ACT VocabularyBlocks 3 and 4

Week 1 Roots:•DICT, DIC, DIT = speak, declare

•VEN, VENT = come

•DUCT, DUC = lead.

DICT, DIC, DIT = speak, declare• Prediction (n) - Something that foretells the future;

a prophecy; a declaration or telling in advance

• Dedicate (v) - To set apart for some purpose and esp. for something sacred or serious: devote; to address or inscribe as a compliment

• Contradictory (adj) - Inclined to declare or speak against; tending to state the opposite opinion

• Dictatorship (n) - A country or form of government where absolute power is exercised by an imperious ruler

VEN, VENT = come•Conventional (adj) - Conforming or

adhering to accepted custom, practice, belief or taste; without originality

•Venturesome (adj) - Having or showing a disposition to undertake something involving uncertainty or risk

•Prevention (n) - The act of stopping or keeping something from coming or happening

DUCT, DUC = lead.• Aqueduct (n) - Artificial channel for conducting

water over a distance from a remote site

• Productive (adj) - Capable of creating by mental or physical effort; fertile; yielding favorable results

• Deduce (v) - To trace the course or derivation of; to derive as a conclusion from something known or assumed

Your Homework•Your homework (due Wednesday): Create

13 sentences using the remaining roots. ▫Use all 10 vocabulary words in a sentence.▫Then find one other word that uses each of

the roots and make a sentence for those 3 words.

•Your sentences must hint at the meaning of the word.

FOR EXAMPLE:•- cracy : Rule by; governed by

•Not acceptable: The country was a democracy.

•Acceptable: The country aims to strengthen democracy through greater citizen participation in local governance.

Quiz Friday•You will have a vocabulary quiz on Friday.

•You will have to know all 10 words, as well as the 3 roots!

•Bring your note cards to class on Wednesday. I will give you a short amount of time in-class to make note cards in order to help prepare for your quiz

Week 2 Roots•FIN = end•SED, SID, SESS = sit, be still

•FER = bear, carry, yield, bring

FIN - end•Finality (n) - Conclusiveness or

decisiveness; characterized by being settled or complete; something that is an ultimate act or belief

•Infinite (adj) - Unlimited; boundless; endless; immeasurably great

•Refinery (n) - An establishment for bringing something (as petroleum or sugar) to be free or be separate from impurities

Sed, Sid, Sess – sit; be still• Residential (adj)- Pertaining to the house or

place where one lives; characterized by private homes

• Obsession (n) - Domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image or desire

• Sedate (adj) - calm or quiet; serenely composed in character or manner

• Supersede (v) - To replace in power, position, function, effectiveness or office; to supplant

Fer – bear; carry; yield; bring•Fertilize (v) - To make productive; to

cause the process of initiating biological reproduction

•Inference (n)- A guess or, speculation

•Circumference (n) - Outer boundary, esp. of a circular area; perimeter

Your Homework•Your homework (due Wednesday): Create

13 sentences using the remaining roots. ▫Use all 10 vocabulary words in a sentence.▫Then find one other word that uses each of

the roots and make a sentence for those 3 words.

•Your sentences must hint at the meaning of the word.

•cern, cer, cre- separate, distinct

•jur/jus- law, right•leg-law

Week 3 Roots

cern, cer, cre•Ascertain (v) - To find out definitely; to learn with certainty or assurance

•Discern (v) - To see or recognize things clearly; to have insight; to discriminate

•Indiscretion (n) - An act or remark that lacks prudence, good judgment or circumspection

jur/jus•Conjure (v) - To summon, call or bring

into existence as if by invocation, spell or magic

•Injurious (adj) – Harmful, hurtful, damaging or detrimental to a person, property, reputation or thing

•Justification (n) - Fact, circumstance or explanation that is proved right or reasonable

•Readjustment (n) - An additional alteration or adaptation to a stated position

leg•Allege (v) - To assert positively without

offering proof; to declare as a reason or as an excuse

•Colleague (n) - An associate; a fellow worker or member of a profession

•Delegate (n) - Person designated to act or represent others or another

Your Homework•Your homework (due Wednesday): Create

13 sentences using the remaining roots. ▫Use all 10 vocabulary words in a sentence.▫Then find one other word that uses each of

the roots and make a sentence for those 3 words.

•Your sentences must hint at the meaning of the word.

Week 4 Roots•GRAD/GRESS = step, walk, degree

• MOT/MOB/MOV = move

• CAS/CID = fall, sink

GRAD/GRESS•Aggression (n) - Any offensive action, or

attack; an unprovoked invasion of territorial rights; hostility toward or attack upon another

•Digress (v) - To turn aside or away from the main topic or argument in speaking or writing; deviate; swerve

•Progressive (adj) - Advocating progress or reform esp. in political or social matters; advancing; going forward or onward

MOB/MOT/MOV•Momentous (adj) - Important;

consequential

•Motivate (v) - To provide with an incentive or goal; to impel or incite

•Mutiny (n) - Forcible rebellion against authority or a superior officer

•Promotion (n) - Act or fact of being raised in position or rank

CAD/CID•Cadence (n) - A rhythmic sequence or flow

of sounds in language; the beat, time or measure of rhythmical motion or activity

•Cadaver (n) - A dead body, esp. a human one intended for dissection; corpse

•Coincidence (n) - The occurrence of events that happen at the same time and by accident but seem to have some connection

Your Homework•Your homework (due Wednesday): Create

12 sentences using the remaining roots. ▫Use all 10 vocabulary words in a sentence.▫Then find one other word that uses each of

the roots and make a sentence for those 3 words.

•Your sentences must hint at the meaning of the word.

Week 5 Roots•NASC/NAT = be born•TRAH/TRACT = pull, draw

•SEQU/SECU = follow

Sequ/Secu - follow•Inconsequential (adj) - Having little or

no importance; lacking in significance; trivial

•Persecute (v)- To subject to harassing or cruel treatment; to oppress

•Sequel (n) - An event that follows or comes afterward; a work (novel or movie) that continues a story already begun

Nasc/Nat – Be born• Cognate (n) - Descended from the same language;

related by birth; of the same parentage or descent• Naïve (adj) - Showing a lack of experience,

judgment or information; having unaffected simplicity of nature

• Nationality (n) - People having a common origin, tradition, language and capability of forming a state; an ethnic group

• Supernatural (adj) - Being above or beyond what is explainable by natural law; attributed to ghosts and goblins

Tra/Tract – pull or draw •Abstract (adj)- Thoughts not part of

concrete realities, specific objectives, or actual instances

•Portrayal (n) - Act of making a likeness by drawing, carving, etc.; representing dramatically, as on the stage

•Protracted (v)- Drawing out or lengthening, esp. in time; prolonged

Week 7 Roots•SPECT/SPEC = watch, see, look, appear

•STA/SIST = stand, place

•VERT/VERS = turn

SPECT/SPEC/SPIC = watch, see, look, appear

•Conspicuous (adj) - Easily seen or noticed; attracting special attention

•Speculate (v) - To consider or think curiously about; to suppose; to engage in thought or reflection

•Suspicion (n) - Mental uneasiness and uncertainty: degree of probability that something will occur

STA/SIST = stand, place•Stamina (n) - Strength or power to endure

fatigue or stress; endurance•Establish (v) - To bring into being on a firm or

permanent basis; to install in a position or place

•Statistics (n) - Science dealing with the collection, analysis and interpretation of numerical data

•Superstitious (adj) - Believing in an irrational notion resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown or belief in fate, omens or magic

VERT/VERS = turn•Anniversary (n) - Yearly recurrence of

the date of past events; celebration of a date

•Diversify (v) - To make unlike as in form or character; to give or produce variety

•Versatility (n) - Capability of adapting or turning easily from one to another of various tasks; changeability