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1. WOD - Week #1 (Make sure you’ve saved this file! Create a sentence using the vocabulary word. Include context clues in your sentence.) Focus: Latin root “malus”: mal-, meaning bad, badly, harsh, wrong, ill; evil; abnormal, defective Latin prefix bene-, ben-, beni-, or bon-, meaning good or well 29 Nov. 2011 malfeasance (n) mal- (bad) + feas- (to do, to make) + -ance(quality, state of being, act of) = the act of doing something bad; the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified or contrary to law; wrongdoing. Ms. Colbert’s sentence example: The mayor was accused of malfeasance when he asked the city to buy his property at a sky high price. 30 Nov. 2011 benefactor (n) bene- (good) + fac- (to make, to do) + -or (person who) = a person who does good things;a person who confers a benefit, a kindly helper, a person who makes a donation to an institution 1 Dec. 2011 benediction (n) bene- (good) + dic-(to speak) + -tion(the act of) = the act of speaking good words or good wishes;an utterance of good wishes; the blessing pronounced by a minister at the close of a service

2. WOD - #2 (Make sure you’ve saved this file! Create a sentence using the vocabulary word. Include context clues in your sentence.) Focus: Latin roots from “movere”: mob-, mov-, mot-; meaning to move 6 Dec 2011promotional(adj) pro- (toward, in favor of) + mot- (to move) + -tion(the act of, the process of) = relating to the act of moving toward of or relating to publicity as in “promotional fares”; of or relating to advancement, as in “promotional exams”; intended to advertise something 7 Dec 2011 motility(n) mot- (to move) + -ity(condition of) = the condition of moving; capability of motion; the power to move spontaneously: the ability to move spontaneously and independently. 8 Dec 2011 demotion (n) de- (reverse) + mot- (to move) + -[t]ion (the act of, the process of) = the process of reverse movement;the process of moving to a lower rank.

3. WOD - #3(Make sure you’ve saved this file! Create a sentence using the vocabulary word. Include context clues in your sentence.) Focus: Latin root “generare,” Greek root “genus”: (-gen- , gener-), meaning origin, beginning, birth, life, family, creation, growth, produce, source, begin, type/kind 14 Dec 2011generic(adj) gener- (type, kind) + -ic(having the nature of) = having the nature of a certain kind or type; Relating to or descriptive of an entire group or class; general; not having a brand name 15 Dec 2011 carcinogen(n) carcin- (cancer) + -gen (origin, source) = a source of cancer; Any substance or agent that tends to produce a cancer; a cancer-causing substance or agent. 16 Dec 2011 regenerate (v) re- (again) + gener- (produce) + -ate (to make, to cause) = to cause to produce again;To form, construct, or create anew, especially in an improved state; to give new life or energy to; revitalize; biology - to replace (a lost or damaged organ or part) by formation of new tissue

4. WOD - #4(Make sure you’ve saved this file! Create a sentence using the vocabulary word. Include context clues in your sentence.) Focus: Prefixes meaning before: ante-, pro-, pre- Prefix meaning after: post- 4 Jan. 2012 antecedent (adj, n) ante- (before) + ced- (to go) + -ent(causing, state or condition of) = state of going before; As an adj: preceding, prior, a preceding event or circumstance; As a noun: a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another; in genealogy – an ancestor 5 Jan. 2012prognosis (n) pro- (before, prior to) + gno- (to know) + -sis (state, condition) = knowing the condition ahead of time: a prediction of the course of a disease 5 Jan. 2012 prediction (n) pre- (before) + dic- (to tell or speak) + -tion(the act of) = the act of speaking before;the act of telling about something ahead of time, a statement about the future 6 Jan. 2012 posthumous (adj) post- (after) + humous(earth) = after earth, after burial; occurring after one’s death; published after the writer’s death

5. WOD - #5(Make sure you’ve saved this file! Create a sentence using the vocabulary word. Include context clues in your sentence.) Focus: Greek root “chron-” or “chrono-” meaning time 17 Jan. 2012anachronism(n.) ana- (back, backward, against) + chron- (time) + ism (belief in, practice of, condition of) = the condition of being against time; something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time; one that is out of its proper or chronological order, especially a person or practice that belongs to an earlier time. 18 Jan. 2012 synchronize (v.) syn- (with, together) + chron- (time) + -ize(to do, to make to cause) = to do something together in time; to go on, move, operate, work, etc. at the same rate and exactly together; to occur at the same time 19 Jan. 2012 chronograph(n.) chrono- (time) + -graph (writing) = writing about time; a timepiece capable of measuring extremely brief intervals of time accurately, as a stopwatch able to record fractions of a second as well as elapsed time.

6. WOD - #6(Make sure you’ve saved this file! Create a sentence using the vocabulary word. Include context clues in your sentence.) Focus: aud-, audi- = hearing vis- = seeing tact- = touching olfact = smelling 23 Jan. 2012 audiology (n) audi- (hearing) +-ology(the study of, the science of) = the study of hearing: the study of hearing, especially hearing defects and their treatment; the study of hearing disorders and the rehabilitation of people with hearing impairment 24 Jan. 2012visionary(adj. or n) vis- (seeing) + -ion(the act of) + -ary (relating to, or a person who) = a person who “sees” or related to seeing: Characterized by vision or foresight; able or likely to see visions; existing only in imagination 25 Jan. 2012 tactility (n) tact- (touching) + -ity(state, character, or condition of) = the state of touching;the capability of being felt or touched; responsiveness to stimulation of the sense of touch; perceptible to the sense of touch 26 Jan. 2012 olfactory(adj) olfact- (smelling) + -ory(of or relating) = Of or relating to smelling; of or relating to the sense of smell

7. WOD - #7(Make sure you’ve saved this file! Create a sentence using the vocabulary word. Include context clues in your sentence.) Focus: Latin root “specere”: spec-, spect-, -spic- meaning see, sight, look, appear, behold, examine 30Jan. 2012 introspection(n) • intro- (within)+-spec(to examine) +-tion(the act of) = the act of examining within: an examination of one’s own thoughts and feelings 31Jan. 2012retrospective(adj. or n) retro- (relating to things past) + -spec(to look at) + -ive (having a tendency toward) = having a tendency to look at the past: directed to the past, looking backward, an art exhibit showing representative examples of an artist’s lifework 1 Feb. 2012 circumspect (adj.) circum- (around, round) + -spect(look, examine, see) = to look around;watchful and discreet, cautious; heedful of potential consequences; well considered 2 Feb. 2012 conspicuous (adj.) • con- (with, together) + -spic-(to look, see, behold) + -ous(characterized by) = characterized by looking at together ; easily seen or noticed, obvious; attracting special attention, as by outstanding qualities