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WORD FAMILIESBK IV; UNIT 2
VINC/VICT, DUC/DUCT,
TRACT, 8TH GRADE
pp. 8-13
FILL IN YOUR CHART WITH THE FOLLOWING WORDS: INVINCIBLE, PROVINCIAL ,EVINCE, CONDUCTIVE, INDUCE, DEDUCE, PROTRACTED, INTRACTABLE, RETRACT, PETULANT, IMPETUOUS, IMPETUS. EXAMPLE IS STARTED BELOW.
Word Affixes (prefixes &
suffixes) & meanings
Root and Meaning
Inference Confirmation
invincible vinc/vict= to conquer
provincial “ “
evince
VINC/VICTTO CONQUER
LOOKING AT THE MEANINGS OF AFFIXES IN YOUR BOOK, INFER WHAT THE WORDS WITH VINCT/VICT MEAN.
Words
INVINCIBLEUnable to be conquered
WHAT IS AN SYNONYM FOR INVINCIBLE? INVULNERABLE
WHAT IS AN ANTONYM FOR INVINCIBLE? VULNERABLE
PROVINCIALLIMITED IN KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD; NARROW-MINDED
WHAT IS AN ANTONYM FOR PROVINCIAL?SOPHISTICATED
EVINCETO ESTABLISH; TO REFLECT THE TRUTH OF
DUC/DUCTTO LEAD
LOOKING AT THE MEANINGS OF AFFIXES IN YOUR BOOK, INFER WHAT THE WORDS WITH DUC/DUCT
Words
CONDUCIVESUPPORTIVE; ENCOURAGING; HELPING TO BRING ABOUT
WHAT IS AN SYNONYM FOR CONDUCIVE?HELPFUL, FAVORABLE
INDUCETO LEAD TOWARDS SOME ACTION
WHAT IS A SYNONYM FOR INDUCE? PERSUADE
WHAT IS AN ANTONYM FOR INDUCE?DISCOURAGE
DEDUCETO DRAW A CONCLUSION FROM FACT; TO INFER
WHAT IS AN SYNONYM FOR DEDUCE?CONCLUDE
TRACTTO DRAG
Looking at the meanings of affixes in your book, infer what the words with TRACT mean.
Words
PROTRACTEDEXTENDED IN TIME; PROLONGED
WHAT IS A SYNONYM FOR PROTRACTED?lingering
WHAT IS AN ANTONYM FOR PROTRACTED?brief
INTRACTABLE
Stubborn; obstinate; hard to move forward
WHAT IS A SYNONYM FOR INTRACTABLE?Immovable
WHAT IS AN ANTONYM FOR INTRACTABLE?malleable
RETRACT
To draw back; withdraw
WHAT IS A SYNONYM FOR RETRACT?repeal
PETO
To seek aggressively, to assail, to rush
Looking at the meanings of affixes in your book, infer what the words with PETO mean.
Words
PETULANT
Irritable or short tempered
IMPETOUSActing passionately and without a forethought
WHAT IS A SYNONYM FOR IMPETUOUS?
rash
WHAT IS AN ANTONYM FOR IMPETUOUS?careful
IMPETUS
That which drives one; momentum
WHAT IS A SYNONYM FOR IMPETUS?
stimulus