Glossary

Learning activity 3

English Spanish
Accomplishment Logro
Accountability Responsabilidad
Achieve Lograr
Actionable Factible
Actually De hecho
Agree Estar de acuerdo
Allow Permitir
As long as En tanto
Assess Calcular
Attempt Intento
Average Promedio
Avoid Evitar
Be fit Estar en forma
Below Abajo
Broaden Ampliar
CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Presidente
Challenge Reto
Check Corroborar
Childhood Niez
Church Iglesia
Command Dominar
Commitment Compromiso
Completion Terminacin
Consciousness Consciencia
Cross Dibujar una cruz o equis
Current Actual
Demand Exigencia
Devastated Destrozado
Device Aparato
Disappointed Decepcionado
Disaster Desastre
 Due Debido
Elsewhere Otra parte
Enhance Enriquecer
Expect Esperar
Failure Fracaso
Focused Concentrado
Get up Levantar
Goal Meta
Heal Curar
Hold Llevar a cabo
House chores Deberes en la casa
Improve Mejorar
Initiative Iniciativa
Instead En vez de
Journey Viaje
Lack Falta
Leadership Liderazgo
Long-term goals Objetivos a largo plazo
Low-paying Mal remunerado
Make decisions Tomar decisiones
Manner Manera
Marriage Matrimonio
MD (Doctor in Medicine) Mdico
Measure Medida
Mistake Error
Nowadays En nuestros das
NYU New York University
Overcome Superar
Overwhelming Abrumador
PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) Doctorado
Pick up Recoger
Position Cargo
Pregnant Embarazada
Prioritize Priorizar
Productivity Productividad
Randomly Al azar
Reach Alcanzar
 Recruit Contratar
Regarding Con respecto a
Remarkable Importante
Reminder Recordatorio
Research Investigacin
Resource Recurso
Self-confidence Confianza en s mismo
Self-direction Autonoma
Self-help Auto ayuda
Self-improvement Autosuperacin
Self-monitoring Auto supervisin
Set Establecer
Short-term goals Objetivos a corto plazo
Statement Proposicin
Stress-causers Causantes de estrs
Tasteless Inspido
Thought Pensamiento
Timeframe Periodo de tiempo
Timeline Lnea de tiempo
Track Rastrear
Within En el interior
Wonder Preguntarse a s mismo

Supplement prefixes and suffixes

Prefix Meaning Example

a-, an- without amoral
ante- before antecedent
anti- against anticlimax
auto- self autopilot
circum- around circumvent
co- with copilot
com-, con- with companion, contact
 contra- against contradict
de- off, away from devalue
dis- not disappear
en- put into enclose
ex- out of, former extract, ex-president
extra- beyond, more than extracurricular
hetero- different heterosexual
homo- same homonym
hyper- over, more hyperactive
il-, im-, in-, ir- not, without illegal, immoral, inconsiderate, irresponsible
in- into insert
inter- between intersect
intra- between intravenous
macro- large macroeconomics
micro- small microscope
mono- one monocle
non- not, without nonentity
omni- all, every omniscient
post- After postmortem
pre-, pro- before, forward precede, project
sub- Under submarine
syn- same time synchronize
trans- Across transmit
tri- Three tricycle
un- Not unfinished
 uni- One unicorn

Common noun Suffixes

Suffix Meaning Example

-acy state or quality privacy

-al act or process of refusal

-ance, -ence state or quality of maintenance, eminence

-dom place or state of being freedom, kingdom

-er, -or one who trainer, protector

-ism doctrine, belief communism

-ist one who chemist

-ity, -ty quality of veracity

-ment condition of argument

-ness state of being heaviness

-ship position held fellowship

-sion, -tion state of being concession, transition

Verb Suffixes
-ate become eradicate
-en become enlighten
-ify, -fy make or become terrify
-ize, -ise become civilize

Adjective Suffixes
-able, -ible capable of being edible, presentable

-al pertaining to regional

-esque reminiscent of picturesque

-ful notable for fanciful

-ic, -ical pertaining to musical, mythic

-ious, -ous characterized by nutritious, portentous

-ish having the quality of fiendish

-ive having the nature of creative

-less without endless

-y characterized by sleazy
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Name Position Dependence Date

Nicole Bruskewitz
Juan Carlos Solano Theme expert Direccin de
Author Johana Mndez Asesor English Formacin
November
Sarmiento Dot Works - Profesional.
2014
Kelly Johanna Vera Programa de Direccin
Diettes Bilingismo General

Centro
Copy editor
Rachman Bustillo Agroindustrial. October
Adaptation Lnea de
Martnez Regional 2015
Produccin
Quindo