Week of November 30 - December 4
Word List: sym-, syn-
Sym-, Syn- together, same
Vocabulary Definition1. symbiosis a relationship between two different organisms that live together and depend on each other
2. symmetry having the same shape, size, and position on both sides of a dividing line
3. sympathy feeling kindness together with someone who suffers; pity; commiseration; compassion
4. symposium a conference or meeting together to discuss a topic
5. symptoms the conditions that together tell a doctor what is wrong
6. synagogue a place for meeting together for worship and religious instruction in the Jewish faith
7. syndicate a group of business people working together
8. synonym a word that has the same, or nearly the same, meaning as another word
9. synthesis parts put together to make a whole
10. synthetic formed together from artificial parts; not genuine; fake
Week of November 16-20
Word List: re-
Re- again, backVocabulary Definition
1. recheck to look at something again
2. recloseable able to be sealed again
3. reelect to vote someone into office again
4. refund money that is goven back; money that is yours again
5. reimburse to give money back; to pay back
6. remember to bring back to mind; to have in your thoughts again
7. renew to make something new again
8. repeat to say something again
9. respond to answer back; to talk again
10. revive to bring back to life; to be alive again
Weekly Root Word - Vit- and Viv - life
vivid - full of life; lively; animated; active in forming lifelike images
vivacious - full of animation and spirit; lively
vital - necessary to lifePost- after
Vocabulary Definition
Week of November 9-13
Word List: post-
Post- after
Vocabulary Definition
1. postdate to write on something a date that comes after the real date
2. postgraduate a person who takes a college class after he or she has already graduated
3. posthumous occuring or continuing after death; usually related to a book that is published after the author has died
4. postindustrial the time in society that came after the industrial revolution
5. postmark a mark printed across a stamp after it is received by the post office
6. postmeridian taking place after noon; p.m.
7. postmortem occuring or done after death; usually related to an examination of the body after it is dead
8. postpone to do something at a time or date after it was originally planned
9. postproduction the editing that is done after the movie, film, or video has been taped
10. postscript a comment, note, or thought written after the letter is finished; p.s.
Weekly Root Word - Mort - death
mortal - of or pertaining to death; causing or liable to cause death
mortician - one who prepares a body for burial after death; a funeral director or undertaker
Week of November 2-6
Word List: pre-
Pre- before, in advance
Vocabulary Definition
1. Preapprove to authorize or give permission in advance
2. Precaution a measure taken in advance to prevent harm
3. Precede to come before something else in time, order, or rank
4. Predict to say what will happen before it occurs
5. Prefix a syllable or word that comes before a root word to change its meaning
6. Prejudge to make a decision before you have all of the facts
7. Prepay to pay for something before it needs to be paid in full
8. Pretest a test before the real test, usually given to see what is already known
9. Prevent to stop something from happening before it occurs
10. preview to look at or see something before something or someone else
week of 9-8-09 through 9-11-09
responsibility - the state or fact of being responsible; reliability or dependability; doing what you know is right
persistence - to continue trying in spite of obstacles, opposition, disappointment, or failure; perseverance
goals - something we strive to achieve
Figurative Language -
Idiom - a colorful expression that means something different from what the words mean
Literal - actual or factual
Figurative - an expression that uses words that mean something different than their literal meaning
POWER WORDS Vocabulary -
1. Trace - to list in steps
2. Analyze - break down into parts
3. Infer - Read between the lines
4. Evaluate - to judge, tell the good and the bad
5. Formulate - to create
6. Describe - to tell all about
7. Support - to back up with the facts and details
8. Explain - to tell all the steps, to tall how or why
9. Summarize - to tell the main idea, the short version
10. Compare - to tell the ways things are alike
11. Contrast - to tell the ways things are different
12. Predict - make an educated guess, to tell what will happen
13. Synthesize - to combine or produce
14. Elaborate - to give more details, expand