Pelham Public Schools

1. Pelham Public Schools Pelham Middle School/ Pelham Memorial High School Vocabulary “Root of the Week”

2. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: audi- Meaning: HEAR Words: audible audience auditorium audio audit

3. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -auto- Meaning: SELF Words: autograph automatic automobile autonomic autocrat autobiography autonomy

4. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -bell- Meaning: WAR Words: bellicose antebellum belligerent rebellion rebel

5. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: bene-, beni- Meaning: GOOD Words: benefactor beneficial benediction benefit beneficent

6. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -bio- Meaning: LIFE Words: biography biology biome biosphere

7. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -cap- Meaning: HEAD Words: capital capillary captain decapitation capitalism

8. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -cede-, -ceed-, -ceas-, -cess- Meaning: HAPPEN Words: precede proceed antecedent decease cessation cease

9. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -chron- Meaning: TIME Words: chronological chronic chronograph synchronize chronicle

10. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -cide- Meaning: KILL Words: genocide germicide pesticide suicide homicide

11. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -cosm- Meaning: UNIVERSE Words: cosmos cosmic microcosm cosmopolitan cosmonaut

12. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -crat-, -cracy- Meaning: RULE Words: democrat aristocrat theocracy bureaucracy

13. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -cred- Meaning: BELIEVE Words: credible incredible credential incredulous credence

14. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -cryp- Meaning: SECRET Words: cryptic apocryphal crypt cryptographer encrypt

15. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -dem- Meaning: PEOPLE Words: democracy democratic epidemic demographic

16. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -dia- Meaning: ACROSS Words: diameter dialogue diametrically diagonal diagnosis

17. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -dic- Meaning: SPEAK Words: diction indicate dictum dictator benediction contradiction dictionary edict jurisdiction

18. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -dog-, -dox- Meaning: A TEACHING Words: dogma dogmatic orthodox heterodox

19. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -duc-, -duit- Meaning: TO LEAD Words: conduct educate conduit deduction inductive abduction aqueduct

20. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -fac-, -fect-, -fic-, -fy- Meaning: TO MAKE Words: factory manufacture artifact clarify beneficial factor quantify justify

21. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -graph-, -gram- Meaning: WRITE Words: graphite autobiography telegram cladogram demography photograph geography topographical

22. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: hydr- Meaning: WATER Words: hydrant hydrate hydraulic hydrostatic hydra

23. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -ject- Meaning: THROW Words: eject object reject injection projectile trajectory subject

24. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -metr-, -meter- Meaning: MEASURE Words: meter metric kilometer parametric symmetry parameter perimeter

25. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -migr- Meaning: WANDER Words: migrate immigrant emigrate migratory migrant

26. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -mis-, -mit- Meaning: SEND Words: promise missile transmit intermittent emission transmission remission

27. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -morph- Meaning: SHAPE Words: amorphous metamorphic morphology metamorphosis

28. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -phon- Meaning: SOUND Words: phonics phoneme telephone phonograph saxophone symphony

29. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -pol- Meaning: THE STATE Words: police metropolis political policy politics

30. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -port- Meaning: CARRY Words: transport portable deport export portfolio reporter import

31. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -rupt- Meaning: BREAK Words: bankrupt erupt corrupt rupture disrupt

32. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -scrib-, -script- Meaning: WRITE Words: scribble describe inscription scripture scribe transcribe

33. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -spec-, -spic- Meaning: SEE Words: spectacle inspector perspective specimen speculator conspicuous

34. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -tele- Meaning: DISTANT Words: television telephone teleport telegram telephoto

35. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -trans-, -tra-, -tran- Meaning: ACROSS Words: transport transfer tradition transition translate transformation transubstantiation transcendentalism

36. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -voc-, -vok- Meaning: CALL Words: vocal invoke revoke vocabulary vocation

37. Bonus Words Pelham Middle School/ Pelham Memorial High School

38. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -astr-, -aster- Meaning: STAR Words: astral asteroid astronaut astronomy astrology

39. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -form- Meaning: SHAPE Words: conform deform formal formula platform reform transformation inform formation

40. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -log- Meaning: SPEECH THOUGHT Words: dialogue monologue logic logarithm analogy

41. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -micro- Meaning: SMALL Words: microchip microgram microphone microprocessor microbe microeconomics

42. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -not- Meaning: TO NOTE Words: denote notion notation notice notable notary annotation

43. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -scop- Meaning: TO LOOK Words: microscopic telescope horoscope periscope

44. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -tac-, -tag-, -tang-, -teg- Meaning: TOUCH Words: contact contagious tangible integral tactile tangent integer tactile

45. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -vers-, -vert- Meaning: TO TURN Words: reverse invert convert advertisement vertex transversal

46. Pelham’s “Root of the Week” Root: -vis-, -vid- Meaning: TO SEE Words: envision invisible video audiovisual visual visible