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REA 0002 REA 0002 Vocabulary Vocabulary
Chapters 11 and 12Chapters 11 and 12
clandestine• The criminals held a clandestine
meeting before they robbed the bank.
• Done in secret • Concealed• Kept hidden
contingency• I have a contingency fund just in
case I have an emergency.
• A possibility• A possible future event that must
be prepared for or guarded against
egocentric• The athlete was very egocentric.
He thought the team couldn’t do anything without him.
• Self-involved• Self-centered• Conceited• Seeing everything in terms of oneself
exonerate• The soldier was hoping the court
would exonerate him after they investigated the mishap.
• Clear of an accusation• Free from blame or charges• Prove innocent
incongruous• It wasn’t really incongruous for a former
general to join the peace movement. He had seen the horrors of war.
• Contradictory, • Out of place• Inconsistent• Having parts that are not in harmony or
that are inconsistent
indigenous• The Seminoles are part of the indigenous population in Florida.
• Native• Living, growing or produced in a
particular place
liability• Not being able to read fluently can
be a liability.• a handicap• A disadvantage • A drawback• Something that acts as a
disadvantage
prolific• Stephen King is a prolific author.
• Producing many works, results, or offspring
• Fertile• Creating abundantly
reinstate• I was able to reinstate the
student in class. • To put back, • To restore• To restore to a previous position or
condition• Bring back into being or use
superfluous• In the phrase “rich millionaire,”
the word rich is superfluous.• Unnecessary• Extra• Beyond what is needed, wanted,
or useful
a - an- (prefix)• Harold is completely apolitical. He
never votes and never even seemed to know who the candidates are.
• Without• Lacking• Not
bibl- biblio- (prefix)• We had to prepare a bibliography
for the paper we wrote.
• Book• Pertaining to books
fid (root)• He names his dog Fido which
means “faithful one”.
• Loyalty• Trust• Faith
-ism (suffix)• Judaism and Hinduism are forms of
religion.
• Doctrine• Set of beliefs• System• Practice of
nov (root)• That was a novel idea. No one
has ever written about it before.
• Original• New• fresh
pan- (prefix)• We traveled the Pan American
Highway all the way from Alaska to Mexico.
• Entire• All
prim, prime (root) • She read from her primer. This
was the first book in the reading series.
• First (in order of importance)
rect (root) • He had to rectify the situation
that he had caused by lying to his mother.
• To make straight• To make right
sym-, syn- (prefix)• One symptom or the syndrome
was that the muscles in her legs would not function.
• With • Together
ver (root)• We waited patiently for the verdict.
• True• Real
EXTRA CREDIT• Complete pages 73 – 74 – Unit
Two: Test 4 for extra credit.
• Study all of the words 7 – 11 for the Unit Two test.