1. Vocab Lesson 17

2. lingu tongue mot move nav ship und wave flect bend coron crown aur
bilingual, linguist, lingua franca, linguini, language
Latin
mot
move
motor, motivation, demote, emotion, motion, promote, motile, commotion
nav
ship
navy, naval, navigate, circumnavigate, unnavigable
und
wave
inundate, undulate, undulatory, udulation
flect
bend
reflect, inflection, genuflect, defelct, reflection
coron
crown
coronoa, coronation, coronary, coroner
aur
gold
aura, auriferous, Aurora, auric
liter
letter
literature, illiterate, preliterate, literati
rat
think
rational, ratio, irrational, ratiocinate, rationalize
sis
condition
arteriosclerosis, osmosis, mitosis, meiosis, catharsis, symbiosis
Greek
par
equal
parity, disparity, par, compare, incomparable, disparate
mens
measure
commensurate, immense, incommensurable, mensurable, dimension
mony
acrimony, harmony, matrimony, ceremony, simony, parsimony

3. quin five socio society ovi egg phasia speech pter wing phen
quintet, quintillion, quintuplet, quintuple, quintessence,
Latin
socio
society
sociology, sociable, socialism, sociopath, dissociate
ovi
egg
oviducts, oviparous, ovipositors, ovisac, oviform, ovary, oval
phasia
speech
aphasis, dysphasia, apophasis
Greek
pter
wing
pterodactyl, helicopter, pterosaur, artchaeopteryx
phen
appearance
phenomenon, phenotype, phosphenes, fancy, fantasy
hist
tissue
histopathology, histolysis, histology, histogenesis
glott
tongue
epiglottis, polyglot, glossolalia, glottal, monoglot, glossectomy
phan
phantgom, epiphany, diaphanous, sycophant, cellophane, theophany
peri
near or around
perimeter, perihelion, perigee, periphery, periodical
pot
drink
potable, potion, potation, potatory, compote, symposium
via
road
via, viaduct, trivia, via avion, obviate, obvious, via media

4. The linguini-loving linguist knew the lingua franca.
Using the context clues from the sentence and your understanding of the root, define the underlined words in the following sentences.
The linguini-loving linguist knew the lingua franca.
Motile microorganisms have powers of spontaneous motion.
The navy circumnavigated the globe by precise navigation.
The undulant waves soon inundated the low regions.
As she genuflected, she saw her reflection in the glass.
A hazy corona circled the moon the night before the coronation.
The goddess of the golden dawn, Aurora, held the auriferous rocks.
At the party the literati discussed the glories of literature.
The rational person will not rationalize his wrongs away.
Singing was an emotional catharsis for the vocalist.
There was a disparity between his story and the facts.
Are the rewards of the job commensurate with the duties?
We must decide whether we wish to live in harmony or acrimony.

5. Using the context clues from the sentence and your understanding of the root, define the underlined words in the following sentences.
The quintet played Mozart to a group of quinquagenarians.
The sociopath used his knowledge of sociology to evil purposes.
Ovoviviparous fishes produce eggs that hatch inside the mother’s body.
The dysphasia resulted from injury to the speech center of his brain.
The stunned shepherd watched the pterodactyl fly off with his ram.
Are you studying these phenomena or this phenomenon?
Histology is the study of the structure of plant and animal tissues.
The famous polyglot spoke seventeen languages.
Soft light came through the diaphanous curtains.
The moon’s perigee and the earth’s perihelion are both tomorrow.
The magic potion was too vile to be potable.
His resignation obviated the need for impeachment proceedings.

6. Does a calm ocean have large undulations?
Answer YES or NO.
Does a calm ocean have large undulations?
Is a big paycheck incommensurate with a big job?
Will diaphanous draperies give your home privacy?
When a comet is at perihelion, does it have a bright tail?
Is there a disparity of income between executives and laborers?
Are auriferous rocks good material for road gravel?
Is an oviduct a tube for an egg to move through?
Is retirement a time of peace and acrimony?
Do ambitious people hope for professional demotion?
Is histology the study of plant and animal tissues?

7. undulatory : placid :: potable : esculent::
flux: stasis water: food
literate: literati boat: land
reflection: refraction glass: cup
tranquil: smooth simony: parsimony
commensurate : incommensurate :: perihelion : perigee ::
disproportionate: inadequate heliotropic: heliocentric
proportionate: sufficient aphelion: apogee
disproportionate: insufficient histology: tissue
proportionate: incommensurable obviate: prevent
sociable : hermit :: inundate : desiccate ::
egregious: blatant obviate: require
gregarious: eremite navy: circumnavigate
tractable: sociopath undulate: wave
irate: buffoon perihelion: perigee
parsimony : prodigality :: perihelion : perimeter ::
spending: saving perigee: moon
literate: preliterate sun: perigee
stinginess: wastefulness aphelion: diameter
promotion: demotion apogee: aphelion

8. EVALUATION
Should high schools require all students to become bilingual as a graduation requirement?
Should executives who challenge corporate policies be promoted or demoted?
INTUITION:
You are in a helicopter, trying to land under dangerous circumstances. What are the dangerous circumstances?
On a voyage to study a newly discovered preliterate tribe in Borneo, your ship runs into a storm in the Indian Ocean, and suddenly your navigation equipment fails. What has happened to the navigation equipment?
EMOTION:
What do you think is the emotional structure in most highly self-motivated people?
What emotions are common causes of irrationality?
AESTHETICS:
What could an aesthetically-minded city do to turn its highway viaducts into works of modern art?
Can you think of an aesthetic use for linguini?
SYNTHESIS:
Explain the common concept among the words diaphanous, diameter, and dialogue.
What do emotion and promotion have to do with motion?