Unit 2 WordsReview Practices

Bell Ringer: On chalkboard desk, grab one!

Picture to RootMatching Word to Definition (Greek/History Words)

Bell Ringer

• Picture to Root• Matching Word to Definition (Greek/History Words)

Mania – “Madness”

• Kleptomania

• Dipsomaniac

• Megalomaniac

• EgomaniacBoth self; one mental disorder,

Other just self centered

Psych – Breath, Life, Soul

• Psyche ( very close to root meaning )

• Psychedelic

• Psychosomatic – caused by mental/emotional

• Psychotherapist “one who”

Cept – take, seize

• Reception

• Intercept

• Perceptible

• Susceptible

Through adj

Fin – End, Boundary

• Confine

• Definitive

• Finite

• Infinitesimal -- endlessly small

Ject – Throw, Hurl

• Interject – think “interjections” WOW! NO WAY! SERIOUSLY?• Interrupters

• Con ject ure• Together throw Noun

• Projection• Estimating what may happen in the future

• Trajectory

Tract – drag or draw

• Traction

• Retract

• Protracted

• Intractable

Duc/Duct – To Lead

• Conducive

• Deduction• Think: taxes

• Induce -- persuasion

• Seduction – don’t do this

Sequ – To Follow

• Sequential (order 1…2…3)

• Subsequent

• Consequential• Think: detentions ( a result of )

• Non Sequitur• Noun; a statement without logic• “Brain farts”

Mythology Words

• Apollonian

• Harmonious, ordered, rational, calm• From Apollo, god of sun, light, music• Adjective

• An Apollonian atmosphere is welcomed in my classroom.

Bacchanalian

• Frenzied, orgiastic

• Think of Roman god Bacchus (drama, wine, ecstasy)• That high school party you DO NOT GO TO

delphic

• Unclear, ambiguous, confusing

• “Delphic statements”

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Dionysian

• Frenzied, delirious

• Greek god Dionysus, inventor of wine• Wild behavior on his part gives us this definition/word

• Some festivals can be Dionysian if set in the right atmosphere.

jovial

• Jolly, good-natured

• Jove was the Roman equivalent of Zeus (Greek), AKA Jupiter• Born under Jupiter, be merry and generous

mercurial

• Rapid and unpredictable changes in mood

• God Mercury, symbol of speed• Mood swings

Olympian

• Lofty, superior, detached

• The God of Mount Olympus who were above all others• Pompous, surveying the scene

venereal

• Having to do with sexual intercourse or diseases transmitted by it

• Venus = Roman goddess of love, and all aspects to do with it• Took her name in the creation of a word for diseases acquired through “love”

Choose the closest definition

• Reprobate• A. prosecution b. scoundrel c. trial d. refund

• Intercept• A. throw b. seize c. arrest d. close

• Confine• A. erect b. restrict c. ignore d. close

• Deduction• A. addition b. flirtation c. total d. reasoning

• Subsequent• A. unimportant b. early c. first d. later

Study Tools Beyond Flash Cards

• Quizzes throughout Units 1 & 2• Try answering without looking at the word’s definition or meaning of

root

• If time remains for game…• Face Off