Monday: nullify
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| Tuesday: extol |
| Wednesday: paradigm |
| Thursday: solicit |
Friday: affluent
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Please
select an activity.
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1. Match
Meanings
2.
Use Words in
Sentences
3. Latin
Root Words
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Match
Meanings
Can you match the words with their
meanings?
| nullify |
extol |
paradigm |
| solicit |
affluent |
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answers!)
1. (wealthy)
2. (model,
example)
3. (make
invalid; void)
4. (praise)
5. (seek;
request earnestly)
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Use
Words in Sentences
Can you correctly use this week's words in
the following sentences?
| nullify |
extol |
paradigm |
| solicit |
affluent |
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answers!)
1. The
president _________
the
astronauts, calling them pioneers
of
the Space Age.
2. Once
the contract was _________, it
no longer had any legal force.
3.
The
mayor telephoned all the members of the city
council to
_________
their
votes.
4.
Pavlov’s
experiment with dogs and bells is a _________
of the
conditioned-response
experiment in behavioral psychology.
5. A
guest lecturer spoke at our school on the
contrast between
Haiti’s
few _________
people
and all the others.
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Latin
Root Words 67%
of all English words originate from Latin. Do
you know which
of this week's
words come from Latin?
| nullify |
extol |
paradigm |
| solicit |
affluent |
(Click
here to find out!)
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| Answers: Match
Meanings
1. affluent (wealthy)
2. paradigm (model,
example)
3. nullify (make
invalid; void)
4. extol (praise)
5. solicit (seek;
request earnestly)
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| Answers: Use Words
in Sentences
1. The
president extol the
astronauts, calling them pioneers
of
the Space Age.
2. Once
the contract was nullified, it
no longer had any legal force.
3.
The
mayor telephoned all the members of the city
council to
solicit their
votes.
4.
Pavlov’s
experiment with dogs and bells is a paradigm of the
conditioned-response
experiment in behavioral psychology.
5. A
guest lecturer spoke at our school on the
contrast between
Haiti’s
few affluent people
and all the others.
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Latin
Root Words
nullify (make
invalid; void) comes from the Latin words
nullus
meaning none
and facere meaning to make.
extol (praise)
comes from the Latin words
ex meaning up
and
tollere meaning to lift, raise.
paradigm (model,
example) from the Late Latin word paradigma
[from
Greek paradeigma=model].
solicit (seek;
request earnestly) comes from the Latin word
sollicitare
meaning to disturb, agitate.
affluent (wealthy)
comes from the Latin word
affluere meaning
to
flow to.
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