Learn "Conscious" and "Evade" with Khan Academy Vocabulary

Understanding "Conscious"

• 💡 "Conscious" is an adjective meaning aware or awake.
• 🧠 It can be used literally, referring to being awake and moving, or figuratively, indicating awareness of something, like someone's likes or dislikes.

Exploring "Evade"

• 🎯 "Evade" is a verb that means to avoid or dodge something, to get out of the way.
• 💧 This can be a literal action, like avoiding water balloons, or an abstract one, such as evading a responsibility like cleaning up.

Word Origins: Conscious

• 🗣️ "Conscious" derives from the Latin "con" (meaning together or very) and the root "sci" (meaning to know).
• 🔬 Related words like "science" (knowing) and "conscience" (a moral sense of right and wrong) share this root.

Word Origins: Evade

• 🚀 "Evade" comes from the Latin "ex" (meaning out) and "vadere" (meaning to go), signifying getting out or escaping.
• 🌍 Other words with the "vadere" root include "invade" (to go in) and "pervasive" (going throughout).

Example Sentences

• ⏰ "I had only been conscious for 5 minutes when the fire alarm went off," meaning awake.
• 🤔 "You are no doubt conscious of the consequences of failure," meaning aware.
• 🕵️ "A celebrated art thief, Llo evaded capture for decades," meaning avoided capture.
• ✅ "Theft is bad. That is what my conscience tells me," referring to a moral sense of right and wrong.