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Q2 Roots
Quarter 2 roots and root words
38
Language - English
8th Grade
12/16/2015

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Term
JECT
Definition
To throw
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Eject
Definition
to force or drive out or away
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Inject
Definition
drive or force (a liquid, such as a vaccine) into
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Reject
Definition
To refuse
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Interject
Definition
to insert (a comment) between, or among
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Project
Definition
to throw or cast forward
Term
GRESS
Definition
to walk
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Regress
Definition
return to a former or less developed state
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Digress
Definition
leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing
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Transgress
Definition
go beyond the bounds of something
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PORT
Definition
to carry
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Deport
Definition
to expel from a country
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Export
Definition
to send goods to another country for sale
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Import
Definition
to bring goods into a country, from another country, to sell
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Transport
Definition
to take, or carry, from one place to another
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Portage
Definition
to carry a boat between two bodies of water (over land)
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PEND
Definition
to hang
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Depend
Definition

 

to be controlled or determined by something else

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Impend
Definition

 

(something) to be about to happen

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Pendulum
Definition
a weight hung from a fixed point so that it can swing freely backward and forward
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Append
Definition

to add (something) as an attachment or supplement


Term
SCRIB / SCRIPT
Definition
to write
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Scribble
Definition
write or draw (something) carelessly or hurriedly
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Transcribe
Definition
put (thoughts, speech, or data) into written form
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Inscription
Definition
words written or carved into something
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description
Definition
a spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event
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DICT
Definition
to say or speak
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Diction
Definition
the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing
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Dictate
Definition
say or read aloud (words to be typed, written down, or recorded on tape)
Term
Predict
Definition
say or estimate that (a specified thing) will happen in the future
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Contradict
Definition
deny the truth of (a statement), or asserting the opposite
Term
PEL
Definition
to drive
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Propel
Definition
to drive or move in a particular direction
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Compel
Definition
to force or drive someone to do something
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Dispel
Definition
to drive a feeling, belief, or doubt out (to prove to be false)
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Repel
Definition
to drive or force something out or away
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Expel
Definition
to drive or throw out of membership or involvement
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Expel
Definition
to drive or throw out of membership or involvement
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