Root: port

Meaning: to carry

1. importune: to demand, beg
2. disport: to display oneself, to divert
3. import: imply, purport
4. deport: to expel
5. portfolio: office or post of minister

Root: prob/prov/prove

Meaning: to prove, test, honest

1. probity: confirmed honestly
2. reprobate: a morally unprincipled person
3. reprove: to find fault with
4. approbation: to consider right, approve
5. probation: limited freedom, testing time

Context:

1. The sailors importuned God for mercy
2. The couple was seen disporting at a fashionable restaurant
3. John felt the import of the speaker’s word
4. Many governments have the right to deport aliens
5. The newly inducted minister was not given any portfolio
6. Lincoln was known for his probity and unselfish nature
7. The reprobate was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment
8. The father reproved the child’s adamant behavior
9. The thesis was approbated for its scholarly analysis
10. Newly recruited officers are placed on probation for a year

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3 Responses to “Vocabulary Flash Card 16”

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