SAT PREP. STARTING TOMORROW LABS: PER 2 - 119 (Truckley) Per 7 – 96 (Yeager) BE ON TIME!

SAT PREP

*Second Week of Class WH Week 22 Feb 3-7, 2014

STARTING TOMORROW

LABS:

PER 2 - 119 (Truckley)

Per 7 – 96(Yeager)

BE ON TIME!

.49 or lower, round down.50 or over, round up

*ASSIGNMENT

*Write your score on the “Colleges” page and get a parent signature showing that you have reviewed your Critical Reading pre-test result. (15 pts.)

*Copy the Certification Statement twice in CURSIVE (15 pts.)

*Due date: Period 7 – Wed Feb 5

*Due date: Period 2 – Thurs Feb 6

SAT PREP

*VOCABULARY PRACTICE

*SET 1abate amicable benevolent circuitous conundrum discredit euphemism fortuitous impetuous lobbyist orator procrastinate reconciliation spurious tenacious

1. Why do some people feel that they must _________ the opinions of others?

2. Trying to figure the mathematic equation is a real ______________.

3. The hardest part about planning for the future is getting past the urge to ____________.

4. The _____________ between the friends was short lived.

5. Marrying someone you hardly know is an ___________ decision

6. Isn’t it quite ___________ that the stolen money reappeared before the police arrived?

7. I was late to work today since I had to take a __________ route to avoid the accident site.

8. He was beaten up and imprisoned on ______ charges and is now in hiding in fear for his life.

discredit

conundrum

procrastinate

reconciliation

impetuous fortuito

us

circuitous

spurious

*SET 1abate amicable benevolent circuitous conundrum discredit euphemism fortuitous impetuous lobbyists orator procrastinate reconciliation spurious tenacious

9. He was a skilled _______ and was often called to speak at local events.

10.Around the family table, the political talk is tough but ____________.

11.Are "we the people" allowing tricky politicians aided by ________s to dismantle our future?

12.Acid rain began to _______ when pollution contributing to it was limited.

13.A common ___________ for the death of a loved one is that they "passed away."

14.The _________ boy never stopped working in the treacherous mines, for he knew his family would starve if he quit.

15.The __________ man left all of his money to be divided among the poor.

orator

amicable

lobbyist

abate

euphemism

tenacious

benevolent

Stem/Root Meaningbi two 2cent, centi one hundred 100dec ten 10octa eight 8quad four 4tri three 3uni one 1mill one thousand 1,000mono one 1penta five 5

Word Root: Bi Origin: Greek

Definition: Two

1 - Biceps -A muscle with two points of origin; especially, the large muscle at the front of the upper arm that flexes the elbow joint and the large muscle at the back of the thigh that flexes the knee joint.

2 -Biennial - n. A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second.

3 - Bigamy - n. The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.

4 -Bilateral - adj. Two-sided

5 - Bilingual - adj. Speaking two languages.

6 - Binocular -1. With both eyes, as in binocular vision.

7 - Binym - Having just two names

8 - Biped - n. An animal having two feet.

9 - Bipolar - having or marked by two mutually repellent forces or diametrically opposed natures or views

10 - Bisexual – 1. possessing characters of or having sexual desire for both sexes  

Word Root: centi Origin: Latin

Definition: hundred; a decimal prefix used in the international metric system for measurements

1 -Bicentennial- a 200th anniversary or its celebration

2 -centenary adj. Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundred years.

3 - Centigrade -having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° =freezing point, 100° the boiling point

4 - Centigrade- relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point

5 - Centipedal- Of one hundred (metrical) feet.

6- Centipede- venomous predatory arthropod of the order Chilopoda, characterized by one pair of legs per leg-bearing segment.

7 -centurion n. A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army.

8 - Percent = (per centum, %)

9 -Percentile- a value on a scale of 100 that indicates the percent of a distribution that is equal to or below it ,.

10 -Centilingued - Hundred-tongued; as in, centilingued rumor.

Word Root: Dec (deca)

Origin: Middle English, from Latin, from Greek deka-, dek-, from deka

Definition: Ten

1. Decade – ten years2. Decameron, The - a collection of 100 novellas by Giovanni

Boccaccio, a medieval allegorical work best known for its bawdy tales of love

3. Decameter - A length of ten meters. 4. Decapod - Ten-footed or ten-armed.5. Decathlon -10-event athletic contest 6. December – the 10th month of the early Roman calendar, the

12th month of the Gregorian calendar7. Decimal point.77

Word Root: OctaOrigin: latinDefinition: eight

1. Octad-a group or series of eight2. octagon - a figure with 8 sides and 8 angles3. Octant -the eighth part of a circle4. Octave- Music. a tone on the eighth degree from a given tone; the

interval encompassed by such tones5. Octavo-a book size of about 6 × 9 in. (16 × 23 cm), determined by

printing on sheets folded to form 8 leaves or 16 pages. Symbol: 8vo, 8°6. Octet – a musical composition for eight instruments or voices 2: a group

of eight performers 7. Octogenarian -A person who is in her/his eighties; a person who is

eighty to eighty-nines years old.8. October - 8th month of the early Roman calendar, the 10th month of

the Gregorian calendar

Word Root: QuadOrigin: Latin Definition: four

1. Quadrilateral2. Quadruplet3. Quadrate - v. To divide into quarters. 4. Quadriplegic - one affected with paralysis of

both arms and both legs5. Quadrumanous -Four-handed; having all

four feet adapted for use as hands; such as, monkeys.

6. Quadruple - v. To multiply by four.7. Quadragenarian -A person who is forty to

forty-nine years of age

Notable uses:

Tricycle – tool for transportation with three wheels.

Triathlon – athletic event involving three skills

Word Root: tri-

Origin: Greek/Latin - three

Definition: Three

Definitions:

Triangle – shape with three sides

Ternary – having to do with a set of three

Trialogue – conversation between three

Triangulate – to locate using three points of reference (as in GPS)

Triad – a group consisting of three

Triple, triplet

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Name Tim Trimble

TRITONS

Word Root: uni-

Origin: Latin – one, single

Definition: one, single

Definitions

Union – being “together”

United – state of being in union

Unicycle – one-wheeled bicycle

Unanimous – one view is shared

Unicorn – mythical animal with one horn

Uniboob

Unique – one of a kind

Unitard

unibrow

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Name Tim Trimble

Word Root: MilliOrigin: Latin: thousandDefinition: 1000

1. Mile - : a unit equal to 5280 feet – (from Old English mIl, from Latin milia miles, from milia passuum, literally, thousands of paces, from milia, plural of mille thousand)

2. Millenary - a group of 1000 units or things3. Millennium-is a period of time, equal to one thousand years4. Milliard-The cardinal number equal to 109.5. Millienarianism-is the belief by a religious, social, or political

group or movement in a coming major transformation of society after which all things will be changed in a positive (or sometimes negative or ambiguous) direction.

6. Milligram-One-thousandth of a gram.7. “Millenials”8. Roman numeral date - MMXIV9. Millipedes-Class Diplopoda, previously also known as Chilognatha

Word Root: MonoOrigin: Greek: Definition: one, alone, single; a number used as a prefix1. Monacid-Having the power of saturating one molecule

of a monobasic acid.2. Mononucleosis (“Mono”)3. Monarchial-Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a

monarchy; that is under the dominion of a monarch.4. Monk -1. A man who withdraws entirely or in part from

society and goes to live in a religious community to devote himself to prayer, solitude, and contemplation.

5. monogamy, monogamous -1. The condition, rule, or custom of being married to only one person at a time (opposed to polygamy or bigamy)

6. Monogram -Two or more letters, as initials, formed into a design to be placed on clothing, notepaper, etc., or as a crest.

7. monolith n. Any structure or sculpture in stone formed of a single piece.

8. monopoly n. The control of a thing, as a commodity, to enable a person to raise its price.

9. Monotone- monotone n. The sameness or monotony of utterance. (one tone)

10.monotonous - adj. Unchanging and tedious; A lack of variety

Penta 5Shakespeare wrote in iambic pentameter

Pen·ta·teuch nounthe first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.pen·tath·lon noun

1.an athletic contest comprising five different track and field events and won by the contestant gaining the highest total score.