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Word Roots B2 Word Parts and Vocabulary
Word Roots B2
Vocabulary and Word Parts
Level Activities Focus
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81 Activity Pages
110Vocab Parts
LatinGreekAnglo Saxon
acouaesthagonagoranemantharcharct
asperbar
branchicant
cephalcinct
cinemacinercoll
combuscryo
crysculpcuss
dactyldogdoxecheoergestheu
felicfluflucfolifortglacglossglot
glottgreghierholholohypnichthykinelavlithlu
magnmedimelanmnemmnesmoll
morphnarc
orthoxoxy
paleopaterpatrpendpenspepspeptpetrphagphysiphytplacplatyponpter
purpurgpyr
pyretsecsecuselensequsicc
somnsphygmsphyxstasstat
statissurg
surrecttach
tenthesthettmetometomy
traumattrophtrudtrustumturburg
vermviscxeroxyl
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Word Roots B2 Table of Contents
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION............................................................................... iii
Definitions.of.Root,.Prefix,.and.Suffix............................................. iii
How.to.Do.the.Activities....................................................................iv
Pretest/Posttest...................................................................................vi
Warm-Up.Activity:..Thinking.About.Meaning.................................vii
EXERCISES..........................................................................................1
Extension.Worksheets.......................................................................62
Independent.Study.............................................................................79
ANSWER KEY....................................................................................83
DICTIONARY.....................................................................................95
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DIRECTIONS: In Column A, identify the parts of each word by circling roots and then underlining prefixes and suffixes. Match each word to its correct meaning from Column B.
Word Roots B2 Exercises
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PREFIX
a- away, from; not, without
di- two
en- in, into
meta- beyond, change
ROOT
cephal/cephalo
head, brain
morph form
thorax chest
SUFFIX
-ic like, related to
-itis inflammation
-ology study of, science
-osis condition
-ous having the quality of
COLUMN A
1. d i m o r p h i c
2. c e p h a l i c 3. m o r p h o l o g y
4. m e t a m o r p h o s i s 5. a m o r p h o u s 6. e n c e p h a l i t i s 7. c e p h a l o t h o r a x
COLUMN B
a. a complete change of character, appearance, condition, etc.
b. the study of the form and structure of organismsc. fused head and thorax of an arachnid or higher
crustaceand. without definite form; shapelesse. of, or relating to the headf. occurring or existing in two different forms g. inflammation of the brain
DIRECTIONS: Choose the best word from Column A for each sentence. Use each word only once.
1. The _____________ lab is analyzing the skeletal remains found during excavation.
2. The windstorm produced an ____________ cloud of dust.
3. The Douglas fir is a ____________ species of evergreen tree.
4. Muscular weakness, apathy, and profound lethargy are symptoms of _____________.
5. Anthropologists use a special index in determining the _____________ measurements of evolutionary man.
6. ______________ is typical of all shrimp, lobsters, and crabs.
7. Brenda’s ____________ from a shy and awkward teenager to an accomplished journalist was quite impressive.
FOCUS: cephal/cephalo, morph
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