Vocabulary Week 7 Root LudLus Meaning playtrick Vocabulary

Vocabulary Week 7 Root: Lud/Lus Meaning: play/trick

Vocabulary Words • Illusion • Ludicrous • Delude • Include • Exclude • Collude • Measure • Prelude • Allude • Infer

ALLUDE [v] to hint at or suggest Ms. Paris’ alluded that if the students were good there could be a pizza party in their future.

DELUDE [v] to deceive or to trick

ILLUSION [n] something that is wrongly interpreted by the senses. Mark was traveling in the hot sun and was very thirsty. He thought he saw a lake, but it was just an illusion.

COLLUDE [v] to work together for bad reasons Ronald and Dante colluded over night about cheating on the exam. They developed a series of coughs that would represent the multiple choice answers.

LUDICROUS [adj] so foolish or out of place as to be amusing; ridiculous Mitch’s hair was so ludicrous, no one could take him seriously. I don’t know why he thought it was a good look.

PRELUDE [n] an action or event that serves as an introduction to something more important. The prelude to the novel gave a lot of important background information about the time period.

EXCLUDE [v] to leave out; prohibit Joanie was excluded from the group because she honestly smelled pretty bad.

INCLUDE [v] make a part of a whole; involve Jen was lonely, so Missy included her in a game of four square.

ACQUIRE [v] If you acquire something, you obtain it or gain it. Ms. Paris acquired fifty new novels for her students.

COMPILE [v] If you compile something you collect information and put it together. Ms. Paris compiled a list of all of the books she’s read.