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Laying down the law

Laying down the law. Quiz 5. You be the judge…. Word Tower: JUD. Root: JUD-. Means “judge” Words that contain ‘ jud -’: j udicious injudicious p rejudice adjudicate. j udicious. Example: Not plagiarizing that assignment was a judicious decision. Definition:

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Laying down the law

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  1. Laying down the law Quiz 5

  2. You be the judge…

  3. Word Tower: JUD

  4. Root: JUD- • Means “judge” • Words that contain ‘jud-’: • judicious • injudicious • prejudice • adjudicate

  5. judicious • Example: • Not plagiarizing that assignment was a judicious decision. • Definition: • List people you consider to be judicious:

  6. injudicious • In-: • Injudicious: • What actions would you consider injudicious?

  7. prejudice • A bias or discrimination • (Judgment BEFORE knowledge or pre-judgment) • What types of things can people have a prejudice about?

  8. adjudicate • Prefix ad- means “to” • Adjudicate means: • Where are adjudicators necessary?

  9. JUR • LAW or SWEAR (as in an oath) • We’ll cover: • perjury • jurisdiction • Abjure

  10. perjury • Per- means “away” • It is a noun If you lie on a witness stand, you commit perjury. • Perjury means:

  11. jurisdiction • Dict- means: ___________ *hint: diction, dictionary • Jurisdiction: The authority to administer the law. • Example: The matter falls outside the jurisdiction of this court. • Explain why this makes sense.

  12. abjure • Ab- means “off” • Example: The martyr chose to die rather than abjure his religious beliefs. • So, abjure means: • More examples: • The young actress knew she would have to abjure privacy in order to gain fame. • In taking the oath of citizenship, immigrants abjure allegiance to their former countries.

  13. Arch- (2 specific meanings) • Meaning 1: Meaning 2:

  14. Arch- • Meaning 1: Most important/to rule • Examples: • Archenemy • Archbishop • Anarchy • Matriarchy • Patriarchy • Architect

  15. Arch- • Meaning 2: Ancient • Examples: • Archeology • Archives • Archaic

  16. Dem- • WORD TOWER

  17. Dem- PEOPLE

  18. Dem- • Democracy---government of/by the people • CRAT=government (often in form “cracy”) ex: aristocracy • Demographic: a single vital or social statistic of a human population, as the numberof births ordeaths. Example: Miley Cyrus' marketing demographic is preteen and teenage girls.

  19. Dem- Diseases: Epidemic: “epi”=AMONG “dem”=PEOPLE Disease affecting or tending to affect a large number of individuals within a community or region at the same time.

  20. Dem- Pandemic: “pan”=ALL “dem”=PEOPLE Disease occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population.

  21. Lie vs. Lay • What’s the difference? • video explanation • In your words: • Use LIE if: • Use LAY if:

  22. The Rule: • The principal parts (most-common verb forms) of lie are: • lie (present,) lay (past) and lain (past participle—started in past and continues now). • Today I will lie down on the couch. • Yesterday I lay down on the couch. • I have lain on this couch for three hours. • The principal parts of lay are: • lay (present), laid (past) and laid (past participle). • I will lay my keys on the table. • Yesterday I laid my keys on the table. • He had laid his keys on the table every day for the past year.

  23. Practice: • I am dizzy and need to _______ down. • He was going to ________ down right on the kitten, but we stopped him. • Do you ______ your clothes out before you go to sleep at night? • The dog was to _______ down for a nap.

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