Katie Lee April 2010

[Notes 41310]

Etymology

LESSON 1
ped=foot
pedal=where your feet goes
pedestrian=a person walking
pedestal=bottom of a statue, where the foot of the statue goes

bi=two
biped= two feeted animals (human, ducks)
bifocal=two focus
bifocal lens= lens with two different focuses
bimonthly=every two months
bivalve=two shelled shellfish (oyster, mussel)
valve=leaf

quadr=four
quadruped= animals with four legs (cows, cats)
quadruplets=four babies in the same birth
quadruple=male it four times as much


kyklos(cycle)=wheels
bicycle= a vehicle with two wheels

cuspis=point
bicuspid= a teeth in the back that has two point

phone=sound
quadraphonic= a stereo system with four sound systems
telephone=sound is coming from a distance
tele=distance

-later-=side
quadrilateral=four sided figure
bilateral=two sided (bilateral discussion=debate from two sides)

unus=one
unilateral=one sided (unilateral discussion=discussion with one opinion)
(president made a unilateral decision=decision made by himself)

annus= less than one year
annual=every year
annuity=yearly payment
annual=school annual cause it is produced every year

enn=greater tahn one year biennial;quadennial
biennial=every 2 years
quadrennial=every 4 years
(the election of the president is a quadrennial)
semi=1/2
semiannual= half an year
biannual=twice in one year

per=through
perennial=through the many years, as in plants (pumpkin pie is a perennial favorite)

tri=3
triplet=3 babies
triangle=3 sided figure
tricycle=3 whells
trifocal=3 focuses

LESSON 2
centum/cent=100
century, centennial=100 year celebration
bicentennial=two hundred year celebration
tricentennial=three hundred year celebration
semicentennial= 50 year celebration

sesqui=1 1/2
sesquicentennial=150 year celebration

mille=1000
mill= 1/1000 of a dollar
millennium= a period of a thousand years
centipede=100 feet animal (two legs on each body)
millipede= thousand leg animal (two pairs of legs on each body)

metron/meter=measure
pedometer=device you put on your hip that counts the distance on foot

optiko=vision
optometrist= someone who measures your vision
optician=makes lense

chronos=time
chronometer= a time measurer= clock, watch
chronic=happening all the time

therme=heat
thermometer=measuring heat

LESSON 5
im-/in-=in or not
impede= get in the way (of your foot)
impediment= something that is in your way (speech impediment)
inhale= breathe in
include=leave in

ex=out
expedite= to speed (out of the way of your feet)
expediter=an expert at speeding things up
expeditious= (adj) speedy (expeditious handling of the matter/delivery)
exhale= breath out

verto-; extro- =turn outward
extrovert=someone turned outward, outgoing
expedition=a trip you take with a mission

intro-=turn inward
introvert=someone who is not outgoing

[Katie Lee Notes 41510]

Introduction
1.Hook=Grab the reader's attention
2.Background=title, author
3.Thesis=one summery statement of your whole essay, an argument
4.Outline=three ideas that introduces the body paragraphs


Body Paragraph
1.Topic Sentence
2.Detail 1 (fact)
3.Analysis 1 (opinion)
4.Detail 2 (fact)
5.Analysis 2 (opinion)
6.Conclusion sentence
so what?
why?

Conclusion
1.Recap/restate of thesis
2.Link to the hook(brain dead morons are going to run this country)=make connection to the beginning
so what? therefore


4 paragraph essay

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Notes for 4/19/10
If the glove don't fit,
You must acquit
Oj (Orenthal James)Simpson= arrested for breaking into a hotel, a football player, a great star, in a lot of movies, his white wife was murdered and he was arrested for the crime, his trial was broad casted, a white ex-wife lived in a rich area in LA, a nice blond lady who had a boyfriend that were at an restaurant, behind the restaurant the wife and her boyfriend was stabbed and it was a bloody mess. That night he left the country, he had a black glove in the lawn and there was blood on the glove and car. There was an incontrovertible evidence. 90% of the white thought he was guilty, 90% of the black thought he was innocent. Johnny Cochram is a high powered black lawyer. Mark Fuhrman is a white police officer. He said he never said nigger but there was an evidence of him saying it. They started saying that he was a racist that was framing a black man. In the trial, the lawyer tried to explain what DNA evidence is. He showed others that the glove didn't fit him. He was found not guilty. Proved innocent by jury. OJ Simpson, he ran all the way home followed by 50 police cars. He said that he was absolutely 100% not guilty.
1 Criminal Case People vs OJ
decision made by 12 people
rule called double jeopardy, if you are charged of a crime, you can never be charged with the same crime
2 Civil case John Doe vs OJ
ex wife and boyfriends family sued him for money, he lost
in a civil case it is a majority


Compound/Complex
subordinating conjunction=
because, since, when, which, whom, that, how, if, whoever, whenever, wherever, where, who

1.I ran, and he walked because he was lazy.
2.I read a book, and she was playing games because she was a genius.
3.I ate a cake, and he drank milk because he was thirsty.
4.I was writing, and he was erasing because he wasn't happy with his writing.
5.I watched the birds, and he watched the fish because he likes fish.


1. I was playing, but he was studying if he was bored.
2. Matt sat, but Joe ran if the monster came.
3. I watching TV, but he was reading a book if he felt sleepy.
4. She is dumb, but he is smart since he read all the time.
5. She is fat, but he is skinny since he exercises a lot.

1. He was playing, or he was sleeping where he wasn't supposed to be.
2. He is snoring, or he is dreaming whenever he wants.
3. He is skiing , or he is snowboarding whenever he like to.
4. He is happy, or he is sad when he plays games.
5. He played with a doll, or he played with robot how much he wanted to.

1. He was playing with a dog; the dog was doing nothing.
2. He was doing his homework; he was struggling with it.
3. He hated writing; writing was his worst subject.
4. He ate the cake; the cake tasted nasty.
5. He slept outside in the cold; he caught a cold the next day.

1. Because he overslept, he was late for school.
2. Because he was weird, he played with dolls.

1.She was yelling because he was messing up her cake.
2.She was angry because he was writing nonsense.

1. When he was playing basketball, she was cheering him on.
2. When she was making a cake, he was eating it all up.

1. If she was running around the house, he was sitting on the couch.
2. If he was reading, she was listening to music.

1.Since she was never home, he was lonely.
2.Since he was playing golf, she was talking with her friends.

1.Wherever she went, he also went.
2.Wherever he was, she was never there.

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Notes for 4/20/10


LESSON 6
sesquipedalian=1 1/2 a half foot, a very big long word
(we end up using a lot of sesquipedalians)

sesquipedalianism= the use of such words, if you like to use big words
cura=care
curator=museum care taker

sine=without
sinecure= a easy job, without responsibilitys
pedicure= caring of your feet

manus=hand
manicure= hand care

verto/versus= to turn
convert=(v)to change (converting a religion)
convert=(n) a person who changed religion
conversion=(n)to change
revert=to turn back (lets revert to our old ways)
reversion=(n) turn back
per=through
pervert= to pervert something is to totally twist it
perversion=(n) (a perversion of that story)
invert=turn it inside out
introversion=(n) shy person
extroversion=(n) outgoing person
vertigo= dizziness
vertiginous=(adj) getting dizzy
vertebra=back bone (singular)
vertebrae=back bone (plural)
versatile= (versatile musician= play a lot of different instruments)
LESSON 8
pod=greek word for foot
podium=where someone stands
tripod=stand for camera
trio=group of three singers

inter=between
sectus=cut
bisect= cut into two
trisect=three equal pieces
intersect=cutting between each other
insect=three body parts that are in cuts
quadrisect= cut into four

lingua= language
bilingual= two languages
trilingual= three languages
quadrilingual=four languages
linguistics= study of languages
linguistic=(ad) (linguistic problems)
linguist=a person who studies languages

plico(-ple,-ply,plic)= to fold, multiply
imply=hiding the meaning in the statement, the meaning if folded in the statement
plywood= layers of thin sheets of wood compressed
#-ply=2-ply toilet paper

ad= to/toward
implicit=(adj) hidden
implied= (adj) hidden
explicit= open, very clear
explicate=to unfold the meaning of the poem(explicating a poem)
LESSON 9
duo=2
duplicate= copy twice
tri=3
quadr=4
quintus=5
sextus=6
septum=7
octo=8
plicate= that many folds/ copies
duo/ duet= group of two
trio= group of three
quartet= group of 5
sextet/sestet=6
insinuate= same meaning as imply except used in a negative way
(you are insinuating that he in cheating on the test)

fero= to carry, bring
infer=deduce, you bring in that information, how you unerstand what was said
inference= (n)
transfer=carry across

con=with/together
confer=bring ideas together (people all confer together=conference)

dis= away/ apart
differ=verb form of saying different

de=down/ away
defer= postpone until later (twelve moths of defer payment)
dissect= cut apart

re=back/ again
recede= to go backward (receding flood water)
duplex= house divided into two parts
triplex=house divided in three parts
complicate=to fold together, you fold it together and make it mixed up
complex=complicate
pliable=bendable
pliers=tool used to bend things
LESSON 10
podiatrist= a foot doctor
podiatry= is what he does
cheir/chiro=hand
chiropodist= foot doctor
chiropody=the field of foot
graphein=write
biography= story about someone
telegraph= use morose codes to send messages
phonograph= old record player
chiro=hand
graph=writing
chirography=handwriting
chiropractor= person you go to when you a have an accident, they treat you with there hands
chiropractic=adjective for chiropractor
okto=8
pous=foot
octosyllable=8 syllable word
octaroon= 1/8 black
gonia=angle
octagon=eight angle shape
octagongenarian= a person in his 80's (when I am an octogenarian i hope i am rich)
septuaginta=70
septuagenarian= 70 year old
nonaginta=90
nonagenarian= 90 year old
decade=10 years

Problems Tenses
A)Past tense(d):use it when an action was completed at a definite past time.
A key word that tells you a definite past time.
she took the test yesterday
b) Present Perfect (have done): something is done in the past that extends to the present or affects the present.
Usually used with since, now that, for
She <has lived> in LA "since" she was 5 years old
"Now that" she <has taken> the test, she can relax
c) Past Prefect (had done): use when the action precedes another past action.
(this action is the past of the past)
she <had taken> the test before she <talked>to me




A B E C D
_________|____________________|________________|_____________|___________
past present past present future



1. With every victory so far, the champion (attributed/has attributed) his success to his parents.



Grammar 11-15

[notes]

Notes for 4/22/10
All is dubitable
Cogito Ergo Sum= I think, therefore I am
(Kogito aergo soom)
From a Philosopher names Rene Descartes (day cart)
he said we can imagine we are dreaming
One thing is indubitable you thinking about it if it is dubitable or not.
Your thinking is indubitable, that I think, when I doubt, I am thinking.
that when we doubt we are thinking
Semper Fidelis= Always faithful (motto of the marines)


Matrix
about a character who finds out that everything in the world is a dream
and finds out that he is dreaming about everything.


LESSON 16
aesthetic=(aj)pertaining to the sense of beautiful, the beauty value of something
aesthetic value
bolster=(v)support
bolster the argument with facts
deride=(v) to scoff/laugh at
rid=laugh
people derided Noah
endorse=(v) to approve, back up, support
dorsal fin= the top fin
endorse the candidate/endorse the check
gratify=(v) to please or make happy
she felt gratified by the praise
infamous=(aj) notoriously bad, knkown in a bad wway
OJ's infamous trials
mock=(v) ridicule; imitate, often in a bad way
mock the teacher
predecessor=(n) former occupant of a apost
Clinton's predecessor
reticence=(n) reserve; uncommunicativeness; silent (in that situation he doesn't want to talk)
reticence of the suspect
tenacity=(n) firmness, persistence, not giving up
tenacity of the detective
LESSON 17
affable=(aj)friendly; cordial
kids love their affable teacher
braggart=(n) a boaster, a bragger
my brother's a braggart
derivative=(n) unoriginal; derived from another source
a derivative of the original formula
engender=(v) cause; produce, give birth to
gen=the birth, origin
confidence engenders success
gratuitous=(aj) given freely; unwarranted; unnecessary
gratuitous violence in movies
infer=(v) deduce; conclude
what can you infer from the passage
mollify=(v) to soothe
mollify the angry customer
predilection=(n) partiality, preference, favor
predilection for classical music
retract= to with draw; take back
tract=pull
re=back or again
retract his statement
tentative=(aj) hesitant; not for sure, not finalized
tentative plan
LESSON 18
affirm=(v) to assert, confirm, positively; insist that is true
OJ affirmed his innocence
brevity=(n)conciseness
brevity of a telegram
despondent=(aj) depressed, gloomy, sad
despondent mood
enhance=(v) increase, improve
enhance the program
gravity=(n) seriousness, heavy
gravity of the situation
ingenious=(aj)clever; resourdeful, genious
what an ingenious idea
morose=(aj) ill-humored; sullen; melancholy
sad and morose
presumptuous =(aj) arrogant; taking liberties(talking back to teachers and opening other people's refrigerator without permission)
presumptuous challenge
reverent=(aj) respectful; worshipful
reverent worshippers
terse=(aj) concise; abrupt; pithy
terse and short
LESSON 19
agenda=(n) outline of things to be done
morning agenda
cajole=(v) coax; wheedle
cajoled into doing all the work
despot=(n) tyrant; harsh; dictator (kim jong il is a despot)
despotic ruler
enigma=(n) puzzle; mystery
he's an enigma
gregarious=(aj) sociable, likes to be in a herd of people
greg=herd
gregarious partygoers
inherent=(aj) firmly established by nature or habit
inherent characteristics
mundane=(aj) worldly as opposed to spiritual
talk about mundane matters
pretentious =(aj) ostentatious; pompous; arrogant, pretend; showy pretending to be better than others
pretentious teacher
rhetorical=(aj) pertaining to effective communication, how to communicate efficently
rhetorical skills in speech
threadbare=(aj) shabby and poor
threadbare sweater
LESSON 20
alleviate=(v) to lighten, lessen
alleviate the pain
calculated=(aj) deliberately planned
calculated decision
detached=(aj) emotionally removed
feel detached from his family
enmity=(n) ill will; hatred;
enmity between the enemies
guile=(n) deception, trickery used to fool someone
guile and deceit
innate=(aj) inborn, borned with it
nate=born (nativity=birth of christ)
innate talent for music
munificent =(aj) very generous
munioficent benefactor
prevalent=(aj) widespread; generally accepted; common
prevalent view
rigor=(n) severity
rigor of military training
thrive=(v) prosper; flourish
bees thrive in the summer



participle = a verb being mentioned (being the best, he did not need to cheat)
appositive= a noun being mentioned (in life, there are many pitfalls)

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ars longa, vita brevis= art is long, life is short
for people who so art

LESSON 11
deka=10
decade= 10 years
Decalogue= 10 commandments from the bible
logue= logo= words
decagon=10 sides

penta= 5
pentagon= 5 sided figure
decimal=decreasing by ten
centenarian=someone who is 100 years old

LESSON 13
sedeo (sed, sid, sess)= to sit
sedentary= sitting job
sediment= the things that are at the bottom of the liquid
sedate= calm
sedative= drug that you use to make someone calm
session= when you sit down to do something
assiduous=(assiduous worker) a worker that sits to do work
assiduity=constant or close attention to something

super= over or above
supersede= to take the place of
cedo=to go
recede=to go back

jacio, ject= to throw
reject= throw back
inject= to throw in
recession= slow economy (economic recession= things are slowed down
eject= to take out
de= down
dejected=depressed

LESSON 15
pre= before
preside= what a president does, he goes to the front and sits infront of everyone; leading (he is presiding)
revert=turn back to some old way
reside=a place to sit again, to live at
precede= to go before (A precedes B)

dis= away/ apart
dissident= a person who sits apart, someone that disagrees from the other group.
dis= away/ apart
dissent= feel about from the group(he dissents)

sub=below/ under
subnormal= below normal
submarine= under water vehicle (submarine
subside= went down in level, less
dissidence=the noun of dissident
subsidence= noun form of subside
insidious= treacherous (insidious plot to kill the president)

nihil= nothing
annihilate= (annihilate the enemy) to destroy them to nothing
annihilation= (total annihilation)
nihilism= believes in nothing,nothing in the world is important
nihilism= what you believe in
nihilistic= you are nihilistic

LESSON 16
ob= upon/ over
obsess= to think about all the time
obsession= the thing you think about all the time
obsessive=(adj) (obsessive person)

sentio=to feel
sentiment=your feeling or opinion
sentimental= overly feeling, emotional
sentient= able to feel
sentience= sentient

pre=before
pressentiment= feeling before hand

resent= to throw back
resentment= angry, mistreated
resentful= ( i am resentful of what they did)

ad=to / toward
assent= feeling to ( i agree with you, i will go along with you)

con= with / together
consent= feeling with (permission, your parents have to consent)
consensus= everyone is in agreement

sentio, sensus
sensitive= overly feeling
sensuous= full of feelings (sensuous experience)
sensory= about your 5 senses
sensation = physical feeling
sensational= something that moves your feeling
sensible= your judgment
sensual= full of senses
sensuality= (N)

in= not
insensitive= not sensitive
insensible= physically, knocked out can't feel anything

LESSON 21

extra=beyond
extrasensory= senses beyond your five senses
extraordinary= unusual
extracurricular= beyond your school work
extraneous=outside things
extramarital= outside marriage (extramarital relationship causes divorce)
murus= wall
extramural= beyond the wall, going outside you school

mural= wall painting
muralist= person who draws on walls
immure=to lock up someone (immure criminals)

intra= inside
intramural= inside the wall, inside your school
intravenous= injection into your vein (IV)

urbs= city
intraurban =inside the city
urban= city issues
urbane= citylike, civil, manner
urbanity=being gentlemen-like
suburbs= outside of the citys
suburbanite= someone who lives in the suburbs
exurbs= further than suburbs
exurbanite= the person

specio, spectus= to look
introspect= thinking about
spectator= someone who looks
inspect= looking in, detective
spectacle = show (a car accident is a spectacle)
spectacles= eye glasses
introspection= looking into yourself
introspective= watching or thoughtful

LESSON 25
fluo( luv, flux, fluct)= to flow
fluent=good speaker
fluid=liquid, flowing (fluid way of writing)
influence=flowing idea
influenza=flu, disease
flume= waterway, flowing of water
superfluous=flowing over, too much of something
superfluity
affluent=flow of money
affluence=(n)
effluent=flow out (effluent gases)
effluence=(n)
effluence=pollution from factory
miasma=pollution from factory

flux= always changing
fluctuate= up and down movements=(stocks)
fluctuation=(n)
influx= flowing in(influx of immigrants)
efflux=flowing out (efflux of water)


lie/lay/lain- to lie is to lie down

lay/laid/laid- to lay is to put something


slay/slew/slain

subject-verb agreement

1.ignore all prepositional phrases
2. ignore all dependent clauses
3.these words are all singular
a) everything with a one after it, it singular
(anything, anyone, nobody, no one, neither, none, one, somebody, someone, something, everybody, everyone, each)
4.collective nouns are usually singular
a) (family, group, audience, America)
5. If the two subjects are connected with and, the verb is plural
a) apple and banana are
6. if two subjects are connected with or, the verb depends on the subject closer to the verb
a) apple or bananas are (banana is closer to the verb do it is "are")
7. some subjects connected with and are really expressing one thing
a) peanut butter and jelly is my favorite sandwich

supply and demand=one thing (is)

pronoun agreement
1. whenever you see a pronoun, check the antecedent to match the number and gender.
2. collective nouns generally require a singular pronoun.

[Katie Lee May 3]

alma mater
soul mother or the school you graduated from

mental age
----------------
physical age

100 IQ = average

12
_____
10= 1.2 IQ

Max= 160
Min= 40

IQ= intelligence quotient

public school= IQ 80

MENSA= a private club for smart people
mensa= table/desk

culturally biased
disadvantage to other cultures
favoring other cultures than others

people say that SAT is culturally biased

stimulate=excite ant.=suppress
defection=depressed, sad
scrutiny= examine closely, picky
groundless=no reason
bungle=messed up goof up
competent= really good at doing something
ostentatious= showy ant= modest
vigilant=watchful ant=inattentive
capitulation= surrender
mutability= change ability ant=constancy
detractors= criticize
champion= someone who supports an idea
altruistic
annul= cancel
neophyte= new at something
pro= forward
progenitor = beginner of a lineage
cliche= a statement that people use all the time
trite= overused

present= do
past= did
future= will do

past perfect= had done before I did

before I saw a bird, I had seen other birds.
before I threw the ball, I had saved my homework on the computer.

before I vigilantly made sure no one was cheating, I had played with the kid.

before the detractors criticized my work, I had been praised by others.