6th. Grade Spelling List No. 19              

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ROOTS            The Latin root voc means "voice, to call."  The Latin root uni means "one."

1.        irrevocable                   not able to be recalled; final adj.

2.        vocation                      a special calling; one's occupation n.

3.        avocation                    a hobby, not one's regular work n.

4.        convocation               a special assembly or meeting n.

5.        invocation                     a calling on God; a prayer n.

6.        evoke                           to call forth; to draw forth v.

7.        provoked                    stirred into action; irritated v.

8.        revoked                       repealed; canceled v.

9.        advocate                     a person who pleads the cause of another; a lawyer n.

10.      vocal                            oral; uttered by the voice adj.

11.      vocabulary                    the words of a language n.

12.      unify                             to combine into one v.

13.      university                      one school with many areas of studies n.

14.      uniform                         always the same adj.

15.      universal                       worldwide adj.

PREFIXES    The prefix per- means "through, thoroughly." 

                     The prefixes extra-, extro-, mean "outside, beyond."

16.          perfect                      flawless adj.

17.        permanent                lasting adj.

18.        persevere                   to persist in spite or difficulty v.

19.        perceive                      to be aware of through the senses v.

20.        permeate                    to spread through v.

 

21.        perforate                   to make holes through v.

22.        perfume                      fragrance n.

23.       extraordinary               unusual adj.

24.       extravaganza              a spectacular event n.

25.        extraneous                 not essential adj.

26.        extravagant              too much; wasteful adj.

27.        extracurricular         outside the regular course of study adj.

SUFFIXES       The suffix -age, means "state of, quality of, act of."  It is used to form nouns.

                        The suffix -ile, means "like, pertaining to."

28.        mileage                       the distance traveled in miles n.

29.        storage                        the act of storing goods for safekeeping n.

30.        marriage                     the state of being married n.

31.        percentage               a part of a whole expressed in hundredths n.

32.        infantile                       pertaining to babies adj.

33.        gentile                         pertaining to non-Jews adj.

34.        juvenile                     pertaining to young people adj.

35.        fragile                         capable of being easily broken adj.