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Vocabulary Unit 4

Vocabulary Unit 4. Latin Prefixes 19-24. Latin Prefixes (19). CIRCUM- : “around” or “round” circum (“around”) + navigate(“direct”) = CIRCUMNAVIGATE (to sail around). CIRCUMLOCUTION. FIRST: Find a way to use circumlocution to tell Kermit the frog that he might be a puppet.

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Vocabulary Unit 4

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  1. Vocabulary Unit 4 Latin Prefixes 19-24

  2. Latin Prefixes(19) • CIRCUM- : “around” or “round” • circum(“around”) + navigate(“direct”) = CIRCUMNAVIGATE (to sail around)

  3. CIRCUMLOCUTION FIRST: Find a way to use circumlocution to tell Kermit the frog that he might be a puppet. SECOND: When do politicians use circumlocution? When do you?

  4. CIRCUMSPECT When is circumspection absolutely necessary? Why?

  5. Latin Prefixes(20) • CON-, CO-, COL-, COR- : “together” or “with” • Cor (“together”) + respond(“answer”) = CORRESPOND (to answer together, to agree)

  6. COALESCE When have you needed to be coalescent?

  7. COLLUSION Collusion is usually associated with criminal activity. When have you ever acted in collusion for non-criminal reasons?

  8. Latin Prefixes(21) • OB- : “against” or “in the way” or “over” • Ob (“over”) + sess (“sit”) = OBSESS (literally to sit or dwell over something)

  9. OBLITERATE What sort of things must we obliterate in order to achieve our dreams?

  10. OBSTRUCT How are the above items an obstruction?

  11. Latin Prefixes(22) • PER-: “through,” “to the end,” “thoroughly” • Per (“to the end”) + sist = PERSIST (literally to stand to the end)

  12. PERENNIAL Which of these is a perennial favorite?

  13. PERMEATE How can these things permeate a room?

  14. PERTINENT If you are making an argument about the success of the Red Sox, which information is most pertinent?

  15. PERTURB What perturbs you most?

  16. Latin Prefixes(23) • PRE-: “before”, “beforehand” • Pre (“before”) + cede = PRECEDE (to come before)

  17. PRECLUDE What could preclude you from getting a good grade on a project?

  18. PRECOCIOUS Have you ever met a precocious child? What did he or she excel at?

  19. PRESUME When have you made a presumption that turned out to be incorrect? What are the other forms of the word “presume”?

  20. Latin Prefixes(24) • PRO-: “forward” or “forth” • pro (“forward”) + ject= PROJECT (to throw or cast forward)

  21. PROFUSE When is it good for something to be profuse? When is it negative?

  22. PROTRUDE Which land mass protrudes most from the United States?

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