Vocabulary Week 4 Root MotMobMov Meaning Move Words

Vocabulary Week 4 Root: Mot/Mob/Mov Meaning: Move

Words • • • Comprehend Promote Mobilize Demote Motivate • • • Motion Locomotion Discriminate Automobile Removal

motion (n) • The ability to move • I hit the golf ball and set it into motion.

demote (v) • Move down in grade, rank or status. • Trix the Rabbit was demoted from company mascot when he admitted he actually liked Lucky Charms better.

motivate (v) • When you motivate someone, you move them into action. • Richard was motivated to lose weight when he could no longer see his toes.

mobilize (v) • When you mobilize people, you move them around for a purpose. • We need to mobilize our fleet of snow plows in order to clean snow off the roads.

locomotion (n) • The ability to move from place to place. • The invention of the steam engine helped usher in the age of locomotion.

removal (n) • The act of moving something away. • My brain removal went well, except I now have a killer headache.

promote (v) • When you promote something, you move it to a higher grade, rank, or job. • If I don’t promote Rodger from assistant to manager soon, he’s going to quit and get a better paying job elsewhere.

automobile (n) • An automobile is a self-propelled passenger vehicle that moves. • I wrecked my Dodge Challenger, the best automobile I ever owned. Life will never be the same.

Academic Words

Distinguish (v) • If you distinguish something you recognize it for a specific reason. • When you are debating someone distinguish facts from opinions and use only facts.

differentiate (v) • If you between two things you see or perceive a difference between them and treat them different based on the difference. • Differentiate between how you use English to speak to your friends and how you use English in a formal presentation.