Vocab QUIZ for Of Mice and Men #1
Along with examining the usage and context of an unfamilar or perplexing word in its surrounding sentence or "verbal environment," exploring inside a word or how words are put together can help you decipher its meaning. This is the study of etymology, or "the study of word roots, prefixes, and suffixes"; it's a useful part of your "word attack skills" repertoire. Knowing the meaning of a word root, prefix, or suffix can unlock a number of words, much as a "master key" can unlock a number of doors.
Some word roots, prefixes and suffixes involved in these words include:
scop word root meaning look, as in periscope, microscope, telescope, scope, arthroscopic, stethoscope, endoscopic, horoscope, kaleidoscope, episcopal
ris/rid word root meaning laugh, as in derision, deride, derisive, riddle, ridiculous, risible...
ject word root meaning throw, as in dejectedly, project, projectile, projector, reject, eject, subject...
plac word root meaning please, as in complacent, complacently, placid, placate, placebo, implacable...
co, col, com, con, cor prefix meaning with, together, as in coauthor, cooperate, coagulate, collide, contain, contort, complacently, companion, congregate, correlate, corrode...
tort word root meaning twist, as in retort, extort, distort, contort, contortion, contortionist, tortuous, torture...
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