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Vocabulary Lesson 7-9
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2. Vocabulary Lesson 7-9
Guess the meanings of the italicized stems by looking at the word in context.
1. When the plane reaches its highest altitude, you may take off your safety belt.
2. For the choir concert, we are learning a new melody.
3. Because I know what it feels like to lose a grandparent, I empathized with the sad student.
4. The senile man didn’t remember what had happened yesterday.
5. When the young couple had their first child, they moved to the suburbs.

3. Vocabulary Lesson 7-9 Stems and Meanings
“Alt” – high
“Mel”-- song
“Path” – feel; suffer
“Sen” – old
“Urb” –city

4. Vocabulary Lesson 7-9 Example Words and Definitions
Altar(n)—elevated structure
Altitude (n)—high location
Melodia (n)—tune
Melody (n)—a song
Empathy (n)—understanding another’s feelings
Pathetic (adj)—causing sympathy or compassion
Senile (adj)—memory loss associated with age
Senior (n)—a person older than another
Suburb (n)—community outlying a city
Urban (adj)—pertaining to a city

5. Vocabulary Lesson 7-9 Created Sentences
Can you develop 5 sentences on your own with a lesson 7-9 stem or example word in each?
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