Katy Greiner English 9H Vocab List

pre-

before, in front of (e.g., precede, predict)

post-

after, behind (e.g., postpone, posthumous)

tele-

distant (e.g., telephone, television)

a-/ab-/abs-

away, from (e.g., abstract, abstain)

ad-

to or toward (e.g., adhere, adjacent)

im-/in-

not (e.g., imperfect, invisible)

aqua-/aque-

water (e.g., aquatic, aquarium)

duc-/duct-

lead (e.g., induce, conduct)

fin-/finit-

end, limit (e.g., final, infinite)

magn-

large, great (e.g., magnify, magnificent)

scrib-/script-

to write, written (e.g., manuscript, scribble)

sol-

alone (e.g., solitary, solo)

vid-/vis-

to see (e.g., video, vision)

ami-/amic-

love (e.g., amiable, amicable)

aud-

sound (e.g., auditorium, audible)

gram-/graph-

to write or draw (e.g., telegram, geography)

chron-

time (e.g., chronicle, synchronize)

grad-/gress-

to step (e.g., graduate, progress)

hydr(o)-

water (e.g., dehydrate, hydroplane)

mut-

change (e.g., mutant, mutate)

terr(a)-

earth, ground (e.g., terrain, territorial)

voc-/voke-

voice, to call (e.g., vocal, revoke)

-ate

to make (e.g., donate, vibrate)

-ation

result of doing (e.g., donation, vibration)

-ify

to make (e.g., justify, magnify)

-er/-or

one who does (e.g., teacher, counselor)

-ologist

one who studies (e.g., biologist, zoologist)

-ology

study of (e.g., biology, geology)

assimilate

to absorb into a cultural tradition (e.g., “I walked a fine line between assimilating to American ways...”)

commemorate

to mark by ceremony (e.g., “to commemorate this moment, he wheels me around...”)

disillusioned

having lost faith in something (e.g., “when he returned as a traumatized, disillusioned vet...”)

frivolity

lacking seriousness (e.g., “I can’t help but notice the wasteful frivolity of it all.”)

grimaced

facial expression of disgust or pain (e.g., “Robert grimaced.”)

inadvertently

accidentally (e.g., “This is a song kids need to inadvertently memorize.”)

masochist

someone who takes pleasure in pain (e.g., “The masochist in me answers too quickly.”)

proposition

something offered for consideration (e.g., “California has just voted in favor of Proposition 187...”)

resounding

impressively resonant (e.g., “in resounding ways, you are here, you are seen...”)

syndicated

to sell to local stations (e.g., “gleaned it from a syndicated episode of 21 Jump Street”)

unironic

sincere, not using irony (e.g., “I love my country in the most unironic and earnest way...”)