to represent with words or pictures

an engraving on a coin or other object

an addition to an already completed letter, article, or book

tending to limit or enclose; restrictive

to write or set down as a rule, order, or direction; to order or advise as a medicine

action or process of picturing in words

to write or engrave on some surface

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Lesson 11

Word Roots

Question	Answer
describe	to represent with words or pictures
prescription	a written order for medicine
inscription	an engraving on a coin or other object
circumscribe	to draw around; to encircle
postscript	an addition to an already completed letter, article, or book
circumscriptive	tending to limit or enclose; restrictive
prescribe	to write or set down as a rule, order, or direction; to order or advise as a medicine
description	action or process of picturing in words
inscribe	to write or engrave on some surface
descriptive	tending to put forth in words