Root Word Review 2023

Match the following terms and definitions.

• mother

• loqu/locut

• speak; talk

• pac/plac

• war, fight, fighting

• patri/patern

• calm, peace, please

• matri/matern

• father

• bell

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

​ ​ ​ (a)   means a word to describe someone as talkative.

• Loquacious
• Colloquial
• Soliloquy
• Eloquent

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

​ ​ ​ (a)   means to speak in an informal way.

• Colloquial
• Soliloquy
• Eloquent
• Loquacious

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (a)   means clearly expressing something in speech or writing.

• Eloquent
• Soliloquy
• Loquacious
• Colloquial

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

If someone is on stage in a play and is speaking to themselves, we would say they are performing a(n) ​ (a)   .

• soliloquy
• eloquent
• colloquial
• loquacious

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Hostile or ready to fight

• belligerent

• rebellion

• pacifist

• antebellum

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

An organized fight against authority or government

• belligerent

• rebellion

• pacifist

• antebellum

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

A person who is opposed to violence; a peacemaker

• belligerent

• rebellion

• pacifist

• antebellum

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

A person who is pleased with oneself or self-satisfied

• belligerent

• rebellion

• pacifist

• complacent

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Match the following words and definitions:

• to support by giving money

• placid

• resembling an older married woman

• pacify

• to bring to a state of peace or calm

• patriarchal

• ruled by the senior male or father

• matronly

• something calm or pleasing

• patronize

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4