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Ji Zhang		2/7/1999		Period 3 ENG
Vocab- Latin Prefixes p. 137

prefix		meaning	sample words & definition
a, ab		away, from	avert (turn away), abduct (lead from)
ad		to		admit (grant entrance to)
ante		before		anteroom (a room before another)
bi		two		bicycle (vehicle having two wheels)
circum		around		circumnavigate (sail around)
con (col; com; cor)together, with	conspire (plot together or with), colloquy (a talking together; 
conference) compose (put together), correspond (agree with; 
communicate with by exchange of letters
contra		against		contradict (speak against; deny)
de		from, down	deduction (a conclusion drawn from reasoning), demote (move down in 
rank)
dis		apart, away	disrupt (break apart), dismiss (send away)
e, ex		out		emit (send out, utter), expel (drive out)
extra		beyond		extraordinary (beyond the ordinary)
in (il; im, ir)	not		insignificant (not significant), illegal (not legal), immoral (not moral),	
				irregular (not regular)
in (il, im, ir)	in, into, on	inject (throw or force in), illuminate (direct light on; light up), import
				(bring into one country from another), irrigate (pour water on)
inter		between		interrupt (break between; stop)
intra		within		intramural (within the walls; inside)

Exercises p. 138
5.1	prefix	+	word	=	new word	definition
1.	in		tangible		intangible	not able to be touched
2.	inter		vene		intervene	go against or contrary to
3.	ex		hale		inhale		breathe out
4.	de		mote		demote		reduce to lower rank
5.	ad		here		adhere		stick to
6.	con		gregate		congregate	gather together; assemble
7.	ab		normal		abnormal	deviating from the normal
8.	circum		scribe		circumscribe	write or draw a line around; encircle; limit
9.	inter		cede		intercede	go between arguing parties; mediate
10.	bi		sect		bisect		cut into two parts
11.	extra		mural		extramural	occurring beyond the walls
12.	ante		diluvian		antediluvian	belonging to the period before the Biblical 
							flood; therefore, very old
13.	intra		venous		intravenous	within a vein
14.	dis		pel		dispel		drive apart; scatter
15.	in		fuse		infuse		pour in; fill; instill
16.	de		scend		descend		climb down
17.	extra		sensory		extrasensory	beyond the scope of the senses
18.	dis		sect		dissect		cut apart
19.	ab		solve		absolve		loose from; release from
20.	dis		pute		dispute		think apart (differently from others); argue
	
Exercise 5.2
1.  F	2.  L	3.  D	4.  H	5.  N	6.  C	7.  M	8.  A	9.  I	10.  E	11.  J	12.  B	
13.  G	14.  K


Ji Zhang						1998-1999	English Period 4 Thornton 
Vocabulary Master List
Levine, et al.  Vocabulary for the College-Bound Student.  3rd ed.
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