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Word Study-Week 13
Word Part | Word Part Definition | Word Part Example |
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NOCT (root) | night | nocturnal-an animal or plant that is active at night |
FEN (root) | to ward off; strike off | offense-to attack or strike off an opponent |
MANIA (root) | madness | pyromania-a madness for setting things on fire |
NOV (root) | new | novice-someone who is new to circumstances |
REG-REX (root) | king | regiment-a large group of people that are ruled by a king-like figure (someone in charge) |
ACRO (root) | high; topmost | acrobat-a gymnast who does their act at high altitudes on a tightrope or trapeze |
ENDO (prefix) | in; into; within | endothermic-characterized by an absorption of heat or taking in heat |
SOLV-SOLUT (root) | free; loosen | solution-a substance that frees particles or freeing a problem by solving it |
PROTO (prefix) | first | prototype-the first model from which something is based |
AGON (root) | struggle | protagonist-the main character of a story that struggles with conflict |