Vocabulary Week 7

Chemical decomposition of organic matter brought about by bacteria, etc.

• biolysis

• dialysis

• epigram

• lexicograph

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

An adherent of an ideology, especially one who is uncompromising and dogmatic.

• biolysis

• dialysis

• ideologue

• lexicograph

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which root word means knowledge?

• -lys-

• -gnos-

• -gram-

• -log-

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Which root word means having to do with writing; a written thing.?

• -lys-

• -gnos-

• -graph-

• -log-

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Which root word means having to break down, loosen, dissolve?

• -lys-

• -gnos-

• -graph-

• -log-

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Which root word means having to speech or to talk?

• -lys-

• -gnos-

• -graph-

• -log-

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

A person who writes or compiles a dictionary or dictionaries.

• epigraph

• lexicographer

• prognosis

• dialysis

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

A forecast of the likely course of a disease or ailment.

• epigraph

• lexicographer

• prognosis

• dialysis

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A speech or written tribute composed to honor someone who has died.

• epigraph

• lexicographer

• prognosis

• eulogy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A speech by a character in a dramatic performance, a short solo dramatic performance, a comparable written composition, or a comic’s routine, or an excessively long speech during a conversation.

• epigraph

• lexicographer

• monologue

• eulogy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D