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Improving your vocabulary. The following slides slowly show you derivatives of a common base word. These words are found in the Academic Word List – a list of the most common words needed to function well in an academic setting.
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Improving your vocabulary • The following slides slowly show you derivatives of a common base word. These words are found in the Academic Word List – a list of the most common words needed to function well in an academic setting. • At the top of the presentation is a comment on how the word is formed (the meanings of the roots, etc) • In the middle of the presentation are various derivational changes. A noun will change its form to become an adjective etc. As you click to reveal more different forms, constantly ask yourself the question – are these forms in my “active repertoire” ? • Usually at the end of the presentation there is an arrow, and then a word which adopts a similar root, but is a completely different word with a different meaning. So instead of going DEEP (vertically) as you did with the derivatives - inside the way a word can change, I invite you to go FAR (horizontally) across many new, related words. • The idea here is that you let your mind receptively input the words you see. Don’t work too hard. Just let the words enter your mind. Listening to music while watching this presentation may help.
Using Word Lists to vary your vocabulary • Building your writing and reading vocabulary • Learn about the Academic Word List • http://www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/staff/averil-coxhead/awl/http://www.uefap.com/vocab/vocfram.htm • http://web.uvic.ca/~gluton/awl
Ana- everywherelysis – to make loose • Analyze • Analytical • Analysis • Unanalyzed • synthesize
A – to proche - near • approach • approachable • Unapproachable • reproach
Assessare – to sit next to the judge • Assess • Assessment • Reassessed • Unassessed • Session – to sit in the parliament
Auctoritas – advice, opinion, influence command • Author • Authority • Authoritative • Authorize • Unauthorized • Authentic
Bene – goodFactor - do • Benefit • beneficial • Benefactor • superficial
Con togetherCept –container - keep • Conceive • Concept • Conceptual • Conceptualize • Conceptualization • reception receive
Con sistTo place together – to stand • consist • consistent • Inconsistent • Inconsistently • Assist resist insist
Con – togetherTract – to pull • Contract noun • Contractor • Contractual • tractor, retract, traction
Creare – crescent - to make grow • Create • Creative • Creatively • Creativity • Creator • Recreate • increasing
De-completelyfinire –end limit finish • Define • Definable • Definition • Redefine • Indefinable • refine
Dis – individually Tribuere – to assign • Distribute • distribution • Distributor • Redistribute • Retribution
oikonomia "household management," from oikonomos "manager, steward," from oikos "house" (cognate with L. vicus "district," vicinus "near;" O.E. wic "dwelling, village;" see villa) + nomos "managing," from nemein "manage" Greek • Economy • economical • economically • economist • Uneconomical • Ecology – the study of your place
Aestima = to value • Estimate • Overestimate • Underestimate • Estimations • Inestimable •
From fin = ending – that is paying your bills to finish • Finance • Finances • Financial • Financially • Unfinanced • infinite
Function - performance • Function • Functional • Functional • Dysfunctional • defunct
In dicare – to say • index • Indicate • Indications • Indicative • Indicator • predict
In = notDivide • individual • individualize • individuality • Individualist • Individualism • dividend
Inter – betweenpret – many ? • Interpret • Interpretation • Misinterpret • Misinterpreted • Reinterpretation
In – inVolve – roll into • involve • Involvement • Uninvolved • Involving • revolve, evolve
Leg - law • Legal • Legally • Illegally • Legalize • Legality • Illegal • legislation lecture
Pro – forwardceed – to go • Proceed • Process • Procedure • Procedural • recede precede
Re – repeatquire – to ask • Require • Requirement • Required (adjective) • inquire question
Re- back, againspond – to promise • Respond • Respondent • Responsive • Unresponsive • Responsible • Irresponsible
Signum – sign markIfy - make • signal • Significant • Signify • Significance • Insignificant • signature
Similis - To be like • Similar • Dissimilar • Similarities • Simulation Synonym
Species – a kind of category • Specific • Specifics • Specify • Specifically • Special Specie
To build • Structure • Restructure • Structural • Structured • Unstructured • Instruct construct
Vary – to make different to turn • Vary • various • variable • invariably • variability • Invariable • Variety • diverse
Ad – tominister – to serve (la main) • Administer • Administration • Administrations • Administrative • Administrator • Administratively •
The end • Final • Finalize • Finality • Finally • Finals • Definite infinite
Part –piece shareCip – to take • Participate • Participant • Participation • party partisan apart
Reg - rules • Regulate • Deregulates Deregulation • Regulated Regulation • Regulator Regulatory • Unregulated • irregular • register
Se – apartlegere – to gather collect • Select • Selected • Selection • Selective • Selectively • Unselective • separate
Phasis – to show • Emphasis • Emphasize • Emphatic • Emphatically • phase – the appearance of the moon
Ex – outclaudere = close • Exclude • Excluding • Exclusion • Exclusive • Exclusively • include preclude