Wednesday, 10/13/99
A) Analogies Warm Up
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inch : yard :: centimeter : _________
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hair : Rapunzel :: nose : _________
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sun : rise :: day : ________
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bread : oven :: pottery : ________
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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.
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He was transfixed by the sight of the UFO.
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"But you don't understand!" he interjected
indignantly. (ject = throw)
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I lived on the floor subjacent to Jimmy.
(Think of what the word adjacent means.)
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Some people believe that the future is predestined,
and that there's nothing one can do to change it.
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He used a micrometer to check the diameter
of the guitar string.
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In 1776, the colonies officially declared themselves to be
an autonomous country, independent of England. (nomos = law)
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The police exhumed the killer's last victim
for medical tests. (humus = ground)
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The satellite is covered with photovoltaic
panels which supplied the power it needs to function.
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That was a very superficial answer to a difficult
and deep question. (facies = face)
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After the first lawyer gave his statement, the second one
had an opportunity for a rebuttal. (buter = to push back)
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What does the word prejudice literally mean? (Hint:
What word does judice look like?)
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Adding "able" to the end of a word will usually change that
word from a ________ to a _________. (laugh to laughable)
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Adding "ful" to the end of a word will usually change that
word from a ________ to a _________. (beauty to beautiful)
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Adding "ion" to the end of a word will usually change that
word from a ________ to a _________. (celebrate to celebration)
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Adding "ize" to the end of a word will usually change that
word from a ________ to a _________. (memory to memorize)