph the writing of one s own name 3. bibliography the written list of all the books used in a report or book 4. biography a book written about a person s life 5. cartography mapmaking; the writing involved in making maps or charts 6. homograph a word written the same way as another word but having a different meaning (e.g., bow for hair AND bow of a ship) auto = self biblio = book bio = life cart = map or chart homo = same para = beside phon = sound phot = light seis = shake or quake 7. paragraph a section of writing that has a topic and concluding sentence 8. phonograph record player; a device that turns the writing on records into sound 9. photography the use of light to record an image using a camera 10. seismograph a device that writes down (records) the movements of the earth Week 10 SCRIB, SCRIPT = write 1. describe to say or write down how something or someone looks; to use adjectives in writing 2. inscription a short dedication written in a book or engraved on something, such as a coin or monument 3. manuscript a piece of writing; a book 4. postscript P.S.; a short bit of writing added after a letter is finished 5. prescription a piece of paper written by a doctor that lets you get medicine at the pharmacy 6. scribble sloppy writing that is hard to read 7. scribe a person who writes things down de = down in = into man = hand post = after pre = before sub = under trans = into a different state 8. script a set of papers with writing that will be read and acted out 9. subscription a written agreement to buy and read a magazine or newspaper for a set period of time 10. transcribe to write down or record; to translate 6

7 Week 11 CRED = believe 1. accreditation - granting approval or belief in a school 2. credential - a document that proves a person is believable 3. credible - believable; reliable ac = in dis = not in = not 4. credit - to believe that someone will do something 5. creditor - a person who believe that he will be paid back the money that he loaned 6. credulous - tending to believe too easily; easily convinced; easily fooled 7. creed - a set of religious beliefs or principles 8. discredit - to refuse to believe; to reject as untrue tial = pertaining to ible = ability ous = having quality of 9. incredible - not believable; improbable; unlikely 10. incredulous - doubting; unwilling or unable to believe Week 12 JUR, JUS, JUD = law, justice 1. abjure - to give up rights; to recant 2. judge - a person chosen to interpret laws, decide on a winner; settle a controversy 3. jurisdiction - the territory or land in which justice and laws are administered and followed 4. jurist - an expert in law 5. jury - a group of people sworn to abide by the laws to determine the truth 6. just - lawful; fair ab = off or away per = through ist = person ice = act if = specify 7. justice - fairness; rightfulness 8. justification - the fact that is said to prove that something is true 9. justify - to prove; to offer 10. perjury - to break the law by lying; to break a formal promise; to break an oath 7

8 Week 13 Figurative Language 1. alliteration repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words (Peter Piper picked a peck of peppers) 2. connotation the emotional association surrounding a word (Mommy is usually associated with happy feelings while Mother is usually associated with more negative emotions) 3. denotation strict dictionary meaning of a word 4. hyperbole an exaggerated statement used to heighten effect (I m so hungry I could eat a horse!) 5. idioms expressions that cannot be translated word-for-word (It is raining cats and dogs) 6. imagery language that appeals to the senses 7. metaphor comparison between two unlike things without using like or as (The cloud is a pillow) 8. onomatopoeia words that mimic sounds (Bing, Bang, Boom) 9. personification gives qualities of a person to a non-person (The dark cloud shed tears) 10. simile comparison between two unlike things using like or as (My bed is as soft as a cloud). Week 14 BEN, BENE, BON = good 1. benediction a good blessing in a religious service 2. benefactor a good person who offers help or donates money 3. beneficial having a good outcome; favorable 4. beneficiary a person who receives something good from someone else such as an inheritance 5. benefit to gain or receive good results from something 6. benevolent kind; good-hearted 7. benign favorable; having a good effect; not harmful 8. bonafide in good faith; authentic; genuine; real ial = relating to ent = causing fide = faith 9. bonus anything good that is received over and beyond what was expected (usually money) 10. bon voyage French for have a good trip 8

9 Week 15 MAL, MALE = bad; abnormal 1. dismal depressing; causing gloom or misery; causing bad feelings 2. malady bad health; illness; sickness 3. malaria bad air; a disease usually spread by infected mosquitoes 4. malefactor an evildoer; a person who does bad things 5. malevolent a word that describes a person or character who wishes bad things would happen to others 6. malfeasance wrongdoing or bad conduct by a public official 7. malice mischief; evil intent; bad will 8. malignant harmful; something bad enough that it could result in death when related to cancer 9. malnourished having bad health or having poor nutrition fac = make ent = causing or performing ant = characterized by ous = possessing ice = act 10. malodorous bad smell; stinky Week 16 BIO = life 1. antibiotic a medicine used to save lives because it destroys harmful bacteria and cures infections 2. autobiography a piece of writing written by a person about his or her own life 3. biography a piece of writing about a person s life written by someone else 4. biologist a person who studies living things anti = against auto = self macro = large, long, or excessive neuro = having to do with nerves sym = together with 5. biology the study of living things 6. biopsy the removal of living tissue from the body for diagnostic examination graph = writing ist = person who opsy = sight sphere = globe 7. biosphere the zone of the planet Earth where there is life (between the deep crust and the lower atmosphere) 8. macrobiotic diet a diet thought to help people live longer because it focuses on natural foods 9. neurobiology the study of the nervous system of living things and how it helps the living things learn and react 10. symbiosis how two different living organisms live together and depend on each other 9

10 Week 17 VIT, VIV = life 1. revitalize to bring something back after it declined in condition or popularity; to breathe new life into something 2. revive to bring back to life again 3. survival the ability to continue living 4. survivor a person who lives through a difficult event or experience 5. vital necessary or essential to life 6. vitality the quality or state of being full of life; state of being full of energy 7. vitamin a tablet of substances that are thought to promote a healthy life re = again sur = over, above al = having charcter of al = pertaining to ty = quality amin = class of compound ous = possessing ize = render, make sect = to cut 8. vivacious full of life; fun; lively; animated 9. vivid as big as life ; brightly colored; daring 10. vivisection surgery on living animals; medical research that involves cutting into animals to study organs, parts, or diseases Week 18 FLECT, FLEX = bend 1. circumflex to bend around or curve 2. deflect to turn or move to one side; to bend; to swerve 3. flexible capable of bending without breaking 4. flexor a muscle that bends a part of the body, such as an arm or a leg 5. inflection the bending of a person s voice so that it does not sound boring or within only one tone; making one s voice go up and down 6. inflexible not capable of being bent without breaking 7. reflect to bend or throw back light or heat; to fold or turn back circum = around de = away in = not re = back retro = backward ible = ability 8. reflection the image in a mirror that is a result of bending light when it is thrown back 9. reflex angle an angle that is greater than 180 degrees because the angle is bent beyond the straight line 10. retroflex bent or turned backward 10

11 Week 19 FRAIL, FRACT, FRAG = break, shatter 1. fractals the type of geometry that creates broken patterns out of a smaller version of a design 2. fraction a part of a whole; a broken piece of something that is no longer whole 3. fracture a break in a part of the body 4. fragile so delicate that it could break easily; easily damaged 5. fragment an incomplete sentence; a break in a sentence 6. fragmented describes something that is broken into pieces re = back al = pertaining to ure = action ile = liable to ment = action or resulting state 7. frail being easily broken or destroyed 8. infraction a broken rule; a violation 9. refract to bend light so that it looks like it is broken 10. suffrage to break into an issue; to vote WEEK 20 RUPT = break 1. abrupt sudden; unexpected; broken into what is expected 2. bankrupt to be out of money; financially ruined; to break the bank 3. corrupt evil; dishonest; to break away from honesty 4. corruptible able to be influenced into doing something that breaks away from the rules; able to become bad ab = off cor = together with dis = apart e = out inter = between 5. disrupt to break up; to cause confusion 6. disruption something that breaks someone s concentration; bothersome; annoying 7. erupt to explode; to break out with force 8. interrupt to break into someone s conversation ible = capable of being ure = result of act 9. interruption something that breaks up what you were doing; an unplanned event that breaks up an activity 10. rupture to burst or break open (usually a body part) 11

12 Week 21 NAUT, NAUS, NAV = relating to the sea or travel 1. argonaut a person who took part in the California Gold Rush by traveling west in search of gold from astronaut a person who is trained to travel into outer space astro = pertaining to space circum = around cosmo = world 3. circumnavigate to travel around the earth on water or in the air 4. cosmonaut a Soviet who is trained to travel into outer space 5. nauseous affected with a feeling of sickness in the stomach that feels like sea sickness 6. nautical related to sailing, sailors, or ships 7. navigable wide or deep enough for ships to be able to pass through 8. navigate to steer or direct a ship or airplane ous = possessing al = pertaining to ble = able to y = characterized by ate = acted upon 9. navigator a person who is trained to plan the course of and drive a ship 10. navy a fleet of ships; all the warships of a nation Week 22 TRACT = pull 1. abstract pulled away from direct relation to anything; impersonal as in attitude or views 2. attract to pull into something; to pull into oneself 3. contract to pull together to make smaller in size or bulk; to pull inward; opposite of expand 4. distract to pull someone s attention in another direction ab = away at = attend con = together dis = away ex = out pro motion forward re = back sub = at a lower position 5. extract to pull out by force 6. protract to pull out; to make something take longer; to prolong 7. retraction a statement or promise that is pulled back or taken back or = thing which 8. subtract to pull some out, therefore having less left over 9. traction a pull to the arm or leg muscles to bring a bone back into place when it is dislocated or fractured 10. tractor a powerful vehicle that pulls farm machines and hauls heavy loads 12

13 Week 23 VERS, VERT = turn 1. anniversary the date on which an event occurs every year; every year an event turns a year older 2. conversation a discussion that switches from one person to another; a discussion that turns back and forth 3. convert to turn or change your beliefs or way of thinking 4. diversify to divide up money into different investments so that if one area turns for the worse then you will be protected 5. diversion something that turns your attention off of what you are thinking about 6. extrovert a person who turns his or her attention outward toward other people con = together extro = outside intro = inside in = in re = back sub = under anni = year ify = cause or make be sion = state of being 7. introvert a person who turns his or her attention inward toward himself or herself; a shy person 8. invert to turn or flip in the opposite direction 9. revert to turn back to a previous action or thought; to go back in thought or speech; to give back 10. subvert to corrupt or undermine; to turn against established authority Week 24 CEDE, CEED, CESS = go, yield 1. accessible able to go in to; enter; or approach 2. accessory an article or item worn with an outfit that goes with or matches the outfit 3. concede to yield to an opponent that one has lost; to give in; to admit that something is true and valid 4. exceed to go or be beyond the limit or expectations 5. intercede to mediate; to go between people to help them reach an agreement 6. precede to go before something else in time, order, place, or rank 7. proceed to keep on going; to go ahead with something; to move along con = together ex = out inter = between pre = before pro = priority in time or space re = back suc = under ible = capable of or = thing which or person who 8. recede to go or move back 9. recess the time during which people go out to take a break 10. successor a person who goes after someone else (usually related to a person taking over a job that is of higher rank) 13

14 Week 25 THERM = heat 1. endothermic heated from within the body 2. exothermic requires heat to be absorbed from outside of the body endo = within exo = outside 3. therm a unit of heat equal to 1,000 great calories 4. thermal related to heat or temperature 5. thermodynamic caused or operated by heat that has changed into different forms of energy 6. thermograph a device that automatically writes down (records) changes in temperature 7. thermometer an instrument that measures temperature or heat 8. thermophile an organism that has adapted to living in very high temperatures (heat), such as bacteria algae ic = having some characteristic of al = pertaining to graph = to write meter = measure phile = lover of stat = devices that cause something to be still 9. thermos a container that is used to keep things warm, such as your soup; a double-walled container that keeps things warm 10. thermostat a device used to control the temperature Week 26 STRUCT = build 1. construction what is built; buildings that are created or produced 2. destruction the act of taking down or destroying something that was built 3. infrastructure the parts of a city on which the rest of the city was built around: roads, communication, transportation, and schools 4. instruct to build knowledge 5. instructor a person who helps build knowledge 6. misconstrue to build the wrong meaning; to misunderstand; to interpret the wrong way 7. obstruction something that blocks the way of things being created or built; something in the way 8. reconstruct to build again con = becomes de = out infra = below in = in mis = wrong ob = toward re = again sub = under super = on top ure = act or process 9. substructure the base, support, or foundation of a building 10. superstructure something built on top of something else; the part of the building that was built on top of the foundation or base 14

Prefixes Roots Suffixes. Vocabulary

Prefixes Roots Suffixes. Vocabulary Word Parts and Vocabulary This is a list of the word parts and vocabulary taught in Word Roots Beginning. Prefixes Roots Suffixes abatbicomconcounterdedidiseeximin- inter- ob- op- peri- pre- pro- re- sub-