Vocabulary and Roots

Vocabulary and Roots

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Social Studies

6th - 8th Grade

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1.

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Segregated

Root: segregare meaning "to separate from the flock"

Back

to separate or set apart

2.

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Integrate

integer meaning "whole" or "complete"

Back

to make whole or bring together

3.

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Unyielding

un- (prefix meaning "not") + yield (Old English gieldan meaning "to give way")

Back

not giving way or bending

4.

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Boycott

From the name Captain Charles Boycott, an English land agent who was socially ostracized by the Irish Land League in 1880

Back

to refuse to engage with; to protest

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Segregationists

segreg- (to separate from the flock) + -ation (noun suffix) + -ist (one who practices or supports)

Back

people who support separation

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Protestors

protest- protestari meaning "to declare publicly" (pro- "forth" + testari "to witness") + -or (agent suffix)

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those who publicly object

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Integration

integr- ("whole" or "complete") + -ation (noun suffix)

Back

the act of making whole or unified