Word Parts Greek and Latin root words make-up a significant part of the words in English, so we will learn them, and be able to identifying and understand more complicated vocabulary
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Word PartsGreek and Latin root words make-up a significant part of the words in
English, so we will learn them, and be able to identifying and understand more complicated vocabulary
Rules• Copy the following five entries into the new word part section of your binder and leave
at least ten lines between each entry.• When you have copied them, get a dictionary and look up more examples of words using
these word parts. • Then copy the five most challenging words you find and the meaning of each. It will be
most helpful to find words that clearly incorporate the meaning of the word part.• Finally, as homework, write one sentence for each of the words you defined. • This work will be your ticket to the test in four weeks. • You will receive approximately five new entries each week. When we have twenty word
parts, we will test on those. • I have done all of the work for the first entry for you to model what you should do with
the others.
Week OneWord Part Meaning Words1. Bene- Good Benefit
Benediction n. A blessing. At the end of the service, the minister said the benediction.
Benevolent. adj. expressing good will or kindly thoughts.
He helped the older lady cross the street so I knew he was benevolent.
Beneficiary. N. Person who receives benefits (goods).
Some of my students are beneficiaries on their parent’s life insurance policies.
Beneficial. Adj. Producing a favorable result.
Coming to school each day is beneficial if you want to learn.
Benefactress. N. Woman who gives aid, esp. financial aid.
Oprah is often a benefactress for other women.
2. Circum- Around Circumve 3. Col-, Com-, Con-, Cor- With / Together Collapse, (You do not have to do five words for each, just total for the entry.) Compile
Construct, Correspond4. Contra- Opposed Contradict 5. Equ- Equal Equidistant
Week TwoWord Part Meaning Words
6. Extra- Outside Extralegal 7. Hemi- Half Hemisphere 8. Hyper- Over, Above Hypercritical9. Inter- Between, Among International 10. Intra- Within Intracellular
Week ThreeWord Part Meaning Words
11. Intro- IntoIntrovert
12. Mal- BadMaltreat 13. Mid- Halfway Midday 14. Mis- Wrong Misspell 15. Non- Not Nonworking
Week FourWord Part Meaning Words
16. Pre- Before Predawn
17. Post- After Postpone 18. Retro- Backward/Behind Retroactive 19. Sub- Under/Below Subzero 20. Dys-BadDysfunctional
Week FiveWord Part Meaning Words
21. Ab- Not; Away; absentUp, out abnormal
22. Ad- Motion toward adventnearness to adjoinadolescence
23. Ante- Before; prior to antecedentIn front of anteroom
24. Anti- against; anticensorshipprevents, cures ; antidoteopposite, reverse antimatter
25. Be- around; by about BesetBemoan
Week SixWord Part Meaning Words
26. De- away from; off; deraildown; declinereverse action of defrost
27. Dis- lack of; not; distrust
away dishonest dispatch 28. Em-, En- to get into; on; embark
to make or cause; enfeeblein; into enclose
29. Il-, Im-, In-, Ir- not; in; into immature Investigate 30. Pro- In favor of; Pro-labor
forward; ahead Propel
Week SevenWord Part Meaning Words31. Re- again; back replant
repay 32. Semi- half; partly; semicircle
twice in a period semiannualsemiconscious
33. Super- over and above; superhumanvery large supertanker
34. Trans- across; beyond transatlantictranscend
35. Un- not; reverse of unhappyunfasten
Week Eight: People who do something – 3 wordsWord Part Meaning Words36. -ant Commandant / Occupant37. -eer Auctioneer / Puppeteer 38. –er Manager / Mother / Runner39. -ier Cavalier / Soldier
Boulevardier40. –ist Geologist/Somnambulist41. –ician Beautician / Statistician42. –or Counselor / Executor 42.5 -ee amputee / absentee
Week NineWord Part Meaning Words
43. Anthrop Human Anthropology44. Ast, Aster Star Asterisk45. Auto Self; Alone Automobile46. Bibl Book Bibliography47. Chron Time Chronology 48. Dem People Democracy
Week Ten – you can start ‘making up’ words with other word partsWord Part Meaning Words49. Crat, Crac Govern Democracy
Democracy—government by the peopleAutocratic – Self-governed/government by one bodyTheocracy—government by the church (theo=god)Plutocracy—government by the wealthy (Pluto=wealth because of Hades)Aristocracy—government by one familyBureaucracy—government by non-elected officialsBureaucrat—non-elected official who governs
50. Bio Life BiologyBiohazardBioastronautics—study of the effects of space travel (to the stars) on living organisms.BiogenesisBiogenetic researchAutobiographer
51. Gen Birth/Race/ Origins/BeginningsGeneration gap
AutoregenerationGenesis
Word Part Meaning Words52. Geo Earth Geothermometer
Geographer—someone who writes about the earth.GeometryGeochronometry—measurement of the earth’s time
53. Graph/Gram Write Grammar/ paragraphGeographer—someone who writes about the earth.SonogramGraphology—study of handwritingGraphic novelistElectrocardiogramBiographyTelegram/ Telegraph
54. Hydr Water Hydrogen
HydrobiologyHydrogeologyHyrdrometerHydrothermal
Week ElevenWord Part Meaning Words
55. Log Word, Reason DialogueMonologue, logical
56. Logy Study of Geology57. Metr/Meter Measure Barometer58. Neo New Neophyte59. Nom/Nym Name, Word, Law Economic
Week TwelveWord Part Meaning Words60. Ortho Straight, Correct Orthodontist61. Pan All; entire Panorama62. Phil Love Philosopher
Phobiaphilia63. Phobia Fear Hippophobia
Arachnophobia Thermophobia BibliophobiaAmbulophobia Anuptaphobia MusophobiaSomnophobia Gehryrophobia PedaphobiaPhilophobia Chorophobia Ergophobia Neophobia Verbophobia TheophobiaClaustrophobia Acrophobia ZoophobiaCynophobia Necrophobia AichmophobiaXenophobia Papryophobia DentophobiaNornatophobia TonsuraphobiaScriptophobiadonophobia Didaskaleinophobia Panophobia
64. Phon Sound Phonograph
Week ThirteenWord Part Meaning Words
66. Psych Mind; Soul Psychology67. Scope See Telescope68. Soph Wise, Wisdom Sophisticated 69. Tele Far; Distant Television70. Theo God Theology
Week FourteenWord Part Meaning Words71. Therm Heat ThermometerSAMPLE ENTRY:Geothermometer - instrument to measure the temperature/heat of the earth.If I am a geologist, I may need to use a geothermometer if a volcano is imminent.72. Capt / Capit Take; Hold;
Seize; Head Capture73. Cede/Ceed/Cess Go; Yield; Give Away Recession Proceed(HINT: USE PRIOR WORD PARTS to construct some easy to learn words: Inter/ Pro/ Re / Con)74. Cred Believe Credit; Creed75. Dic; Dict Speak; Say;Tell Dictionary;
Dictation
Week Fifteen Word Part Meaning Words76. Mob;Mot Mov Move Automobile77. Mit; Miss Send Transmit; Submissive78. Fer Carry Transfer; Refer; Ferry79. Ject Throw; Hurl Inject; Reject80. Duc; Duct;Duce Lead Induce; Conductor81. Puls Throb; Urge Pulsate; Repulsive
Week SixteenWord Part Meaning Words82. Fac; Fec; Foc; Fic Do; Make Fiction; Factory83. Par;Pair Get Ready Prepare; Repair84. Junct Join Conjunction; Injunction85. Port Carry; Opening Portable; Airport86. Pon; Pos; Impose; Posit Place; Put Reposition; Component87. Scrib, Script Write Transcribe; Subscription
Week SeventeenWord Part Meaning Words
88. Spec, Spic Look;See Spectacle;Conspicuous
89. Stat Stand; Put in Place Statue90. Ten Stretch; Hold Tendon91. Tract Pull; Move Tractor92. Ven, Vent Come Convention
Event87. Scrib, Script Write Transcribe
Week EighteenWord Part Meaning Words
93. Vers, Vert Turn Invert; Versatile
(Con, Re, Sub)94. Vid, Vis See Video; Vista95. Voc, Vok Call Invoke; Vocation
(Pro,In, Re)96. Vol Wish Volunteer
(Bene, Mal, In,)97. Volv Roll Revolver
(In, E, tion)
Week NineteenWord Part Meaning Words
•98. Cycl Turn; Wheel Recycle; Unicycle•99. Mem Remember Memorial;
Memoir•100. Clude Shut Include; Clus Conclusion•101. Rupt Break; Burst Disrupt;
Interrupt•102. Manu Hand Manufacture;
Manuscript
Week TwentyWord Part Meaning Words
•103. Sect Divide; Cut Dissect; Section• 104. Pens Pay Expense;
Compensation•105. Pend Hang Suspend; Depend•106. NumerNumber Numerous; Numeral •107. Prim First Primary; Primate
This is the last set for the fifth test! Get busy!
Week Twenty OneWord Part Meaning Words
108. Macro large, long Macrocosm109. Micro small; minute Microphone110. Eu Good; Well; Eugenics
Advantageous Euphemism111. A (An) Not; Without Amoral112. Mono One; Single;Alone Monarchy
Week Twenty-Two Word Part Meaning Words
113. Poly Many Polygamy114. Tomy (Tom) Cutting Anatomy
Operation of incision115. Pod Foot Anthropod116. Homo Like; Homochromatic
One and the same 117. Hetero Different Heterogeneous
Week Twenty-ThreeWord Part Meaning Words
118. Commun Common Excommunicate119. Serv Save; keep Preservation 120. Rad Ray Radiance121. Aer Air Aeronautics122. Press Force Pressurize
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