root words: week one clud, clus to close or shut latin claudere/clausus

Root words: week one

Clud, clus to close or shutLatin 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• 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• retiring star • secluded star • secluse star • seclusive star • sequestered star • solitary star • standoffish star • withdrawn

• • 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•

Preclude

PrecludedThe locked door precluded the boy from entering

preclude

• 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 shutToday’s word is occlusion, a noun, which means something that is closed up; a blockage.

Synonyms for occlusion

• 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• 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 shutToday’s word is preclude, a verb, which means to make impossible; prevent

Synonyms for conclude• achieve • close• complete • end• halt• terminate • wind up• wrap up• cease• cinch• clinch• consummate• crown • desist