Wednesday, 10/13/99
A) Analogies Warm Up
  1. inch : yard :: centimeter : _________
  2. hair : Rapunzel :: nose : _________
  3. sun : rise :: day : ________
  4. bread : oven :: pottery : ________
  5. train : freight : ship : _________
B) Use the Prefixes Worksheet, the context of the sentences, and the clues in parentheses to help you figure out the definitions and POS of the underlined words below.
  1. He was transfixed by the sight of the UFO.
  2. "But you don't understand!" he interjected indignantly. (ject = throw)
  3.  I lived on the floor subjacent to Jimmy. (Think of what the word adjacent means.)
  4. Some people believe that the future is predestined, and that there's nothing one can do to change it.
  5. He used a micrometer to check the diameter of the guitar string.
  6. In 1776, the colonies officially declared themselves to be an autonomous country, independent of England. (nomos = law)
  7. The police exhumed the killer's last victim for medical tests. (humus = ground)
  8. The satellite is covered with photovoltaic panels which supplied the power it needs to function.
  9. That was a very superficial answer to a difficult and deep question. (facies = face)
  10. After the first lawyer gave his statement, the second one had an opportunity for a rebuttal. (buter = to push back)
  11. What does the word prejudice literally mean? (Hint: What word does judice look like?)

  1. Adding "able" to the end of a word will usually change that word from a ________ to a _________. (laugh to laughable)
  2. Adding "ful" to the end of a word will usually change that word from a ________ to a _________. (beauty to beautiful)
  3. Adding "ion" to the end of a word will usually change that word from a ________ to a _________. (celebrate to celebration)
  4. Adding "ize" to the end of a word will usually change that word from a ________ to a _________. (memory to memorize)