Unit 3 Flashcards
{con}
together with; confuse
{ex}
out; expel
{de}
down, {intens}; descend, depend, devour
{tend/tent/tens}
stretch; extend, extent, extensive
{prehens/prehend}
grasp; prehensile, apprehend
{duc/duct}
lead; induce, induction, viaduct
{scribe/script}
write; inscribe, inscription
{trop}
turn (cf. tropics, heliotrope)
{-al}
makes nouns into adjectives–e.g., government >governmental
–{ion}
makes nouns. ie invasion
–{ive}
makes adjectives. ie invasive
emulation
rivalry, particularly involving imitation
adulation
excessive display of admiration
consul
official at a consulate; top Roman officer
council
an assembly or advisory group of people
counsel
advice(noun);lawyer, legal advisor (noun)to advise(verb)
salutary
healthful
salutatory
welcoming; Salutatorian/Valedictorian
apprehensive
fearful, anxious
reprehensive
scolding (cf. reprehensible)
hyper
over, beyond
pronoun
Pronouns are words that stand in the place of nouns.
{pro} = for, in place of; {noun} = noun
Hypercorrection
The use of an inappropriate pronunciation, grammatical form, or construction resulting usually from an effort to replace incorrect or seemingly incorrect forms with correct ones.
Personal pronouns (stand in for Persons)
I, me, you, he, his, him, she, hers, her, it, its, we, us, they, them.•They sometimes have different forms depending on whether they are subjects or objects: “I” and “he” for subjects; “me” and “him” for objects.
Interrogative pronouns
The interrogative pronouns in English are who, whom, whose, and what.
Grammatically, they are pronouns because they stand in for a noun in the answer they seek. •What did you see? I saw a deer. (Whatstands in for “deer”)•Whowants some water? Billwants some. (Whostands in for Bill)
Who and Whom in Questions
Who is used for for things that are not objects (usually as subjects and with linking verbs like the verb to be).
Whom is used for direct objects of verbs and objects of prepositions.
