3rd Nine Weeks Roots and Affixes

Match the following roots to their definition.

• empty

• ced

• go

• nat

• born

• liber

• life

• vac

• free

• bio

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Match the following roots to their definition.

• build

• the

• place

• struc, struct

• dry

• loc

• god

• arid

• light

• photo

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Match the following prefixes to their meaning.

• over, more

• hyper

• apart

• di

• without

• in

• not, without; into

• il-, im-, ir-

• not, without

• a-, an-

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Match the following suffixes with their meaning.

• the study of

• -dom

• having the quality of, somewhat like

• -ish

• state of being

• -ology

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Match each word to its definition.

• to yield to an opponent that one has lost; to give in; to admit that something is true and valid

• recede

• to go or move back

• precede

• to go before something else in time, order, place, or rank

• concede

• to mediate; to go between people to help them reach an agreement

• intercede

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Match each word to its definition.

• to build knowledge

• construction

• to build again

• reconstruct

• the act of taking down or destroying something that was built

• instructor

• a person who helps someone build knowledge

• instruct

• what is built; buildings that are created or produced

• deconstruction

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Match each word to its definition.

• very high fever; body temperature over and above what is normal and health

• hyperthermia

• abnormally high blood pressure; having blood pressure over what is normal

• hyperactive

• overly active, abnormally busy

• hypertension

• an overstated comment, exaggeration

• hypersensitive

• overly sensitive; sensitivity beyond what is normal

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Match the following

• leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily

• vacuum

• a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation

• vacancy

• a space entirely devoid of matter.

• vacation

• being unoccupied

• vacate

• when people leave an area, usually due to an emergency of some kind

• evacuate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Match the following word to its definition.

• the state of being bored, or pestered

• stardom

• the quality or state of being wise

• boredom

• the state of being a celebrity

• wisdom

• the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint

• freedom

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Match the following words to their definition.

• marked by intense agitation or emotion

• bookish

• characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading

• feverish

• extremely evil or cruel

• fiendish