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Mapping the Master Words. We’re using the metaphor of a bride and groom to illustrate that the Master Words embody the joining of two word families, each of which has many relatives. Some of the relatives are close and easy to recognize
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Mapping the Master Words We’re using the metaphor of a bride and groom to illustrate that the Master Words embody the joining of two word families, each of which has many relatives. Some of the relatives are close and easy to recognize as members of the same word family. Others are distant and may bear only a slight resemblance to the “bride and groom.” When the relationship is pointed out to you, you say, “Oh, yes, I do see the resemblance!” A few notes: The members of some prefixes, such as t the un- family, number into the thousands! You don’t have to invite all of them. Just try not to confuse them with other negative-making prefixes, such as dis-, mis-, in-.
Mapping the Master Words A few notes from the Wedding Planner: The members of some prefixes, such as the un- family, number into the thousands! You don’t have to invite all of them. Justtry not to confuse them with other negative-making prefixes, such as dis-, mis-, in-. The suffixes –tion and –sion are the same family.
perceive • transcribe • dispose • commit • adverse • necessary • misreport • interrogate • extract • substructure • manufacture • propel • prescribe • refer • eradicate • obtain • incident • imagine • illegal • contradiction • demand The first twenty-five Master Words 22. dialogue 23. unfortunately 24. multiplication 25. influence
Ex (out) + Tract (to drag or draw) external exponent extreme exfoliate exaggerate exoskeleton example extemporaneous ex-marine ex-spouse expel extirpate extra extraordinary abstract subtract attract detract retract tractor tractable intractable contract
perceive • transcribe • dispose • commit • adverse • necessary • misreport • interrogate • extract • substructure • manufacture • propel • prescribe • refer • eradicate • obtain • incident • imagine • illegal • contradiction • demand Imagine how many relatives would get invited to the “wedding” of the two parts of these words! 22. dialogue 23. unfortunately 24. multiplication 25. influence
26. bilateral • 27. unicycle • 28. unjust • 29. extraordinary • 30. digress • 31. ignore • 32. segregate • 33. integer • 34. autograph • 35. sympathy • 36. survive • 37. architect • 38. occasion • 39. seclusion • 40. endurance • 41. incredible • 42. circuit • 43. orthodox • 44. anonymous • 45. category • 46. metropolitan The second twenty-five Master Words 47.international 48. decide 49. democracy 50. omniscient
Auto (self) + Graph (represented in visual form) automatic automobile autocrat autobiography tautology semiautomatic autosuggestion autopsy autopilot photograph graphic graphic organizer cartographer demographics geography oceanography seismograph
