Transcript Greek / Latin Word Parts - White River High School

Greek / Latin Word Parts
Using Greek and Latin word parts to understand /
decode new vocabulary
Take out your notebook, paper, writing utensil, this
will go in your Vocabulary section of your notebook
TAKE OUT YOUR HOMEWORK FROM LAST
WEEK AND LAY IT ON YOUR DESK SO
SCHUSTER CAN CHECK IT.
Instructions for homework and study
expectations for new vocabulary
 Copy the following five entries into the new word part
section of your binder and leave at least four 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 two most challenging words you
find and the definition 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.
Instructions for homework and study
expectations for new vocabulary
 Ultimately, you should be able to know the
word part itself, its meaning, and to use your
knowledge of these words to define / decode
specific (possibly unknown) words later.
There will be periodic assessements on the
entire list as well as a summative assessment
on all of the words.
 You will receive approximately five new
entries each week. Every Tuesday we will
have a quiz on these word parts.
Root Word – Week One
 NOTE: I have done all of the work for the first entry for you to
model what you should do with the others.
 Word Part
Meanings
Words
 1. 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.
Root Word – Week One Con’t
Word Part
Meanings
Words
2. Circum-
Around
Circumvent
3. Col-, Com-,
Con-, Cor-
With / Together
Collapse,
Compile,
Construct,
Correspond
4. Contra-
Opposed
Contradict
5. Equ-
Equal
Equidistant
Root Word – Week Two
Word Part
Meanings
Words
6. Extra-
Outside
Extralegal
7. Hemi-
Half
Hemisphere
8. Hyper-
Over, Above
Hypercritical
9. Inter-
Between, Among
International
10. Intra-
Within
Intracellular
Root Word – Week Three
Word Part
Meanings
Words
11. Intro-
Into
Introvert
12. Mal-
Bad
Maltreat
13. Mid-
Halfway
Midday
14. Mis-
Wrong
Misspell
15. Non-
Not
Nonworking
Root Word – Week Four
Word Part
Meanings
Words
16. Pre-
Before
Predawn
17. Post-
After
Postpone
18. Retro-
Backward/Behind
Retroactive
19. Sub-
Under/Below
Subzero
20. Dys-
Bad
Dysfunctional
Root Word – Week Five
Word Part
Meanings
Words
21. Vid/vis
see
video
22. Derm
skin
dermatologist
23. Neg
no,negative
negate
24. Sect
cut
dissect
25. Struct
build
construct
Root Word – Week Six
Word Part
Meanings
Words
26. De-
away from; off;
reverse action of
derail;
decline
27. Dis-
lack of; not; away
distrust;
dishonest
28. Em-, En-
to get into; on;
to make or cause;
embark
enclose
29. Il-, Im-, In-, Ir-
not; in; into
immature
Investigate
30. Pro-
In favor of;
forward; ahead
Pro-labor
Propel
Root Word – Week Seven
Word Part
Meanings
Words
31. Re-
again; back
replant
repay
32. Semi-
half; partly;
twice in a period
semicircle
semiannual
semiconscious
33. Super-
over and above;
very large
superhuman
supertanker
34. Trans-
across; beyond
transatlantic;
transcend
35. Un-
not; reverse of
unhappy; unfasten
Root Word – Week Eight
The following are Suffixes that all refer to Someone Who Does or Is
Something
Word Part
36. -ant
37. –eer, -ee
38. –er
39. -ier
40. –ist
41. –ician
42. –or
Words
Commandant /Occupant
Auctioneer / Puppeteer/employee
Manager / Mother / Runner
Cavalier / Soldier
Geologist/Somnambulist
Beautician / Statistician
Counselor / Executor
Root Word – Week Nine
Word Part
Meanings
Words
43. Anthrop-
Human
Anthropology
44. Ast-, Aster-
Star
Asterisk
45. Auto-
Self; Alone
Automobile
BONUS:
-Naut
Sailor
Argonaut
Astronaut
Root Word – Week Ten
Word Part
Meanings
Words
46. Bibl-
Book
Bibliography
47. Chrono-
Time
Chronology
48. Dem-
People
Democracy
49. Crat-, Crac-
Govern
Democracy
50. Bio-
Life
Biology
Biohazard
Root Word – Week Ten Con’t
Democracy—government by the people
Autocratic – Self-governed/government by one body
Theocracy—government by the church (theo=god)
Plutocracy—government by the wealthy (Pluto=wealth
because of Hades (mythological god of the underworld)
Roman name Pluto: because of the wealth of items (silver,
gold, diamonds, etc.) found in the earth, he was thought to
be wealthy.)
Aristocracy—government by one family
Bureaucracy—government by non-elected officials
Bureaucrat—non-elected official who governs
Root Word – Week Eleven
Word Part
Meanings
Words
51. Gen-
Birth/Race/
Origins/Beginnings
Generation;
Autoregeneration
53. Geo-
Earth
Geologist
53. Graph-/Gram-
Write
Grammar/
paragraph
54. Hydr-; Aqua-
Water
Hydrogen; Aquaduct
(greek); (latin)
55. Log; logue
Word, Reason
Dialogue
Root Word – Week Twelve
Word Part
Meanings
Words
56. -Logy
Study of
Geology
57. Metr-/Meter-
Measure
Barometer
58. Neo -
New
Neophyte
59. Nom/Nym
Name, Word, Law
Economic
60. Ortho
Straight, Correct
Orthodontist
Root Word – Week Thirteen
Word Part
Meanings
Words
61. Pan
All; entire
Panorama
62. Phil
Love
Philosopher
Phobiaphilia
63. Phobia
Fear
Hippophobia
Ambulophobia
Gehryrophobia
Ergophobia
Claustrophobia
Necrophobia
Dentophobia
donophobia
Arachnophobia
Anuptaphobia
Pedaphobia
Neophobia
Acrophobia
Aichmophobia
Nornatophobia
Didaskaleinophobia
Thermophobia
Musophobia
Philophobia
Verbophobia
Zoophobia
Xenophobia
Tonsuraphobia
Panophobia
Bibliophobia
Somnophobia
Chorophobia
Theophobia
Cynophobia
Papryophobia
Scriptophobia
64. Phon-
Sound
Phonograph
65. Psych-
Mind; Soul
Psychology
Root Word – Week Fourteen
Word Part
Meanings
Words
66. Scope
See
Telescope
67. Soph-
Wise, Wisdom
Sophisticated
68. Tele-
Far; Distant
Television
69. Theo-
God
Theology
70. Therm-
Heat
Thermometer
Root Word – Week Fifteen
Word Part
Meanings
Words
71. Capt- / Capit-
Take; Hold;
Seize; Head
Capture
72. -Cede; -Ceed
-Cess
Go; Yield; Give Away
Recession
Proceed
73. Cred-
Believe
Credit; Creed
74. Dic-; Dict-
Speak; Say;Tell
Dictionary;
Dictation
75. Mob-;Mot-; Mov-
Move
Automobile
Root Word – Week Sixteen
Word Part
Meanings
Words
76. Mit; Miss
Send
Transmit;
Submissive
77. Fer-
Carry
Transfer; Refer;
78. -Ject
Throw; Hurl
Inject; Reject
79. Duc; Duct; Duce
Lead
Induce;
Conductor
80. Puls
Throb; Urge
Pulsate;
Repulsive
Root Word – Week Seventeen
Word Part
Meanings
Words
80. Audi
Hear
Audible
81. Manu
Hand
Manual
82. Ocu
Eye
Ocular
83. Path
Feeling
Sympathy
84. Scrib/Script
write
Scribble
85. Sol
alone
Solitary
Root Word – Week Eighteen
Word Part
Meanings
Words
86. Ab-
Not; Away;
Up, out
absent
abnormal
87. Ad-
Motion toward;
nearness to
advent
adjoin
88. Ante-
Before; prior to
In front of
antecedent
anteroom
89. Anti-
against; prevents,
opposite, reverse,
anticensorship
antimatter
90. Be-
around; by about
beset
Root Word – Week Nineteen
Word Part
Meanings
Words
91. –al; -ic
Relating to
original, natural
historic, poetic
92. Ambi-
both
ambidextrous
93. -arium
place of
solarium
aquarium
94. Corp
body
corpse
corporation
95. Hypo-
too little; under
hypothyroid
Root Word – Week Twenty
And YES… this is the last week!
Word Part
Meanings
Words
96. -dom
state/
quality of
kingdom
freedom
97. –ile
state/
quality of
docile
agile
98. –ism
state/
quality of
plagiarism
criticism
99. Frac-; Frag
break
fragment
fracture
100. Hypo-
denoting an
action or resulting
state
enjoyment
refreshment
management