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Vocabulary Lesson 7 -9 Guess the meanings of the italicized stems by looking at the word in context. 1. When the plane reaches its highest altitude, you may take off your safety belt. 2. For the choir concert, we are learning a new melody. 3. Because I know what it feels like to lose a grandparent, I empathized with the sad student. 4. The senile man didn’t remember what had happened yesterday. 5. When the young couple had their first child, they moved to the suburbs.

Vocabulary Lesson 7 -9 Stems and Meanings “Alt” – high “Mel”-- song “Path” – feel; suffer “Sen” – old “Urb” –city

Vocabulary Lesson 7 -9 Example Words and Definitions Altar(n)—elevated structure Altitude (n)—high location Melodia (n)—tune Melody (n)—a song Empathy (n)—understanding another’s feelings Pathetic (adj)—causing sympathy or compassion Senile (adj)—memory loss associated with age Senior (n)—a person older than another Suburb (n)—community outlying a city Urban (adj)—pertaining to a city

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