Improving your vocabulary

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Improving your vocabulary

• The following slides slowly show you derivatives
  of a common base word. These words are found in
  the Academic Word List a list of the most
  common words needed to function well in an
  academic setting.
• At the top of the presentation is a comment on
  how the word is formed (the meanings of the
  roots, etc)
• In the middle of the presentation are various
  derivational changes. A noun will change its form
  to become an adjective etc. As you click to
  reveal more different forms, constantly ask
  yourself the question are these forms in my
  active repertoire ?
• Usually at the end of the presentation there is
  an arrow, and then a word which adopts a similar
  root, but is a completely different word with a
  different meaning. So instead of going DEEP
  (vertically) as you did with the derivatives -
  inside the way a word can change, I invite you to
  go FAR (horizontally) across many new, related
  words.
• The idea here is that you let your mind
  receptively input the words you see. Dont work
  too hard. Just let the words enter your mind.
  Listening to music while watching this
  presentation may help.

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Using Word Lists to vary your vocabulary

• Building your writing and reading vocabulary
• Learn about the Academic Word List
• http//www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/staff/averil-coxhea
  d/awl/ http//www.uefap.com/vocab/vocfram.htm
• http//web.uvic.ca/gluton/awl

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Ana- everywherelysis to make loose

• Analyze
• Analytical
• Analysis
• Unanalyzed
• ? synthesize

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A to proche - near

• approach
• approachable
• Unapproachable
• ?reproach

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Assessare to sit next to the judge

• Assess
• Assessment
• Reassessed
• Unassessed
• ? Session to sit in the parliament

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Auctoritas advice, opinion, influence command

• Author
• Authority
• Authoritative
• Authorize
• Unauthorized
• ?Authentic   

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Bene goodFactor - do

• Benefit
• beneficial
• Benefactor
• ? superficial

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Con togetherCept container - keep

• Conceive
• Concept
• Conceptual
• Conceptualize
• Conceptualization
• ? reception receive

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Con sistTo place together to stand

• consist
• consistent
• Inconsistent
• Inconsistently
• ? Assist resist insist

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Con togetherTract to pull

• Contract noun
• Contractor
• Contractual
• ?tractor, retract, traction

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Creare crescent - to make grow

• Create
• Creative
• Creatively
• Creativity
• Creator
• Recreate
• ? increasing

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De-completelyfinire end limit finish

• Define
• Definable
• Definition
• Redefine
• Indefinable
• ?refine

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Dis individually Tribuere to assign

• Distribute
• distribution
• Distributor
• Redistribute
• ? Retribution

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oikonomia "household management," from oikonomos
"manager, steward," from oikos "house" (cognate
with L. vicus "district," vicinus "near" O.E.
wic "dwelling, village" see villa) nomos
"managing," from nemein "manage" Greek

• Economy
• economical
• economically
• economist
• Uneconomical
• ? Ecology the study of your place

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Aestima to value

• Estimate
• Overestimate
• Underestimate
• Estimations
• Inestimable
• ?

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From fin ending that is paying your bills to
finish

• Finance
• Finances
• Financial
• Financially
• Unfinanced
• ?infinite

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Function - performance

• Function
• Functional
• Functional
• Dysfunctional
• ?defunct

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In dicare to say

• index
• Indicate
• Indications
• Indicative
• Indicator
• ?predict

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In notDivide

• individual 
• individualize
• individuality
• Individualist
• Individualism
• ?dividend

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Inter betweenpret many ?

• Interpret
• Interpretation
• Misinterpret
• Misinterpreted
• Reinterpretation

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In inVolve roll into

• involve
• Involvement
• Uninvolved
• Involving
• ?revolve, evolve

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Leg - law

• Legal
• Legally
• Illegally
• Legalize
• Legality
• Illegal
• ?legislation lecture

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Pro forwardceed to go

• Proceed
• Process
• Procedure
• Procedural
• ?recede precede

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Re repeatquire to ask

• Require
• Requirement
• Required (adjective)
• ?inquire question

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Re- back, againspond to promise

• Respond
• Respondent
• Responsive
• Unresponsive
• Responsible
• Irresponsible

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Signum sign markIfy - make

• signal
• Significant
• Signify
• Significance
• Insignificant
• ? signature

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Similis - To be like

• Similar
• Dissimilar
• Similarities
• ? Simulation Synonym

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Species a kind of category

• Specific
• Specifics
• Specify
• Specifically
• Special Specie

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To build

• Structure
• Restructure
• Structural
• Structured
• Unstructured
• ? Instruct construct

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Vary to make different to turn

• Vary
• various
• variable
• invariably
• variability
• Invariable
• Variety
• ? diverse

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Ad tominister to serve (la main)

• Administer
• Administration
• Administrations
• Administrative
• Administrator
• Administratively
• ?

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The end

• Final
• Finalize
• Finality
• Finally
• Finals
• ? Definite infinite

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Part piece shareCip to take

• Participate
• Participant
• Participation
• ? party partisan apart

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Reg - rules

• Regulate
• Deregulates Deregulation
• Regulated Regulation
• Regulator Regulatory
• Unregulated
• irregular
• ? register

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Se apartlegere to gather collect

• Select
• Selected
• Selection
• Selective
• Selectively
• Unselective
• ?separate

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Phasis to show

• Emphasis
• Emphasize
• Emphatic
• Emphatically
• ? phase the appearance of the moon

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Ex outclaudere close

• Exclude
• Excluding
• Exclusion
• Exclusive
• Exclusively
• ?include preclude

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• Etc.