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Vocabulary Lesson 47: All Alone
Today’s roots: claudere to close solus alone
insula island se- apart❑ hermit(n) one who prefers to live alone (ermitaGr a person of solitude)
Thehermitlived alone in a shack in the middle of the woods, more than ten miles from the nearest road.
Synonyms:recluse, loner, eremite Antonyms:socialite, extrovert❑ ostracize(v) to exclude from a group
Her comments to the others were so self-centered and cruel that she was ostracizedfor months.
Synonyms:exile, banish Antonyms:welcome, accept❑ exile(n) a banishment (ex-away)
After the dictator was overthrown, he lived a life of exilefar away from his native country.
Synonyms:banishment, ostracism, deportation, expulsion Antonyms:inclusion, welcome❑ expel(v) to force to leave (ex-away+pellereto push)
The student who slashed the bus tires was expelledand won’t be seen back here again.
Synonyms:discharge, evict Antonyms:invite, admit❑ recluse(n) one who likes to live alone (re-away+claudereto close)
InTo Kill a Mockingbird,therecluseBoo Radley is endlessly fascinating to Scout.
Synonyms:hermit, loner❑ isolate(v) to place something apart from everything else (insulaisland)
The patient with tuberculosis was isolatedfrom the other patients so he could not infect them.
Synonyms:detach, segregate Antonyms:include, embrace❑ solitude(n) isolation; the quality of being alone (solusalone)
Before the two cosmonauts joined him, the lone astronaut on the space station had spent five months in solitude.
Synonyms:seclusion, solitariness, detachment Antonyms:camaraderie, companionship❑ banish(v) to force to leave an area
Synonyms:exile, ostracize, evict❑ outcast(n) an individual who has been excluded from a group
Synonyms:castaway, pariah❑ seclusion(n) privacy (se-apart+claudereto close)
Synonyms:isolation, solitude❑ pariah(n) an individual who has been excluded from a group
Synonyms:outcast, exile❑ relegate(v) to banish, to demote in rank (re-back+legareto send)
Synonyms:ostracize, exile❑ quarantine(n) a period of isolation for someone infected with a contagion (quarantaforty [days])