Unit 3 Root Words

A written account in which someone describes past experiences

• memoir

• anthropology

• geology

• memento

To do or create something that causes people to remember an important person, thing, or event.

• geology

• science

• memento

• memorialize

Very careful about doing what you are supposed to do; concerned with doing something correctly

• conscience

• memoir

• conscientious

• anthropology

The part of the mind that tells you certain actions are right or wrong.

• etymology

• conscientious

• conscience

• memorable

Very good or interesting and worth remembering

• memorable

• memorialize

• science

• memento

The scientific study of the history of earth, especially as recorded by rocks

• etymology

• memoir

• science

• geology

The study of the natural world based on facts learned through experiments and observations.

• memento

• science

• geology

• etymology

The study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history.

• etymology

• anthropology

• geology

• memoir

The study of human races, origins, societies, and cultures

• conscience

• memento

• anthropology

• science

An object that is a reminder of a person, place, or event; a souvenir

• memento

• memorialize

• etymology

• science