Latin & Greek Root Words

We can figure out the meaning of unknown words by... (HINT: click as many as you think are correct)

• wild guess

• looking it up each time

• root words

• educated guess

• Think of the meaning of words we know using the same same roots and affixes

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CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

Successful companies are often led by great visionaries. What does the underlined word visionaries mean?

• people with a lot of money

• people with a lot of friends

• people with a lot of power

• people with a lot of imagination

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CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What is the definition of the Latin root word script? example words using script: description, postscript

• life

• thousand

• write

• other/different

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CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

What is the definition of the Latin and Greek root words vis/vid?

• see / to see

• trust/ trusting

• memory

• small/less

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CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

cred

• see

• small/less

• memory

• trust

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CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

What is the definition of the Greek root word geo?

• heat

• study of

• earth

• see

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CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

What is the definition of the Greek root word photo?

• light

• heat

• study

• watch

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CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

What is the definition of the Greek root word therm?

• study

• heat

• water

• light

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CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

What is the definition of the Greek root word scope?

• earth

• see/watch

• water

• light

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CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

The Greek word hydro means what?

• light

• study

• see/watch

• water

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CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B