Latin roots - 1st list

The root word ab means

• away from

• people

• toward

• bad

The root word auto means

• car

• self

• bad

• ruler

The root word demos means

• away

• all

• evil

• people

The root word ex means

• from, out of

• under

• former

• old

The root word mal means

• bad

• good

• ugly

• scary

The root word pan means

• some

• all

• everyone

• cook

The root word sub means

• over

• on

• under

• teacher

The tsar abdicated the throne. Abdicate means

• to throw in a ditch

• to give away

• to give to the people

• to cry over

The pilot put the plane on autopilot. Autopilot means

• to have an imposter fly

• to rule

• to operate by itself

• a flying car

The U.S. is a representative democracy. Democracy means

• a dictatorship

• one ruler

• a bad system of government

• government of and by the people