Word List #5: Root Words

The root word max or maxi means...

• good

• large

• great

• wide

The root word meter or metr means...

• metric

• measure

• most

• more

The root word photo means...

• picture

• light

• reproduce

• less

The root word port means...

• to care

• to commute

• to crave

• to carry

The root word phobia, phobic, phobe means...

• crack

• scared

• a rational fear or hatred

• an irrational fear or hatred

The root word rupt means...

• break

• pause

• crack

• carry

The root word scrib or script means...

• right

• draw

• write

• plan

The root word gram or graph means...

• right

• draw

• written down

• written/drawn

The root word spect or spec means...

• top see, wait, or observe

• to see, walk, observe

• to sit, walk, observe

• to see, watch, observe

The root word dict means ...

• to see or tell

• the see and tell

• to say or tell

• to say or write