WORD FAMILIESBK IV; UNIT 2

VINC/VICT, DUC/DUCT,

TRACT, 8TH GRADE

pp. 8-13

FILL IN YOUR CHART WITH THE FOLLOWING WORDS: INVINCIBLE, PROVINCIAL ,EVINCE, CONDUCTIVE, INDUCE, DEDUCE, PROTRACTED, INTRACTABLE, RETRACT, PETULANT, IMPETUOUS, IMPETUS. EXAMPLE IS STARTED BELOW.

Word Affixes (prefixes &

suffixes) & meanings

Root and Meaning

Inference Confirmation

invincible vinc/vict= to conquer

provincial “ “

evince

VINC/VICTTO CONQUER

LOOKING AT THE MEANINGS OF AFFIXES IN YOUR BOOK, INFER WHAT THE WORDS WITH VINCT/VICT MEAN.

Words

INVINCIBLEUnable to be conquered

WHAT IS AN SYNONYM FOR INVINCIBLE? INVULNERABLE

WHAT IS AN ANTONYM FOR INVINCIBLE? VULNERABLE

PROVINCIALLIMITED IN KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD; NARROW-MINDED

WHAT IS AN ANTONYM FOR PROVINCIAL?SOPHISTICATED

EVINCETO ESTABLISH; TO REFLECT THE TRUTH OF

DUC/DUCTTO LEAD

LOOKING AT THE MEANINGS OF AFFIXES IN YOUR BOOK, INFER WHAT THE WORDS WITH DUC/DUCT

Words

CONDUCIVESUPPORTIVE; ENCOURAGING; HELPING TO BRING ABOUT

WHAT IS AN SYNONYM FOR CONDUCIVE?HELPFUL, FAVORABLE

INDUCETO LEAD TOWARDS SOME ACTION

WHAT IS A SYNONYM FOR INDUCE? PERSUADE

WHAT IS AN ANTONYM FOR INDUCE?DISCOURAGE

DEDUCETO DRAW A CONCLUSION FROM FACT; TO INFER

WHAT IS AN SYNONYM FOR DEDUCE?CONCLUDE

TRACTTO DRAG

Looking at the meanings of affixes in your book, infer what the words with TRACT mean.

Words

PROTRACTEDEXTENDED IN TIME; PROLONGED

WHAT IS A SYNONYM FOR PROTRACTED?lingering

WHAT IS AN ANTONYM FOR PROTRACTED?brief

INTRACTABLE

Stubborn; obstinate; hard to move forward

WHAT IS A SYNONYM FOR INTRACTABLE?Immovable

WHAT IS AN ANTONYM FOR INTRACTABLE?malleable

RETRACT

To draw back; withdraw

WHAT IS A SYNONYM FOR RETRACT?repeal

PETO

To seek aggressively, to assail, to rush

Looking at the meanings of affixes in your book, infer what the words with PETO mean.

Words

PETULANT

Irritable or short tempered

IMPETOUSActing passionately and without a forethought

WHAT IS A SYNONYM FOR IMPETUOUS?

rash

WHAT IS AN ANTONYM FOR IMPETUOUS?careful

IMPETUS

That which drives one; momentum

WHAT IS A SYNONYM FOR IMPETUS?

stimulus