Word Study Review

an outdated system of sending messages over long distances by using wires and electrical cables

• irrational

• nonexistent

• telegraph

a person who had a job or position before someone else, something that comes before something else.

• reporter

• predecessor

not present or real; not existing

• nonexistent

• paragraph

• telegraph

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

• irregular

• irrational

• paragraph

not important or relating to what is being discussed right now

• irregular

• irrelevant

• graphite

a shiny, black substance that is used in pencils

• graphite

• autograph

• irrational

What does the root GRAPH mean?

• to exercise

• to write

What do the prefixes IR, IM, IN, IL, and NON mean?

• not

• yes

a paper copy of a document or picture that is made with a special machine

• photocopy

• incapable

• imbalance

a long piece of music that is usually in four large, separate sections and is performed by an orchestra or band

• physician

• symphony