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Meaningful Sentences Unit 20

DEIGN, DAIM, DIGN (Latin) – worthy PREC (Latin) – price; worth CENS (Latin) – to judge the worth of; evaluate MENS (Latin) – to measure. Meaningful Sentences Unit 20. to lower oneself to do something; condescend For example: Ben would not deign to go to the party with Raymond because…

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Meaningful Sentences Unit 20

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  1. DEIGN, DAIM, DIGN (Latin) – worthy PREC (Latin) – price; worth CENS (Latin) – to judge the worth of; evaluate MENS (Latin) – to measure Meaningful SentencesUnit 20

  2. to lower oneself to do something; condescend • For example: Ben would not deign to go to the party with Raymond because… Remember – DEIGN means worthy. deign- v. Reg./Pre-AP

  3. scorn • For example: The pro basketball player looked with disdain upon my efforts to slam-dunk because… Remember – DAIN means worthy. • disdain- n. Reg./Pre-AP

  4. angry at something thought to be wrong or unfair • For example: The waitress grew indignant when the head chef suggested she… Remember – DIGN means worthy. indignant- adj. Reg./Pre-AP

  5. huge or enormous • For example: When the swimmer saw the immense body of water, he decided to… Remember – MENS means to measure. • immense- adj. Reg./Pre-AP

  6. equal; corresponding • For example: After many years working at a low wage, Max asked for a salary commensurate with… Remember – MENS means to measure. • commensurate- adj. Reg./Pre-AP

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