This year students will concentrate on word roots for standardized testing purposes particularly as the student enters high school! Learning these roots will aid the student in tackling the PSAT and eventually the SAT.

 

 

 RUCONTRA; COUNTER   AGAINST, OPPOSITE

 BEBEN

 

CONTRABAND(N): ANYTHING THAT IS AGAINST THE LAW TO BUY OR SELL.

 

CONTRADICT(V)TO EXPRESS THE OPPOSITE OF SOMETHING ELSE

 

CONTRARIAN(N):A PERSON WHO THINKS DIFFERENTLY FROM OTHER PEOPLE; A PERSON WHO DOES THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT IS EXPECTED

 

CONTRARY(ADJ): COMPLETELY DIFFERENT; OPPOSITE IN NATURE OR ACTION

 

CONTRAST(V): TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT THINGS TO SEE HOW THEY ARE OPPOSITES OR NOT RELATED.

 

COUNTERBALANCE(N): A WEIGHT USED TO BALANCE AN OPPOSITE WEIGHT

 

COUNTERCLOCKWISE(ADV): IN THE DIRECTION THAT IS OPPOSITE OF THE DIRECTION THE HANDS ON A CLOCK MOVE

 

COUNTERFEIT(ADJ): BEING THE OPPOSITE OF REAL, FAKE, OR ARTIFICIAL

 

COUNTEREXAMPLE(N): AN EXAMPLE USED TO SUPPORT A CLAIM OR STATEMENT THAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF ANOTHER CLAIM OR STATEMENT

 

COUNTERINTUITIVE (ADJ): GOES AGAINST YOUR GUT FEELING OR COMMON SENSE