VOCABULARY BOOK II UNIT 15 Take Out Binder

VOCABULARY BOOK II UNIT 15

Take Out • Binder with Paper • Remember to use the Cornell Note-taking method.

Vocabulary Objectives - Today You will be able to: • Record new vocabulary words utilizing Cornell notetaking method. • Create original sentences using vocabulary words using notes. •

Vocabulary Objectives – By the end of the week You will be able to: • Match vocabulary words to definitions and use words in sentences without notes. •

Remember: • Cornell Notes • Write down the words and definitions in your notebooks. • Word in column in left and definition in column on right. • Write down word used in a phrase or sentence. • Write down roots and meanings.

Root • FIN • Latin FINIS, "end, limit, boundary“

1 - CONFINES

1 - CONFINES • Limits or boundaries • Con= together + finis : boundary that holds together" • As amazing as it may seem, the robber hid from the police in the cramped confines of the doghouse. • http: //dictionary. reference. com/browse/confines

2 - REFINE

2 - REFINE • v. To make more pure or precise • L. re, "again, " + finis = to give limits to agaill • The way modern companies refine oil to make gasoline is very different from the methods used years ago. • syn: purify, improve

3 - FINITE

3 - FINITE • adj. Having an end or limit • There was only a finite number of seats to the show, so Maria and Elena were thrilled when their tickets arrived in the mail

Root • CLOS, CLUD, CLOIS • Latin CLAUDERE, CLAUSUM, "to close off, to shut"

4 - DISCLOSE

4 - DISCLOSE • v. To reveal; make known • L. dis, "not, " + clausum = not closed off • Businesses are not supposed to disclose personal information about their • employees without permission. • syn: divulge allt: conceal

5 - SECLUDE

5 - SECLUDE • v. To put in a private place • L. se, "apart, " + claudere = to shut apart, separate • During the game of hide-and-seek, Jeff secluded himself in the basement, and he was the last one found. • syn: hide

6 - CLOISTER

6 - CLOISTER • v. To shut away • Even though Homer was one of the richest men in tile world, he cloistered himself • away from all other people and died a lonely man. • syn: isolate

Root • TERM • Latin TERMINUS, "end, limit"

Root • TRACT • Latin TRAHERE, TRACTUM, "to drag, to draw"

8 - INTERMINABLE

8 - INTERMINABLE • adj. Seeming never to end • L. in, "not, " + terminus = not ending • Although it seemed as if the wait for our plane to arrive was interminable; it actually lasted only two hours. • syn: endless, unceasing

9 - INDETERMINATE

9 - INDETERMINATE • adj. Not clear; not fixed • L. in, "not, " + de, "from, " + termmus « not (clear) from its limits • The scientists discovered a mummy that was so decayed that its gender was indeterminate. • syn: indefinite ant: clear, definite

Root • LIM • Latin LIMEN, LIMINIS, "boundary, threshold"

10 - PRELIMINARY

10 - PRELIMINARY • adj. Serving as a preparation; introductory • L. pre, "before, " + liminis = before threshold • Before the professional bowling tournament, Stephanie competed in the amateurs‘ preliminary tournament. • syn: first ant: final

11 - SUBLIMINAL

11 - SUBLIMINAL • adj. Below the level of consciousness • L. sub, "beneath, " + liminis = beneath the threshold • In that old book on differences among people, there is a subliminal message that one race is inferior to others, even though the book never actually states this. • Syn: unconscious