Lesson 2 Word Analysis

often signals a cause-effect relationship in a sentence

conveys a time element

homophone for "peace"

synonym for portion/part (as a noun)

verb usage: "to mend or join"

4 syllables

-ly suffix signals adverb

meaning: "habitually"

plural form of friend

friends are with us till the end

homophone for herd

heard relates to hearing and ear

past tense of "hear"

academic word often used in math

suffix "-acy" usually means "state or condition of"

4 syllables

an angle that measures less than 90 degrees

severe or sharp

often used in math to mean "the act of computing or calculating numbers"

-ation changes verb compute into a noun

prefix "com" means "together or with"

an angle that is greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees

dull in intellect or form

originally meant "a practical joke" or "trick or puzzle"

now defined as "a test"