Roots - Latin & Greek

The dictation function on your phone allows you to

• say your text message

• send your text message

• join your text message

• believe your text message

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The prefix ana means against or wrong. An anachronism is

• something that is wrong for your beliefs.

• something that is wrong for or does not fit in a time period.

• something that is wrong for humanity.

• something that is wrong to pour out.

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The suffix -ician indicates a person skilled or involved in a subject or activity. A mortician is a

• person quliafied to practice medicine

• person whose job is to style hair, manicure nails, and administer beauty treatments

• person who performs magic tricks

• person who prepares dead bodies for burial or cremation

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Anthropomorphism is

• attributing human characteristics to something not human

• believing or trusting in something unbelievable

• forcing or squeezing something to death

• saying or speaking the truth

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The root word in synonym is nym. The root means

• to send

• to write

• name

• time

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

The prefix dis means not or the opposite of.

If you discredit something you

• give it life

• cause its death

• make it not believable (make it seem false or unreliable)

• release it from pressure caused by squeezing

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Someone's comportment is

• his enthusiasm or heart for a project

• the way he carries himself

• his skill at writing

• his willingness to join others

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

The root meter means “measurement.” A photometer is an instrument for measuring

• light

• time

• life

• force

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Based on its root, the word bellicose probably means

• written

• thrown

• combative

• full of life

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Which root means to push or to drive?

• gram

• dict

• geo

• puls

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B