We will be starting Greek and Latin Roots in February. Each week, the students will learn four new roots that they will be tested on at the end of the week. They will be expected to learn the definition for each root, as well as the defenition to at least one of the derivites for each week. Every Friday, the test will consist of the new roots for the week, and the old ones. I will post the roots on the website each week. Week 1: ad/ad-to or toward (accept, advance, advise) aqua-water (aquatic, aquarium, aqua) astro/aster-star (asterix, astrology) audi-to listen (audience, audio-visual) Week 2 Auto-self (automobile, autograph, autobiography) Bi-two (bicycle, biannual, bicentennial) Biblio-book (bibliography) Bio-life (biology, biography) Week 3: cent(um)-1/100th or 100 (centipede, century) con/com/col/co/cor-with or together (companion, compassion, community) dent/don-tooth (dentist, denture) dis-down;away;not (dismount, disconnect) Week 4: e/ex-out or from (exit, emerge) graph/gram-to write (graphite, telegrapgh) heli-the sun, radiate (helium, heliograph) hydra/hydo-water (hydoelectricity, hydrophobia) Week 5: in/im-in or not (import, inconsiderate) ject/jectus/jac-throw, push, force (reject, inject) kilo- 1/1000 or 1000 (kilometer, kilogram) loc-place (location, locate) week 6: log/logy/logue-study;reasoning (dialogue, archaeology) milli-1/1000 or 1000 (million, milliliter) meter/metre-to measure (perimeter, odometer, speedometer mini-small, least (minimal, miniature week 7 mitto/missi-to send (emission, transmit,mission) mono-one (monologue, monotonous micro-small (microscope, microbe) op/ob-against (object, oppose) Week 8: port-to carry (portable, export, porter) post-after (postpone, post-script ped/pod-foot (podiatrist, peal, pedicure) pro-onward, for (proceed, program, pro-education) Week 9: pre-before (precede, preliminary) pose/posit/pon/pound-put or place (deposit, posture, ponder) phon(e(-sound (phonics, symphony) quad/quart-1/4 or four (quarter, quart, quaduple) Week 10: re-back;again (recede,retreat, repay) sub/sup-under (submarine, suburb, support) sist-to stand (resist, assist) sonus-sound (song, sonar) Week 11: spec/spic/spect-to look (spectator, conspicuous) scope-view (telescope, periscope) scrib-to write (scribble, inscribe) tele-from a distance (television) trans-across (transfer, transport) Week 12: tri-three (tripod, triangle, triplet) terra-land (territory, terrain) un-not (unnatural, unlikely) uni/uno/unus-one (unanimous, unicycle) vac-empty (vacant, evacuate) |
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