Dictionary meanings

Many doctors prescribe their patients vitamins to help their bodies function properly.

What do you think the Latin root vita means?

• life

• small

• nutrients

• vegetables

What can you find in a dictionary?

Select all that apply.

• Definitions

• Synonyms and antonyms

• Movie tickets

• Syllables

Which of the following would you find in a dictionary? You may choose more than one!

• What the word means

• How to pronounce the word

• When the word was founded

• How to spell the word

The word "acrostic" falls between which two words in this dictionary entry?

• acrography and acronychal

• actuate and acumen

• across and act

• actinotherapy and actual

Main division of a play or drama.

• Act
• Scene
• Setting
• Stanza

This color is universally associated with nature.

• Blue

• Green

• Brown

• White

encyclopaedia / encyclopedia

• thin book with a cover, contains information on a certain subject

• thin book with a paper cover, containing articles, pictures, stories etc

• a book/set of books giving facts on different subjects

• a book of instructions that tells one how to do or use something

Which reference material is used to find definitions of words?

• Dictionary

• Thesaurus

• Atlas

• Almanac

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• 4

PASSAGE 2
Look at the dictionary entry below. board/ ˈbȯrd/v. 1. To go aboard a ship, train, airplane, or bus 2. To cover or seal off with boards 3. To provide with regular meals 4.To come up against or alongside usually to attack    
               
In paragraph 4, what does the word board mean? 

• Definition 1
• Definition 2
• Definition 3
• Definition 4