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Generative Vocabulary
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If something is __________, it happens over a large area or among many people.

widespread

100

If two or more things are _________ to each other, they move in the same direction.

parallel

100

Areas

regions

100

The outcomes or effects of events

consequences

100

What is the meaning of the Greek Roots "graph" and "gram?"

Examples: Seismograph, biography, diagram, telegram

Written, drawn, or recorded.

200

Something that is ___________ makes you worry that something bad may happen.

alarming

200

A version of something that is revised or changed.

modified
200

Something that is able to move or be moved easily

mobile

200

The act of taking care of something and repairing it when needed.

maintenance

200

What is the meaning of the Latin Root "rupt?"

Examples: eruption, rupture, interrupt

To break or to burst

300

If you fall ___________ to something, you suffer or die because of it.

victim

300

To spread out in waves or rays

radiate

300

To watch something and see where it moves and how it changes

track

300

The size of something

magnitude

300

What is the meaning of the prefix inter-?

Example: interact

Between or among
400

Where a supply of something is collected

reservoir

400

If you ______________ an action or event, you did something to start it.

triggered

400

A sudden powerful movement forward or upward

surge

400

Something that will happen ____________ means it will happen at some time, usually after other events.

eventually

400

What is the meaning of the prefixes com-, con-, and cor-?

Examples: community, contrast, corporation

With or together

500

If you are ___________ with someone, you are discussing an idea or trying to make a decision.

conferring

500

If something moves in a __________ way, it moves from side to side.

lateral

500

Something that is ____________ is firmly attached to something else, or weighed down so it won't move easily.

anchored

500

__________ means coming before, in time order.

Prior

500

This question has three parts:

1) What is the meaning of the Greek Root "geo?"

2) What is the meaning of the suffix "-logy?"

3) What is the meaning of the suffix "-logist?"

Examples: Geology, geologist

1) "Geo" means "earth."


2) "-logy" means "the study of"


3) "-logist" means "one/someone who does something."