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Root words: week one

Root words: week one. Clud , clus to close or shut Latin claudere / clausus. Reclusion/recluse. Our root this week is clud , clus which means to close or shut Today’s word is reclusive , an adjective, which means marked by withdraw from society; solitary isolated.

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Root words: week one

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  1. Root words: week one Clud, clus to close or shut Latin claudere/clausus

  2. Reclusion/recluse • Our root this week is clud, clus which means to close or shut • Today’s word is reclusive, an adjective, which means marked by withdraw from society; solitary • isolated

  3. J.D. Salinger was a recluse, never leaving his home. J.D. Salinger

  4. Synonyms for reclusvie • cloistered star • isolated star • antisocial star • ascetic star • eremitic star • hermetic star • hermit-like star • misanthropic star • monastic star • recluse star • reserved star • retiring star • secluded star • secluse star • seclusive star • sequestered star • solitary star • standoffish star • withdrawn

  5. Preclude • Our root this week is clud, clus which means to close or shut • Today’s word is preclude, a verb, which means to make impossible; prevent

  6. Precluded The locked door precluded the boy from entering

  7. preclude • Hinder • Avert • Rule out • Impede • Prohibit • Prevent • obviate

  8. Occlusion (noun) • Something that is closed up; blockage • The occlusion in her vein caused her heart attack.

  9. 3/23 our root this week is clud, clus which means to close or shut Today’s word is occlusion, a noun, which means something that is closed up; a blockage.

  10. Synonyms for occlusion • Synonyms for occlusion • nounobstruction • barricade • barrier • Block • blockage • blocking • closure • stoppage

  11. exclusive • Our root this week is clud, clus which means to close or shut • Today’s word is exclusive, an adjective, which means • 1. leaving a person or a group out; restricted 2. one of a kind; sole

  12. Synonyms for exclusive • unshared, restricted • absolute • chic • exclusionary • fashionable • licensed • limited • posh s • private • privileged • restrictive • ritzy • segregated • sole • swank

  13. conclude • 3/25 our root this week is clud, clus which means to close or shut • Today’s word is conclude, a verb, which means 1. to bring to a close; to end 2. to determine or decide

  14. 3/22 our root this week is clud, clus which means to close or shut Today’s word is preclude, a verb, which means to make impossible; prevent

  15. Synonyms for conclude • achieve • close • complete • end • halt • terminate • wind up • wrap up • cease • cinch • clinch • consummate • crown • desist

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