Transcript Red Hot Root Words Lesson 5: cir, circum; peri

Red Hot Root Words
Lesson 5: cir, circum; peri
cir, circum
around
peri
around,
surrounding,
near
circuit
a journey
around; a route;
a revolving
circulatory
going in a
circuit; circular
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circumnavigate
to sail around
circumstance
• The condition surrounding
or related to an event
circumvent
to go
around or
bypass
period
an interval
between
certain
happenings
periodic
happening at
regular intervals;
happening from
time to time
circumspect
careful to avoid
inappropriate
behavior;
cautious
periphery
the outer
boundary of
something
periscope
an instrument
for seeing
around things