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Root Word Practice
16
English
11th Grade
01/29/2011

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Term
Anthrop
Definition

Human

 

Example:  anthropology:  study of humans

Term
Bene
Definition

Well or Good

 

Example:  Benefactor:  someone who did something good for someone else.

Term
Cred
Definition

Believe

 

Example:  Credit:  whoever gives you credit, believes in you.

Term
Culp
Definition

Guilt

 

Example:  If you are CULPABLE, it means that you are guilty.

Term
Ex
Definition

Out and From

 

Example:  Ex-wife/ex-husband/ex-boyfriend/ex-girlfriend, etc.:  you are out of that marriage

 

Example2:  Excel:  You are a leader away from all the others.

Term
Luc
Definition

Light

 

Example:  Lucid:  bright, filled with brightness, clear-headed.

Term
Lum
Definition

Light

 

Example:  Luminescent:  Filled with light

Term
Mon
Definition

Warn

 

Example:  Admonition: cautionary advice:  giving advice that will warn someone of something that could be bad.

Term
Mort
Definition

Death

 

Example:  Mortician:  one who deals with dead bodies to prepare for burial.

Term
Neuro
Definition

Nerve

 

Example: Neurosurgeon:  A doctor who does surgery on the nervous system.

Term
Nym or onym
Definition

Law, Order

 

Example:  Astronomy: The study of the order of stars and galaxies and other heavenly bodies.

Term
Sed/Sess/Sid
Definition

Sit

 

Examples:  Sediment:  Sits on the bottom;

PreSIDent: Sits as head of the country;

SESSion: Sitting for a meeting or a lecture, class, etc.

Term
Therm
Definition

Heat

 

Example:  Thermometer:  takes your (heat) temperature.

Thermostat: regulates the heat of the room/area.

Term
Ver
Definition

Truth

 

Example:  Verify: double check for the truth

Verdict: a person or group makes a decision (deciding whether something was true or not.

Term
Vert
Definition

Turn

 

Example:  Introvert: turning inward

Avert: turn away from

Term
Vol
Definition

Will

 

Example:  Benevolent

 

Bene = good

Vol = will

 

Benevolent then means "good will" towards someone

 

Example:  Volunteer: giving over of your will to someone else for awhile--to do work for free.

 

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