Vocabulary Unit 4

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Vocabulary Unit 4

Latin Prefixes 19-24

+ Latin Prefixes(19)

CIRCUM- : “around” or “round” circum(“around”) + navigate(“direct”) =

CIRCUMNAVIGATE (to sail around)

+ CIRCUMLOCUTION

FIRST: Find a way to use circumlocution to tell Kermit the frog that he might be a puppet.

SECOND: When do politicians use circumlocution? When do you?

+ CIRCUMSPECT

When is circumspection absolutely necessary? Why?


CON-, CO-, COL-, COR- : “together” or “with” Cor (“together”) + respond(“answer”) =

CORRESPOND (to answer together, to agree)

+ COALESCE

When have you needed to be coalescent?

+ COLLUSION

Collusion is usually associated with criminal activity. When have you ever acted in collusion for non-criminal reasons?


OB- : “against” or “in the way” or “over” Ob (“over”) + sess (“sit”) = OBSESS (literally to sit or

dwell over something)

+ OBLITERATE

What sort of things must we obliterate in order to achieve our dreams?

+ OBSTRUCT

How are the above items an obstruction?


PER-: “through,” “to the end,” “thoroughly” Per (“to the end”) + sist = PERSIST (literally to stand

to the end)

+ PERENNIAL

Which of these is a perennial favorite?

+ PERMEATE

How can these things permeate a room?

+ PERTINENT

If you are making an argument about the success of the Red Sox, which information is most pertinent?

+ PERTURB

What perturbs you most?


PRE-: “before”, “beforehand” Pre (“before”) + cede = PRECEDE (to come before)

+ PRECLUDE

What could preclude you from getting a good grade on a project?

+ PRECOCIOUS

Have you ever met a precocious child? What did he or she excel at?

+ PRESUME

When have you made a presumption that turned out to be incorrect?

What are the other forms of the word “presume”?


PRO-: “forward” or “forth” pro (“forward”) + ject= PROJECT (to throw or cast forward)

+ PROFUSE

When is it good for something to be profuse? When is it negative?

+ PROTRUDE

Which land mass protrudes most from the United States?

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Vocabulary Unit 4