Lesson 2 Word Analysis

Lesson 2 Word Analysis

since

• often signals a cause-effect relationship in a sentence

• conveys a time element

piece

• homophone for "peace"

• synonym for portion/part (as a noun)

• verb usage: "to mend or join"

usually

• 4 syllables

• -ly suffix signals adverb

• meaning: "habitually"

friends

• plural form of friend

• friends are with us till the end

heard

• homophone for herd

• heard relates to hearing and ear

• past tense of "hear"

accuracy

• academic word often used in math

• suffix "-acy" usually means "state or condition of"

• 4 syllables

acute

• an angle that measures less than 90 degrees

• severe or sharp

computation

• often used in math to mean "the act of computing or calculating numbers"

• -ation changes verb compute into a noun

• prefix "com" means "together or with"

obtuse

• an angle that is greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees

• dull in intellect or form

quiz

• originally meant "a practical joke" or "trick or puzzle"

• now defined as "a test"