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Fifty less common words to work out from the prefixes, roots and suffixes of Sets 1 and 2: guess the meaning, then check it against the breakdown and an example sentence.

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  1. Use the roots: what does dissent probably mean?
    open disagreement with an official or majority view

    dis- "apart" + sent "feel"

    Puritan leaders banished Anne Hutchinson from Massachusetts for religious dissent.
    Body & Senses
  2. Use the roots: what does intangible probably mean?
    not something you can touch, or hard to pin down and put a number on

    in- "not" + tang "touch" + -ible "able to be"

    Good coaching brings intangible rewards, like confidence that lasts for years.
    Body & Senses
  3. Use the roots: what does concurrent probably mean?
    taking place during the same stretch of time, side by side

    con- "together" + curr "run" + -ent "doing"

    Concurrent storms on both coasts stretched the relief agency thin.
    Movement & Action
  4. Use the roots: what does propulsion probably mean?
    the act or force of driving something forward or onward

    pro- "before, in front" + puls "drive, push" + -ion "act"

    Squid move by jet propulsion, squirting water out to shoot through the sea.
    Movement & Action
  5. Use the roots: what does jurisdiction probably mean?
    the official power to make and enforce laws or rulings in an area

    jur "law, right" + dict "say" + -ion "act"

    Fishing rules on the lake fall under the park service's jurisdiction.
    Mind & Society
  6. Use the roots: what does evoke probably mean?
    to call to mind a memory, mood or picture

    e- "out" + vok "call"

    Sunscreen's coconut smell evokes long afternoons at the town pool.
    Mind & Society
  7. Use the roots: what does temporal probably mean?
    relating to time

    tempor "time" + -al "relating to"

    Historians look for temporal patterns, such as which months saw the most shipwrecks.
    Nature & Measure
  8. Use the roots: what does centennial probably mean?
    the point when something turns 100 years old, and the festivities that mark it

    cent- "hundred" + enn "year" + -al "relating to"

    For the bridge's centennial, the city lit it up in gold for a week.
    Nature & Measure
  9. Use the roots: what does physiology probably mean?
    the study of living bodies at work, as a whole and part by part

    phys "nature" + -logy "study of"

    In physiology class, we timed our pulses before and after jumping jacks.
    Suffixes
  10. Use the roots: what does genealogy probably mean?
    the study of who in a family descends from whom, or a record tracing it

    gen (Greek genea, "race, family") + -logy "study of"

    Aunt Rosa's interest in genealogy led her to a cousin in Peru.
    Suffixes

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