Vocabulary Unit 2

Vocabulary Unit 2 Latin Prefixes 7-12

Latin Prefixes(7-12) • E-, EX-: “out,” “from,” “away” • e (“out”) + migrate = EMIGRATE (move out of a country or region to settle in another) • IN-, IM-: “in,” “into,” “on,” “against,” “over” • in (“on”) + scribe (“write”) = INSCRIBE (literally “write on,” write, engrave, or print to create a lasting record)

EMINENT Which of the above people would you consider to be most eminent?

IMMINENT What is imminent as a result of these pictures?

INCISE Which tool(s) would be better for incising?

INHIBIT Which of the above people appear to be inhibited? Which ones appear to be uninhibited?

IMPLICATE When have you been implicated for something?

IMPUGN Who have you impugned? When have you impugned someone else?

Latin Prefixes(7-12) • EXTRA-: “outside” • extra (“outside”) + curricular (“having to do with school”) = EXTRACURRICULAR (outside the regular curriculum or course of study) • INTRA-: “within” • intra (“within”) + state = INTRASTATE (within a state)

EXTRANEOUS Which of the above is most extraneous?

INTRAVENOUS Sometimes medicine or fluids are delivered intravenously.

Latin Prefixes(7-12) • CONTRA-, CONTRO-, COUNTER-: “against,” “contrary” • counter (“contrary”) + mand (“order”) = COUNTERMAND (cancel (an order) by issuing a contrary order; revoke)

CONTRABAND Where are each of the following items considered to be contraband?

CONTRAVENE When do you contravene things that you are told to do?

INCONTROVERTIBLE What kinds of things are incontrovertible?

Latin Prefixes(7-12) • INTER-: “between” • inter (“between”) + sect (“cut”) = INTERSECT (literally “cut between”; cut by passing through or across; divide; cross)

INTERCEDE When have you interceded for someone, or had someone intercede for you?

INTERCEPT When do interceptions tend to happen?

INTERLUDE What kinds of interludes have you heard of? When do they occur?

INTERMEDIARY In what situations have you acted as an intermediary? With your friends? With your family?

Vocabulary Unit 2