Greek & Latin Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes Lesson 1

Pictures or words painted or drawn on a wall, train car, or building, etc...

• autograph

• graffiti

• foolish

• irrational

An outdated system of sending messages over long distances by using wires and electrical signals

• negative

• abnormal

• telegraph

• announce

The signature of a famous person

• nonverbal

• erratic

• automatic

• autograph

Not present or real; not existing

• nonexistent

• ghostly

• vacant

• nonverbal

Not involving words; not able to speak

• nonexistent

• nonverbal

• keep quiet

• announce

Not normal or usual; not following the usual rules about what should be done; not regular in form or shape.

• weird

• nonuniform

• irregular

• misshapen

A part of a piece of writing that deals with one subject, begins on a new line, and is made up of one or more sentences.

• story

• subdivision

• passage

• paragraph

Not important or relating to what is being discussed right now

• unrelated

• irrelevant

• inapposite

• peripheral

Not thinking clearly; not able to use reason or good judgment

• illogical

• baseless

• unreliable

• irrational

A shiny, black substance that is used in pencils

• charcoal

• ink

• graphite

• coal