Rupt, Graph, Bio, Ceed/Cede, & Spec

The Latin root rupt means:

• to connect or join

• to burst/to break

• to expand or grow

• to heal or mend

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• disturbance or problems that interrupt an event, activity, or process

• abrupt

• sudden or unexpected

• corrupt

• reduction in # or quantity

• erupt

• to break or burst suddenly

• disruption

• act dishonestly or illegal activities

• bankrupt

The Greek root graph means:

• to write/to draw

• to type/to print

• to play Fortnight

• to communicate/to talk

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• a section of writing-topic & concluding

• seismograph

• a device that measures Earth's movements

• bibliography

• a written list of books in a report

• autograph

• the writing of one's own name

• autobiography

• a person writing about their own life

• paragraph

The root bio derived from Greek means:

• life

• death

• homework

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• medicine to fight bacterial infection

• biochemist

• capable of being decomposed-broken down

• biography

• the study of life

• biodegradable

• the story of a real person's life

• biology

• a lab based science of biology/chemistry

• antibiotics

The root cede/ceed derived from Latin means:

• 
  to go towards, to move closer, become friendly with, engage

• the study (of)

• 
  to go, move away, withdraw, yield

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• an earlier event that sets "the norm"

• proceed

• intervene on behalf of

• exceed

• go beyond what is expected or stipulated

• precedent

• continue on a course of action

• intercede

The Greek root spec means:

• not see or closely observe

• see; look at; examine

• haphazardly glance at

• creep upon

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• due regard to others rights and feelings

• speculated

• sample

• respect

• an eye-catching public display/dramatic

• inspecting

• organized examination/to look at closely

• specimen

• form a theory without firm evidence

• spectacle