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 * Vocabulary Trees**

8/31/10 Suffix -ment

the suffix ment means the act or instance of doing something. fav. word: Development

development (noun) ant. nondevelopment syn. evolution

agreement (noun) ant.disagreement syn.understanding

enbarrassment (noun) ant. disembarrassment syn. shame

emploment (noun) ant. unemployment syn. work

9/13/10 Prefixes: -pre and -post

the prefix -post means after and the prefix -pre means before

prehistoric (adj.) ant. modern syn. antediluvian

prefix (verb) ant.suffix syn. affix

post-mortum (noun) ant. post-mortal syn. review

post-war ant. pre-war syn. peacetime

9/27/10 Root words: dic/dict, log, and cycle.

cycle means something that repeats itself continuously. a log is a record of something. dic/dict means "as directed".

addicting (adj.) analogy: addicting:hooked::clean:fresh

dictator (noun) analogy: dictator:democrat::despot:anarchist syn. tryant

cyclone (noun) analogy: cyclone:windstorm::tornado:waterspout ant. windless

recycle (adj.) analogy: recycle:reuse::trash:discard logbook (noun) anology: logbook:record::journal:daybook syn. ledger