Greek/Latin Roots & Prefixes: Lesson 1

The signature of a famous person

• autobiography

• graphite

• nonverbal

• irrelevant

An outdated system of sending messages over long distances by using wires and electrical signals

• telegraph

• paragraph

• irrational

• graffiti

Pictures or words painted or drawn on a wall

• nonexistent

• irregular

• graphite

• graffiti

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

• autograph

• graffiti

• paragraph

• irrelevant

A shiny, black substance that is used in pencils

• graffiti

• graphite

• telegraph

• irregular

Mr. Sampson has an _______ fear of rabbits.

• irrational

• nonverbal

• irrelevant

• nonexistent

Mrs. Frigyes has a collection of rocks with ________ shapes

• graphite

• graffiti

• nonexistent

• irregular

The only comments the man made were _________ and annoyed the other attendees.

• irrational

• irrelevant

• irregular

• nonverbal

The possibility of recess on a day this rainy is __________

• irrelevant

• nonverbal

• nonexistent

• irregular

The boy was __________ and threw a tantrum when he became frustrated with his inability to communicate.

• nonverbal

• nonexistent

• irrational

• irregular