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Root word review

Root word review. Are you able to: Recite the definition of each root/prefix/suffix? Give an example of a word that uses each root/prefix/suffix? Use the example in a sentence, showing the meaning of the root? Create a mnemonic device for each root – one that works for you?. Anthrop

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Root word review

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  1. Root word review • Are you able to: • Recite the definition of each root/prefix/suffix? • Give an example of a word that uses each root/prefix/suffix? • Use the example in a sentence, showing the meaning of the root? • Create a mnemonic device for each root – one that works for you?

  2. Anthrop human, man Anthropology

  3. Belli war (or, war-like) belligerent, bellicose

  4. Brev short brief, brevity, abbreviate

  5. Cred believe credo, credit, credulous, credibility, credible

  6. Culpa guilt culpability, culprit

  7. Derm skin dermatologist, epidermis, hypodermic

  8. Duc/duct Lead or pull deduce, induce, conduct, induct, conductor

  9. Ego self egotist, egomaniac

  10. Fac to make, or to do factory, manufacture, benefactor

  11. Jud/jur/jus judge judicial, justice, jury, adjudicate

  12. Luc/lum light lucid, elucidate, illuminate

  13. Mega great or large Megalopolis, megabyte

  14. Ocu eye Ocular, binoculars

  15. Ortho straight, or correct orthodontist, orthodox, orthopedic

  16. Poly Many Polygon, polygamy

  17. Rect straight, upright rectangle, rectify

  18. The/theo god, deity theology, monotheistic, polytheistic, atheism

  19. Urb city suburb, urban

  20. Vir man, manliness virtue, virtuoso, virus

  21. Vac empty vacation, vacuum, vacant

  22. Prefixes Ante before antecedent, ante-bellum, antechamber

  23. Counter against Counterproductive, counterstrike

  24. Dys ill, bad dysfunctional, dysentery

  25. Hyper over hypersensitive, hyperactive

  26. Inter between interstate, intervene

  27. Intra/intro within Introspective, intrastate, intramural

  28. Micro small microscope, microbe, microeconomics

  29. Pseudo false pseudonym, pseudoscience

  30. Trans across Transatlantic, transcontinental, transient

  31. Suffixes Hood the property of being brotherhood, sisterhood, knighthood, neighborhood

  32. Ic having to do with dramatic, scientific, linguistics

  33. Ify/if to make, or to become Purify, humidify, solidify

  34. Logy study of biology, geology, etymology

  35. Ure state of, or act of exposure, rupture, legistlature

  36. Root word review • Are you able to: • Recite the definition of each root/prefix/suffix? • Give an example of a word that uses each root/prefix/suffix? • Use the example in a sentence, showing the meaning of the root? • Create a mnemonic device for each root – one that works for you?

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