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Exploring Classical Roots: Travel, Transition, and Transience in Language

This lesson delves into the classical roots of words related to travel and transience, highlighting their Latin origins. Key terms include "transitory" (lasting only briefly), "transgress" (to break a rule), and "aberration" (deviation from the norm). The lesson also provides practices to enhance understanding through identification and application of these terms in context. Engage with fascinating concepts such as ambience, episode, and exodus while exploring their meanings and uses in everyday language. Strengthen your vocabulary through interactive challenges and reflections on these essential roots.

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Exploring Classical Roots: Travel, Transition, and Transience in Language

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  1. Classical Roots Lesson 11: travel

  2. roots • TRANS <L. across • EO, IRE, IVI, ITUM <L. to go • ERRO, ERRARE, ERRAVI, ERRATUM <L. to wander, stray • HODOS <L. journey

  3. TRANS • <L. across

  4. transgress • To go beyond OR over set limits; to break a rule (gradi <L. step)

  5. transitive • Describing an action carried from subject to verb to object (it = ire <L. to go)

  6. transitory • Lasting only for a short while (it = ire <L. to go)

  7. translucent • Permitting light to pass through, but not transparent (gradi <L. step)

  8. Practice! • Which word refers to something that lasts for only a little bit? transitive? transgress? transitory? (transitory)

  9. Practice! • Which word means to break a rule? transitive? transgress? transitory? (transgress)

  10. Practice! • Which word refers to a verb passing the action to an object? transitive? transgress? transitory? (transitive)

  11. Practice! • Which word refers to something that allows light to pass through it? translucent? transgress? transitory? (translucent)

  12. EO, IRE, IVI, ITUM • <L. to go

  13. ambience • Environment; the surrounding atmosphere (amb <L. on both sides )

  14. obituary • Notice of death with biographical information (ob <L. because)

  15. transient • Passing quickly; transitory • Staying only a short time • A person or thing having a short stay (trans <L. across)

  16. Practice! • Which word describes one’s surroundings? transient? obituary? ambience? (ambience)

  17. Practice! • Passing quickly or staying only for a short time is… obituary? transient? ambience? (transient)

  18. Practice! • A notice of one’s death with information about his or her life is called… ambiance? obituary? transitory? (obituary)

  19. ERRO, ERRARE, ERRAVI, ERRATUM • <L. to wander, to stray

  20. aberration • Straying from what is normal or accepted (ab <L. away from)

  21. erratic • Irregular or inconsistent in movement, habit, quality, or ideas

  22. HODOS • <L. journey

  23. episode • An incident in a person’s life OR in a story or a play (epi <L. from, out of)

  24. exodus • Mass departure OR emigration • (capitalized) the departure of the Israelites from Egypt with Moses

  25. Practice! • Irregular in movement… aberration? erratic? episode? (erratic)

  26. Practice! • Inconsistent in behavior… aberration? erratic? episode? (erratic)

  27. Practice! • Inconsistent in habits… aberration? erratic? episode? (erratic)

  28. Practice! • Irregular in quality… aberration? erratic? episode? (erratic)

  29. Practice! • An incident in a person’s life aberration? erratic? episode? (episode)

  30. Practice! • Straying away from what is normal… aberration? erratic? episode? (aberration)

  31. Practice! • A mass departure… exodus? erratic? episode? (exodus)

  32. Challenge! • The television _________ is unfortunately a re-run! (episode)

  33. Challenge! • Across the Midwest, geese are ___________because they migrate to the south in the winter. (transient)

  34. Challenge! • Venice is known for its incredible _________due to the canals, gondolas, and squares. (ambience)

  35. Challenge! • Sunlight streamed through the ________stained glass windows. (translucent)

  36. Challenge! • The Mad Hatter is known for his _________ behavior. (erratic)

  37. Challenge! • Middle school is a _________time in a teen’s life. (transitory or transient)

  38. Challenge! • If three generations of your family attending UCLA, but you attend USC, they may call you an ____________! (aberration)

  39. Challenge! • On the last day of school, there was a mass _________ of students from the campus. (exodus)

  40. Challenge! • Summer vacation is too __________. (transient or transitory)

  41. Challenge! • She is known for her ___________ because she often disregards school rules. (transgressions)

  42. Challenge! • War often causes an ___________of refuges. (exodus)

  43. Challenge! • The poor score on the test was an _________ of her normal straight A’s. (aberration )

  44. Challenge! • Most people would prefer the ________of a tropical island rather than the Arctic. (ambience)

  45. Challenge! • Across the Midwest, geese are ___________because they migrate to the south in the winter. (transient)

  46. Challenge! • Due to her ________attendance in zero period, she risks being dropped from the class. (erratic)

  47. Challenge! • She recalled the embarrassing __________from her childhood. (episode)

  48. Challenge! There is an __________ of people from the cities to the beaches during vacation. (exodus)

  49. Challenge! • The sapphire has a ___________ which increases its beauty. (translucence)

  50. Challenge! • Some people say that beauty is ________ and does not last as one ages. (transient)

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