GREEK/LATIN WORD PARTS

GREEK/LATIN WORD PARTSPREFIXES

ab/ad/ac/af/al/ap/as/at/ag – toward, to, near,

inante – before; in front ofdis – apart; away from;

depriveef/ex/ec – away from;out our out of; from; formerco/com/con/cor – with;

together; jointlyambi/amphi – both;

aroundun – not; without

SUFFIXES

ant – one that performs an

action or process; thing that is acted

upon

tion – condition of; result; state of

ROOTS

cede – to go; to move

rupt – to break; to burst

tract – draw

1. To draw out or remove:

A. distract

B. extract

C. contract

D. distraction

2. What does the morpheme “rupt” mean?

A. to go, move

B. to draw

C. to break or burst

D. to run

3. Someone who intrudes and disturbs your conversation is…

A. constructive

B. construction

C. disruptive

D. disruption

4. What is the literal meaning of “antecedent”?

A. before noon

B. after noon

C. one that goes before

D. one that goes after

5. If “re” means “back, again”, which word means “to go back”?

A. concede

B. recede

C. proceed

D. excede

6. “Ambi” and “amphi” mean:

1. one

2. friend

3. frog

4. both

7. What is an animal that lives in water and on land?

A. ambidextrous

B. ambient

C. amphitheater

D. amphibian

Some of these called vehicles are used to take people on tours of Boston harbor AND the streets of Boston…If you’ve done this, you’ve been on a duck tour. What are these vehicles?

Amphibious vehicles!

When a dentist pulls out a tooth…

He is….…Extracting the tooth…

…the literal meaning of extract is…

A person who engages in combat could be called a…

Hint: think “military” and what is the suffix for “one who engages in”???

A militant

Military + ‘ant’ suffix

The Latin propius means ‘nearer’

And the prefix ‘ap’ means ‘toward’

What word means to move nearer to?

Hint: She is “ap_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ her due date.”