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PINK ROK Vocabulary
ROK vocabulary techniques game
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ABC order | categorizing words by letter of the alphabet;Ex: apple, boat, cart, door |
| -able | suffix meaning: able to be; can be; example: understandable |
| Acronym | formed with the capital initial letters from all or some words in the name; Example: NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration; UFO Unidentified Flying Object |
| Action Verb | a “doing” verb; Ex: walking, talk, sing, threw, builds, mashing, create |
| Adjacent Vowel | vowels that are right next to one another in a given word; Examples: need, meat, brain, house |
| Adjective | a part of speech: words that modify or give more information about a noun or pronoun; Examples: big, funny, warm, green, tired |
| Adverb | a part of speech: words that modify or give more information about a verb and an adjective Examples: happily, far, safely, well, fast |
| anti- | Prefix meaning: against, opposite, or opposed to |
| Antonym | A word having the opposite meaning of another word. Example: go - stop |
| Base/Root Word | A word to which prefixes and suffixes may be added to create related words |
| bi- | prefix meaning: two |
| centi- | prefix meaning: 100 |
| Closed Syllables | The vowel is followed by a consonant. The vowel is “closed in” by the consonant. Examples: cap, sit, men, den-tist, kit-ten |
| Compound Word | a word made from two or more words (can be connected or joined by a hyphen). Examples: houseboat, backyard, sandbox airport, mailbox |
| Consonant | the letters of the alphabet that are not vowels Examples: cdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz |
| Context Clues | The hints provided in text, which lead the reader to determine meanings of words. |
| Contraction | A shortened form of a word or group of words, with the missing letters marked by an apostrophe. Examples: I’m = I am; They’re = They are; We’re = We are; Shouldn’t = Should not |
| de- | prefix meaning: do or make the opposite of; reverse; remove from |
| Digraph | A pair of letters that make a single speech sound. Examples: gh – ghost; th – three; ph – pheasant; oo - foot |
| dis- | prefix meaning: not; do the opposite of; apart or away |
| Double Consonant | a word with two consonants next to one another; Examples: fall or tripped |
| en- | prefix meaning: bring into or on; example: enforce, enable |
| -er | 1. A suffix that, when added to a verb, changes to a noun, describing the doer of the verb. OR 2. A suffix that when added to a word shows comparison. |
| ex- | prefix meaning: out, away; example: exchange, exclude |
| -ful | Suffix meaning: full of; example: helpful |
| gh sound | Sounds heard in words like these: 1. sounds like f: rough, tough; 2. sounds like the hard g: ghost; 3. sound is silenced: through, height |
| Greek/Latin Roots | A word part that contains the core meaning of the word, but it cannot stand alone. Many, many English words can be traced back to these word parts. |
| Hard sound “G” | Sounds like g in these words: go, goat, tag, big, guest, grab |
| Homophone | Words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings; they may or may not be spelled the same way. The words may be spelled the same, such as: bear (animal) and bear (endure), or differently, such as there, their, and they’re |
| Homograph | Words that are spelled the same way, but have different meanings and may be pronounced differently |
| -ible | suffix meaning: able to, word becomes an adjective when added |
| -iest or -est | suffix added to show a superlative comparison implying that something is the best or worst, or greatest or least |
| il- | prefix meaning: not; example: il + legal = illegal |
| im- | prefix meaning: not; example impossible |
| in- | prefix with two meanings: not, on/in; example: input, incomplete |
| Infer | to make a conclusion based on facts and background |
| intra- | prefix meaning: within; example: intrastate (within a single state) |
| irregular | not regular, different from usual rules |
| inter- | prefix meaning: between; example: interstate (connecting two or more states) |
| -less | suffix meaning: without; example: meaningless, painless |
| Long vowel sounds | Vowels that make the sound of the vowel name Examples: long a – bake; long e – economy; long i – ride; long o – note; long u - flute |
| Lowercase letters | letters that are not capitalized; Example: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz |
| mis- | prefix meaning: badly or wrongly; example: misspell |
| multisyllabic | a word with more than one syllable |
| non- | prefix meaning: not; example: nonfat |
| Noun | part of speech: a person, place, thing, or idea |
| “oi” sound | sound made in words like: oil - boil - soil poison - toy |
| Opposite | the reverse of something; Examples: wet - dry; go - stop |
| out- | prefix meaning: more, to a greater degree; example: outrage |
| -phobia | suffix meaning: intense fear of a certain thing; example: hydraphobia |
| pre- | prefix meaning: before; example: preview, pretest |
| Prefix | a syllable or syllables placed at the beginning of another word to change its meaning; Example: dis + able = disable; re + view = review |
| Preposition | A part of speech: one of many words that show the relationship between a noun and a pronoun and another word; Example: The squirrel is on the box. |
| r-controlled | When a vowel is followed by an r, it makes a special sound called the r- controlled sound. Examples: /ar/ sound as in car, guitar, Arthur /âr/ sound as in care, bear, mare, scare, aquarium |
| re- | prefix meaning: again; example, regain, revisit |
| rhyme | words that have the same end sounds; Examples: while - style; shoe - glue; nose - grows; pants - France |
| Root word | word with no prefix or suffix added; may also be referred to as a base word; Example: scop = see, examine The telescope helped me see the moon. |
| Semantics | the study of meaning; in language, it studies the meanings of words, phrases, sentences and texts |
| Short vowels | The following are examples of this type of vowel sound: bat, set, sit, sod, put |
| Suffix | A word part added to end of a base word to change its form or its meaning. Examples: baker - friendliest |
| Superlative | Used to compare nouns; Examples: Old, Older, Oldest; Lowest, biggest, smallest, most |
| Syllable | a single uninterrupted sound found in a word |
| Synonyms | words meaning the same or nearly the same thing; Examples: couch - sofa; brief - short |
| Syntax | the way words are put together in a sentence to make meaning |
| tri- | prefix meaning: three |
| un- | prefix meaning: not or to reverse; example: undo, untie |
| Uppercase | CAPITAL letters of the alphabet; Examples: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ |
| VCCV rule | Vowel, Consonant, Consonant, Vowel: blanket - pretzel |
| Vowels | Aa, Ee, Ii, Oo, Uu - not consonants |
| Word Family | a group of words sharing a common phonic element or sound; Examples: sink, brink, link; shut, shout, ship |
| -y | suffix meaning: having the quality of the word it is added to |
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