Vocabulary List English IVWeeks 16-17

Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots

16.1 Her morose manner affected us all, hanging like a gloomy dark rain cloud over the party.

Prefix: Mor Custom, manner

What do you think “morose” means?

having a sullen or gloomy disposition or manner

16.2 Generation “Z” consists of children born after 2000 and is also know as Generation “M” (for multi-tasking).

Prefix: GenBirth, class, kin

What do you think “generation” means?

a body of living beings constituting a single step in the line of descent from an ancestor; a group of

16.3 My mother is a southern lady who talks in euphemisms to avoid offending others with talk of bathrooms and death.

Prefix: EuWell, good

What do you think “euphemism” means?

the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive (good) expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant

16.4 When you jump, gravity pulls you back down to the ground, keeping you from floating off into the atmosphere.

Prefix: Grav/grievheavy

What do you think “gravity” means?

weight; gravitational attraction of the mass of the earth, the moon (which makes matter on earth feel heavy)

16.5 The foul odor permeated through the building, down the hall and into the classrooms.

Prefix: PerThrough, by, for, throughout

What do you think “permeate” means?

to diffuse through or penetrate something

17.1 Inquisitive people may not be smart, but they will become smarter because they seek answers to their questions.

Prefix: Ques/quer/quis/quirquestion

What do you think “inquisitive” means?

given to examination or investigation; inclined to ask question

17.2 You can become a philosopher by first studying the great philosophers who pondered the great questions about existence, knowledge, values, and reason.

Prefix: Phillove

What do you think “philosopher” means?

a person who loves and seeks wisdom or enlightenment

17.3 I do not like it when the thermometer outside my window measures the temperature to be anything less than 60 degrees. I don’t like cold weather.

Prefix: Meter/metr/mensmeasure

What do you think “thermometer” means?

an instrument for measuring temperature

17.4 You can't always end sentences with prepositions. When you could leave off the preposition and it wouldn't change the meaning, you should leave it off.

Prefix: Pos/ponPut, place

What do you think “preposition” means?

a function word that typically placed with a noun phrase to form a phrase which usually expresses a modification or predication

17.5 You should convert your paper to a Word document; you will not be able to open it at school and print it if you don’t change it first.

Prefix: Vert/versBend, turn

What do you think “convert” means?

to bring over or turn from one belief, view, or party to another