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Greek and Latin Roots

Greek and Latin Roots. 7 th Grade. What is a root word?. act. Meaning: do Examples: activity, react, active, actor, activist, counteract. aud. Meaning: hear Examples: audio, audience, audiovisual, auditorium, audition. bio. Meaning: life, living matter

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Greek and Latin Roots

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  1. Greek and Latin Roots 7th Grade

  2. What is a root word?

  3. act • Meaning: do • Examples: activity, react, active, actor, activist, counteract

  4. aud • Meaning: hear • Examples: audio, audience, audiovisual, auditorium, audition

  5. bio • Meaning: life, living matter • Examples: biography, autobiography, biology, biosphere, biome, biodegradable

  6. cred • Meaning: believe • Example: credence, credulous, incredulous, incredible, credit,

  7. dem • Meaning: people • Examples: democracy, demographic, epidemic, demagogue

  8. dict • Meaning: speak • Examples: contradict, prediction, dictate, predict, verdict

  9. geo • Meaning: earth, soil, global • Examples: geography, geology, geometry, geode, geocentric

  10. graph • Meaning: writing, written • Examples: graphology, autograph, seismograph, graphic, graphite

  11. loc • Meaning: place • Examples: dislocate, location, relocate, locomotion, allocate

  12. man • Meaning: hand • Examples: maneuver, manual, manuscript, manufacture, manacle

  13. ped • Meaning: foot, feet • Examples: pedal, pedestrian, pedicure, impede, centipede

  14. pop • Meaning: people • Examples: popular, population, populist, populace, popularize

  15. port • Meaning: carry • Examples: export, portable, porter, report, transportation

  16. sign • Meaning: sign, mark, seal • Examples: signal, signature, design, insignia, significant

  17. spec • Meaning: see, look • Examples: circumspect, retrospective, spectator, spectacular, speculate

  18. tract • Meaning: pull, drag • Examples: attract, distract, tractor, extract, contract

  19. vid • Meaning: see • Examples: video, evident, provide, providence

  20. volv • Meaning: turn about, roll, bend • Examples: revolve, revolver, voluble, convolution, evolve, involve

  21. Root Word Trees • Choose a root word. • Write the root word and its meaning on the trunk of the tree. • Include at least four leaves with words containing that root word. • Include one leaf with an illustration that demonstrates the meaning of the root word. • Make it look nice! They will line our walls.

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