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Vocabulary Workshop

Vocabulary Workshop. Unit 4. FORM “to form, to establish”. Misinformation : noun Untrue or wrong information The North Vietnamese circulated misinformation to confound the U.S. soldiers. Reform : verb To bring back to rightness, order, or morality

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Vocabulary Workshop

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  1. Vocabulary Workshop Unit 4

  2. FORM “to form, to establish” • Misinformation: noun • Untrue or wrong information • The North Vietnamese circulated misinformation to confound the U.S. soldiers. • Reform: verb • To bring back to rightness, order, or morality • We need to reform our health care system so everyone has insurance to go to the doctor.

  3. Formative: adjective Occurring at the time of most influence The jazz age was a formative time for musicians in Harlem.

  4. APT/EPT “to fit” • Inept: adjective • Unskilled, clumsy • Ms. Ryan is inept when it comes to teaching Calculus. • Adept: adjective • Skilled; expert at • Ms. Kirk is adept at dealing with conflicts among students.

  5. Aptitude: noun • Skill or suitability for • Rob did not discover his aptitude for politics until he was in college.

  6. POS/PON “to put, place” • Posit: verb • To put forth; assert • Ms. Gusera posited her belief that all people should be treated fairly. • Impose: verb • To forcibly place upon • The new student council president tried to impose her ideas onto the students.

  7. Disposition: noun Attitude or mood Ms. O’Brien’s happy disposition helps the students feel at ease in her class .

  8. FIG “to shape” • Figment: noun • Something invented or imaginary • The specters in the haunted house were only a figment of my imagination. • Effigy: noun • A figure constructed in mockery • An effigy of the other team’s mascot was burned at the pep rally.

  9. Prefigure: verb • To look like or predict a later thing or event • The protestors in Washington D.C. prefigured a conflict about the Vietnam War.

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