Transcript Root words - Culver City Middle School

Root words: week one
Clud, clus to close or shut
Latin claudere/clausus
Reclusion/recluse
• Our root this week is clud, clus which means
to close or shut
• Today’s word is reclusive, an adjective, which
means marked by withdraw from society;
solitary
• isolated
J.D. Salinger was a recluse, never leaving his home.
J.D. Salinger
Synonyms for reclusvie
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cloistered star
isolated star
antisocial star
ascetic star
eremitic star
hermetic star
hermit-like star
misanthropic star
monastic star
recluse star
reserved star
retiring star
secluded star
secluse star
seclusive star
sequestered star
solitary star
standoffish star
withdrawn
Preclude
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• Our root this week is clud, clus which means
to close or shut
• Today’s word is preclude, a verb, which means
to make impossible; prevent
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Precluded
The locked door precluded the boy from entering
preclude
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Hinder
Avert
Rule out
Impede
Prohibit
Prevent
obviate
Occlusion (noun)
• Something that is closed up; blockage
• The occlusion in her vein caused her heart
attack.
3/23 our root this week is clud, clus which means to close or shut
Today’s word is occlusion, a noun, which means something that is closed
up; a blockage.
Synonyms for occlusion
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Synonyms for occlusion
noun obstruction
barricade
barrier
Block
blockage
blocking
– closure
• stoppage
exclusive
• Our root this week is clud, clus which means
to close or shut
• Today’s word is exclusive, an adjective, which
means
• 1. leaving a person or a group out; restricted
2. one of a kind; sole
Synonyms for exclusive
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unshared, restricted
absolute
chic
exclusionary
fashionable
licensed
limited
posh s
private
privileged
restrictive
ritzy
segregated
sole
swank
conclude
• 3/25 our root this week is clud, clus which
means to close or shut
• Today’s word is conclude, a verb, which means
1. to bring to a close; to end 2. to determine
or decide
3/22 our root this week is clud, clus which means to close or shut
Today’s word is preclude, a verb, which means to make impossible; prevent
Synonyms for conclude
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achieve
close
complete
end
halt
terminate
wind up
wrap up
cease
cinch
clinch
consummate
crown
desist