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Greek/Latin Roots
Week 5
Term | Definition | Example |
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rect (L) | straight | erect, direct, correct, rectangle |
rupt (L) | break | erupt, corrupt, interrupt, rupture, abrupt |
san (L) | health | sanitation, sanitize, sanctuary, sane, insanity, sanitarium |
saur (G) | lizard | dinosaur, brontosaur, allosaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex |
sci (G) | know | science, conscience, conscious, omniscient |
scop (G) | see | microscope, telescope, periscope, stethoscope |
scribe, script (L) | write | prescribe, scribe, inscribe, describe, description, prescription, transcript |
sign (L) | mark | resign, signal, signature, insignia, insignificant |
spec (L) | see | spectacle, spectator, inspect, suspect, respect |
struct (L) | build | structure, construct, instruct, destruction |
tact (L) | touch | contact, intact, tactile, tact |
terr (L) | land | terrestrial, territory, terrestrial, terrace |
therm (G) | heat | thermometer, thermal, thermos, thermostat |
tract (L) | pull, drag | tractor, retract, attract, subtract, extract, contract |
trib (L) | give | tribute, contribute, attribute, tributary |