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Vocabulary Enrichment

This document provides information on different vocabulary enrichment strategies including context clues, prefixes, suffixes, antonyms, synonyms, homonyms and heteronyms, connotation and denotation. It gives examples and exercises for each strategy to help readers understand word meanings and relationships between words. Key vocabulary building techniques like using context, word parts, and word relationships are summarized to provide a high-level overview of the document's focus on expanding one's vocabulary.

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Vocabulary Enrichment

This document provides information on different vocabulary enrichment strategies including context clues, prefixes, suffixes, antonyms, synonyms, homonyms and heteronyms, connotation and denotation. It gives examples and exercises for each strategy to help readers understand word meanings and relationships between words. Key vocabulary building techniques like using context, word parts, and word relationships are summarized to provide a high-level overview of the document's focus on expanding one's vocabulary.

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VOCABULA

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Context Clues
There are other words and phrases surrounding a
difficult word. These clues help you figure out its meaning
without consulting the dictionary.
Let’s try this…
1. The football coach found it
necessary to dismiss Bill a. skillful
from the team because of
his many flagrant violations b. conspicuously bad
of the rules of the game.
2. We all love to watch Alice c. natural ability
do up packages, because
she was particularly deft at d. attitude
tying ribbon into petty bows.
3. Because of his unusual
aptitude with numbers,
Robert has decided to
become a Certified Public
Accountant.
Prefixes
an affix attached to the beginning of a word, base, or
phrase that form another meaning
PREFIXES HAVING A SINGLE
MEANING
mal bad Malfunction, maladjusted

mis wrong Misunderstand,


misinterpret

non not Nonstop, nonfiction

pre before Preview, pretest


PREFIXES HAVING MORE THAN
-in, -il, -ir, -im not ONE MEANINGillegal, irresponsible,
impossible
dis opposite of depriving of, dissatisfaction,
parting from, away disadvantage

sub under, below, at the Submerge, submarine


bottom
pro before, instead of, in Proclaim, prolong
favor of
re back, again Review, rebuild, reheat
un not, opposite of Unable,
unclear,unfinished
PREFIX SHOWING TIME

Ante- before antedate


Post- After, behind postnatal
Pre- before prenuptial
Proto- first protocol
Re- again rebirth
LET’S TRY THIS…

Add a prefix from the list to the following words.

1. dependent
2. like
3. do
4. polite
5. legal
6. approve dis-, il-, im-, in-, mis-
7. historic over-, pre-, un-
8. moral
9. logical
10. hear
Suffixes

• Provide more clues to word meanings than


prefixes do.
• It is an affix that is attached at the end of the
root word.
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ADJECTIVE SUFFIXES
-fic Making, causing Prolific, specific

-fold Many or times Tenfold, twofold

-form Having the form of

-ful Grateful, beautiful,


boutiful
-less Hopeless, reckless,
careless
-ous, -ious Delicious, humourous,
gracious
-ic Stoic, heroic, iconic

-able, -ible, -ble Capable of being Capable, creatable

-ive Expensive,
authoritative
ADVERBS SUFFIX

-ly Describes how a Carefully,


thing is done and frequently,
how often it is repeatedly,
done mockingly
Antonyms

-words that express a meaning


opposite to that of another word
Examples:
join Disjoin, separate, disunite, detach

collect Scatter, disperse, disseminate, spread

competence Incompetence, inability, incapacity

safe Unsafe, dangerous, risky, hazardous

answer question., query, inquiry, interrogation

cold Hot, warm, flaming

wet Dry, arid, waterless

invisible Visible, visual, recognizable


Try this…

Give the opposite meaning of the following words:


1. happy
2. reject
3. young
4. agree
5. entrance
6. dead
7. pass
8. push
9. fast
10. right
Synonyms

-words that have nearly the same


essential meaning
Examples:
circumstance occurrence, occasion, event, incident
teach instruct, educate, tutor, guide
learn find out, discover, acquire
advice counsel, opinion, suggestion
afraid scared, frightened, horrified
blank empty, hollow
bad awful, terrible, evil
big large, huge, giant
Homonyms and Heteronyms

Homonyms are words that sound alike but


differ in meaning. It can either be
homographs or homophones.
Homographs

-words which have the same spelling and


pronunciation but have different meanings
Examples of Homographs:

1. fired from a job


fired with enthusiasm

2. ring the bell


wedding ring

3. bear with us
bear in the forest

4. press the clothes


interviewed by the press
Examples of Homophones:

1. tale, tail
2. phase, face
3. seen, scene
4. pray, prey
5. allowed, aloud
6. did, deed
7. wood, would
8. throne, thrown
9. weather, whether
10. heir, air
Heteronyms

-words with the same spelling but


different pronunciation and meaning
Examples of Heteronyms:

1. every minute of my life


minute objects

2. address of the applicant


address the audience

3. strange object
object the decision

4. record book
record the event
Heteronyms
1. Drug abuse is a serious issue, and nowadays
people abuse opioids.
2. The Polish man decided to polish his table.
3. She shed a tear because she had a tear in her
shirt.
4. How much produce does the farm produce.
5. I’d like to present you with a birthday present.
Let’s answer…
1. My father has a poor (site, sight).
2. Please explain the theory of evolution (farther,
further).
3. Prince William is the (heir, air) to the British
(throne, thrown).
4. (Who’s, Whose) your English teacher?
5. Would you like to give your (incite, insight)?
Let’s answer…
6. The old man stumbled on the (stair, stare).
7. Could please hand my (fare, fair) to the
jeepney driver.
8. The child (peeks, peaks) at the window.
9. Lory gave Ava an (advise, advice) about her
problems.
10. The engineer visited the (cite, site) this
afternoon.
Connotation and
Denotation
• Denotation is the literal meaning of the
word.
• Connotation is the shaded or figurative
meaning of the word.
Connotation and Denotation
Examples:

Connotation Denotation
1. My niece, Nicole, is 2. Eating an apple a day
the apple of my prevents cancer of the
eyes. colon.
Apple in the second
Apple here means a
sentence refers to
favorite person.
the fruit.
Another examples:

D: Most snakes have venom.


C: My friend has turned out to be a snake.

D: Roger’s right hand is bleeding.


C: Please give me a hand.
Thank You! 

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