Greek & Latin Roots I

What does the root CONTRA or COUNTER mean?

• with

• sick

• bad

• against

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

What does it mean to COUNTER BALANCE something?

• offset it

• remove it

• worship it

• destroy it

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What does it mean to CONTRADICT something someone said?

• to support

• to agree with

• to say the opposite

• to find fault in

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is CONTRABAND?

• illegal goods brought into a country

• foreign food

• a type of wedding ring

• a cultural musical group

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What does the root CIRCUM mean?

• without

• calculate

• around

• oblong

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

What does it mean to CIRCUMVENT something?

• to go under

• to go over

• to go through

• to go around it/avoid it

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is CIRCUMFERENCE?

• a knight

• a recipe

• a pie

• a measurement

What is CIRCUMSTANCE?

• a sad narrative

• the situation surrounding someone

• a weakness

• a strength

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does DICT mean?

• to read

• to hear

• to say

• to plant

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

What does it mean to PREDICT something?

• to tell about the future

• to understand

• to succeed

• to fail miserably

Tags

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C