Monday, April 21, 2008

Vocab

1.ideology
Context clues/ Word analysis: ide- made me think of idea, and then -ology made me think of the study of. So could it be the study of an idea?
Original sentence: The ideology of the wilderness tribe was some what primitive and out of date.

2.Xenophobia
Context Clues/ Word Analysis: I didn't know what xeno- meant but from what i had read it mus tmean like an outsider or foreigner. I knew waht -phobia meant, so to conclude xenophobia means fear of outsiders.
Original sentence: The villagers off of the islands coast were xenophobic towards the island's new inhabitants, by throwing spears and rocks at them so they would leave.

3.ascension
Context clues/ Word Analysis: To move upward.
Origingal sentence: The audience was amazed at the spectacle of the hot air balloon moving up towards the sky, and never seen or heard from again.

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