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Latin and Greek root
sect, ped, man, manu, spec, dict, ject, port, miss, mit, graph, scrib, script
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| bisect | to CUT into two pieces |
| dissect | to CUT apart for the purpose of investigation |
| insect | a class of small arthropod animals that has three SEPARATE sections to their bodies: head, thorax, abdomen |
| intersection | the point at which two lines or roads meet and CUT across each other |
| section | a SEPARATE part of something |
| sectional | a couch that is made up of SEPARATE pieces |
| sector | a SEPARATE part of a society, group, or area |
| transect | to CUT across something |
| trisect | to CUT into three separate pieces |
| vivisection | surgery on living animals; medical research that involves CUTTING into living animals to study organs, tissues, or diseases |
| biped | a creature with two FEET |
| centipede | a creature with 100 FEET |
| impediment | something that STANDS in one's way; an obstacle |
| millipede | a creature with 1,000 FEET |
| pedal | a lever that is moved with one's FOOT |
| peddler | a person who goes from door to door on FOOT trying to sell a product |
| pedestrian | a person who walks across the street on FOOT |
| pedicure | a FOOT treatment that could include soaking the feet and polishing the toenails |
| quadruped | a four-FOOTED creature |
| tripod | a three-FOOTED stand often used to balance a camera |
| emancipate | to set free; to lend a HAND in freeing someone; to release from someone's hands |
| manacles | HANDcuffs |
| manager | a person who has the upper HAND; a person who is in charge of someone or something |
| mandate | an order or command placed in one's HANDS |
| maneuver | to HANDily or skillfully go around something |
| manicure | a treatment for the HANDS and nails |
| manipulate | to skillfully operate by hand |
| manual | a handbook; a book of directions |
| manufacture | to make by hand or by machine; to change raw material into a new product |
| manuscript | a handwritten or typed piece of writing, such as a book |
| circumspect | careful to look at all possibilities before acting; cautious; aware of consequences |
| inspect | to look at carefully in search of flaws |
| introspection | the act of looking into one's own thoughts and feelings |
| perspective | one way of looking at things |
| respect | to look up to someone; to show honor |
| retrospective | looking back at past things |
| spectacle | something displayed for the public to see |
| spectacles | glasses that help someone see better |
| spectator | a person who watches something, such as a sporting event |
| speculate | to look at and think about something from different points of view |
| contradict | to speak against; to say the opposite |
| dictation | what is written down as someone says it |
| dictator | a leader who speaks and rules with total power |
| diction | the manner in which something is expressed in words (written or spoken) |
| dictionary | a reference book in which spoken or written words are defined |
| dictum | a judge's ruling or statement |
| edict | public words issued by an official that explain a law or command |
| indictment | formal words spoken or written by a jury that charge a person with a crime |
| predict | to say what will happen before it occurs |
| verdict | the decision a jury makes in a trial; the decision said by the jury |
| dejected | to feel sad; to feel thrown down in spirit |
| eject | to throw out |
| injection | a shot; the "throwing" of medicine into the body by a needle |
| interjection | a word thrown into a sentence or conversation |
| jettison | to throw goods overboard to lighten the load on a boat or an airplane |
| projectile | an object thrown into the air with great force |
| projector | a machine that throws an image onto a wall |
| reject | to throw something out because it's defective and can't be used again |
| subject | to throw oneself under someone else's rule |
| trajectory | the curved path of an object thrown into space |
| deport | to carry or send away from a country; to banish |
| export | to carry out of the country |
| import | to carry into the country |
| portable | capable of being easily carried |
| portage | the route over which boats and supplies are carried overland from one lake or river to another |
| porter | an attendant who carries travelers' luggage for them |
| portfolio | a case for carrying loose papers |
| report | a collection of writing that carries information to be shared again with someone new |
| support | to carry the weight of something |
| transport | to carry something from one place to another |
| admit | to SEND someone in; to allow someone to enter |
| dismiss | to SEND someone out; to let someone leave |
| emit | to SEND out or give off (such as an odor) |
| intermission | a break between acts of a play or performance during which people are SENT out for snacks or stretch breaks |
| missile | a weapon designed to be SENT in the direction of a target |
| mission | a special duty or function which a person or group is SENT out to do |
| omit | to leave out: to not SEND |
| remit | to SEND back (usually related to paying bills) |
| submit | to "SEND" yourself under someone else's control; to give in to someone else's power |
| transmit | to SEND something across places; to pass along |
| autobiography | WRITING about a person's life WRITTEN by that person |
| autograph | the WRITING of one's own name |
| bibliography | the WRITTEN list of all the books used in a report of book |
| biography | a book WRITTEN about a person's life |
| cartographer | mapmaking; the WRITING involved in making maps or charts |
| homograph | a word WRITTEN the same way as another word but having a different meaning (e.g., bow-hair and bow-ship) |
| paragraph | a section of WRITING that has a topic and concluding sentence |
| phonograph | record player; a device that turns the WRITING on records into sound |
| photography | the use of light to RECORD an image using a camera |
| seismograph | a device that WRITES down (records) the movements of the earth |
| describe | to say or WRITE down how something or someone looks; to use adjectives in WRITING |
| inscription | a short dedication WRITTEN in a book or engraved on something, such as a coin or monument. |
| manuscript | a piece of WRITING; a book |
| postscript | P.S.; a short bit of WRITING added after a letter is finished |
| prescription | a piece of paper WRITTEN by a doctor that lets you get medicine at the pharmacy |
| scribble | sloppy WRITING that is hard to read |
| scribe | a person who WRITES things down |
| script | a set of papers with WRITING that will be read and acted out |
| subscription | a WRITTEN agreement to buy and read a magazine or newspaper for a set period of time |
| transcribe | to WRITE down or record; to translate |
| eject | to throw OUT with force, authority, or influence |
| emit | to send OUT something like a sound or smell |
| erupt | to force OUT or release something; to explode |
| exceed | to go OUT beyond; to be OUTSIDE and beyond what is expected |
| exclude | to leave OUT |
| exhale | to breathe OUT |
| expand | to stretch OUT; to make or become larger |
| extinguish | to put OUT a fire; to bring to an end |
| include | to be a part of; to be a member IN |
| inflate | to put air or gas INTO something; to fill IN with air or gas |
| inhale | to breathe IN |
| inject | to force INTO something; to force fluid IN |
| inspect | to look IN; to look carefully at something |
| inspire | to influence someone IN a positive way or direction; to breather life INTO |
| instruct | to teach; to give knowledge INTO something |
| invite | to ask someone IN |
| accreditation | granting approval or BELIEF in a school |
| credential | a document that proves a person is BELIEVABLE |
| credible | BELIEVABLE; reliable |
| credit | to BELIEVE that someone will do something |
| creditor | a person who BELIEVES that he will be paid back the money that he loaned |
| credulous | tending to BELIEVE too easily; easily convinced: easily fooled |
| creed | a set of religious BELIEFS or principles |
| discredit | to refuse to BELIEVE; to reject as untrue |
| incredible | not BELIEVABLE; improbable; unlikely |
| incredulous | doubting; unwilling or unable to BELIEVE |
Created by:
cscheck
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