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Roots-Greek & Latin
roots (examples) - meanings
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aud (auditorium, audition, audience, audible, audiovisual) | hear |
| astro (astronaut, astronomy, asterisk, asteroid, astrology) | star |
| bio (biology, biography, biochemistry) | life |
| cept (intercept, accept, reception) | take |
| dict (dictation, dictate, predict, contradict, dictator) | speak or tell |
| geo (geography, geology, geometry, geophysics) | earth |
| graph (autograph, biography, photograph) | write |
| ject (eject, reject, projectile, inject) | throw |
| meter (thermometer, barometer, centimeter, diameter) | measure |
| min (miniature, minimum, minimal) | little or small |
| mit or mis (mission, transmit, missile, dismiss, submit) | send |
| ped (pedal, pedestal, pedestrian) | foot |
| phon (telephone, symphony, microphone, phonics, phoneme, phonograph) | sound |
| port (transport, portable, import, export, porter) | carry |
| rupt (disrupt, erupt, rupture, interrupt, bankrupt) | break |
| scrib or script (scribble, scribe, inscribe, describe, prescribe) | write |
| spect (inspect, suspect, respect, spectacle, spectator) | see |
| struct (construct, destruct, instruct, structure) | build or form |
| tele (telephone, telegraph, teleport) | from afar |
| tract (traction, tractor, attract, subtract, extract) | pull |
| vers (reverse, inverse) | turn |
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