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Lessons 1-8
All roots, prefixes, suffixes, and extra roots I have taught you
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| vis | see |
| spect | look |
| re | again or back |
| super | big and above |
| audi | listening, hearing |
| phon | sounds |
| prefix in as in inaudible means | not |
| words ending in ly are what part of speech? | adverbs |
| suffixes orium or arium mean | place |
| terra in the word terrarium means | earth |
| aqua in the word aquarium means | water |
| planet in the word planetarium means | planet |
| solar in the word solarium means | sun |
| voc means | to call, words, voice |
| in the word vocabulary voc means | words |
| avocation is a person's | hobby |
| vocation is a person's | job |
| dict | to speak or say |
| dictionary is called a dictionary because? | a dictionary tells you how to speak or say words - it has a pronunciation |
| the prefix pre means | before |
| a prefix is called a prefix because you do what | affix a prefix to a root word |
| predict means to | say beforehand or tell in advance before seeing something or reading something |
| scrib/scrip means | written - write |
| graph means | written or write |
| graphite is | lead - like the lead in your pencil that allows you to write |
| post as in the word postscript | after - a written note after a signature in a letter (postscript is usually abbreviated PS) |
| post means | after as in a post game show - it comes after |
| para means | beside as in the words paragraph or parallel or paralyzed |
| bio means | life |
| geo means | earth |
| auto means | self |
| sub means | under or below |
| trans means | across as in the word transcribe or transcontinental (transcontinental railroad went across the continental US) |
| poly means | many as in the word polygon or polygraph (a polygraph is a lie detector and you are asked many true or false questions and answer are graphed) |
| cartography means | the making (writing) of maps |
| soci means | a group of people |
| mem means | remembering |
| social studies is called social studies because | you study various social groups - usually entire countries or cultures |
| association and society both mean | an organization of people with similar interests |
| anti means | against |
| contra means | against |
| contradict means | speak or say against |
| dis means | apart as in dismiss - to send apart from someone |
| rupt as in the word disrupt means | to tear - to tear apart (a student disrupts class) tears the flow of instruction apart) |
| ist at the end of a word means | Person |
| or/er at the end of a word means | person as in teacher, doctor, advisor, reader, writer, etc. |
| psych means | mind as in the word psychology |
| psychology means | the study of the mind |
| the suffix logy means | the science or the study of |
| the suffix logist means | the person who does the studying as in biologist |
| anim as in the word animal or the genre anime means | life or bring to life |
| paleo as in the word paleontology means | fossils |
| prefix de means | down, off of, or undo |
| delete means | undo |
| descend means | go down |
| derail means | off of as in a train going off the tracks or student becoming derailed in their efforts |
| ject means | to throw as in the word dejected (feeling as if someone has thrown you down) downhearted, sad |
| reject means | throw back again - reject the offer or the invitation, etc. |
| tract means | pull as in the word tractor |
| detract | means pull down or off of as in detract your attention - to pull it off of |
| vert means | turn as in vertebrae |
| revert means | turn back again - if you revert to your old ways you turn back again to what you were once doing |
| subtract is called subtract because | you pull a number from underneath another number when you write a subtraction problem. |
| project means - when you say it with the sound of long o | to throw your voice as in performers on a stage might need a microphone to help project their voice to the entire audience |
| project means - when you say it with a short o sound | to throw forward something that you have created for other to look at, work with, see, etc. as in a science project. |
| words that end in sion or tion are usually what part of speech? | nouns |
| the prefix pro means | up or forward |
| prospect means (2 meanings)! | it has two meanings: prospect for gold - look for and look forward to something as in the prospect of summer vacation or a special event on the weekend |
| envision means | your mind's eye - to see with your mind, in your mind - envision a hot fudge sundae or a character etc. |
| tele means | distance as in telephone or telegraph, sounds or writing at a distance |
| ex means | out |
| the prefix com means | together as in committee - people working together, a companion someone you are together with, etc |
| the word compare | 2 put two items together to check for similarities |
| sym means | together as in sympathy - together with feelings as in sympathy card |
| symphony | lots of people playing together to make sounds as in a symphony orchestra |
| pathos means | feelins as in empathy - knowing how someone else feels, or sympathy, or apathetic (no feeling one way or another) |
| medi means | middle as in median of the road or the middle number as in math |
| Mediterranean Sea is called this by the ancient Greeks because it was the | middle earth sea - during this period in history |
| auditory means | as in the auditory canal or auditory nerve - allow you to hear |
| ible and able at the end of a words means | able to be as is audible (able to be heard) breakable (ability or able to be broken) |
| number prefix bi means | two as in bicycyle or bifocal |
| mono means | one as in monopoly or moneran or monacle |
| micro means | tiny as in microscope which allows you to see tiny things |
| ped means | feet or foot as in biped - two footed (humans are bipeds) |
| pedestrian means | person who walks on foot |
| the number prefix tri means | three as in tricycle or triangle, etc |
| the number quad means | four as in quadrangle or quadraplegic (person who has lost the use of all four limbs) |
| the root lumin means | light as in the word illuminate |
| the root photo means | light as in photograph - written with light |
| the root di means | apart as in the word divide - take something apart |
| digest as in digestion or digest food is called this because | when your stomach digests food it is taking it apart - breaking it down. |
| arthro means | joints as in the words arthropod or arthritis |
| the prefix in can mean | into or not depending on the word - incorrect - means not correct, into |
| the prefix im can mean | in or not as in the words import - into a country or improper - not proper |
| projectile means | thrown forward or thrown up as in a missle is a projectile |
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dsweredoski
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