Greek roots and sample words, final week

Match these Greek and Latin roots to their meanings:

• around

• belli-

• play, trick

• cred-

• trust,

  believe

• vale-

  vali-

  valu-

• worth, strength

• peri-

• war, fighting

• lus-

  lud-

The root lud- means

• fight, war

• trick or play

• strong or worth

• out of, from

The root lus- means

• fight, war

• trick or play

• strong or worth

• out of, from

The root cred- means

• fight, war

• trick or play

• strong or worth

• trust, believe

The root vale- means

• fight, war

• believe, trust

• strong or worth

• around

The root valu- means

• fight, war

• believe, trust

• strong or worth

• around

The root peri- means

• fight, war

• trick or play

• many, multi

• around

The root belli- means

• fight, war

• trick or play

• strong or worth

• out of, from

perimeter means...

• many meters

• the distance around something

• the measure of peri

• to skillfully escape

bellicose means

• to demonstrate trustworthiness

• to demonstrate cosiness

• to demonstrate a willingness to fight

• to demonstrate around the edges