Greek and Latin Roots

Astronaut, astronomy and disaster have a common root that is ____________ meaning _________

• geo/earth

• astr/star

• tract/land

• photo/light

the root word "sci" found in words such as science, omniscient, and conscience means

• knowledge

• judge/law

• star

• word/study

The root word "spect" means

• judge, law

• word, study

• see/look

• light

If you study geography, you are studying?

• stars

• land

• earth

• measurement

what is the likely meaning of "perimeter" based on the root word, "meter"?

• the outermost parts or boundary of an area or object.

• an instrument on a vehicle's dashboard indicating its speed.

• a mythical superhuman being,

• a mathematical term

If someone says you have empathy, they are saying that you have

• feeling, suffering

• light

• hear/listen

• pull, drag

Dictate, predict, verdict and dictator come from the root _________ which means ___________

• rupt, break

• meter, measure

• dict, say/tell/speak

• geo, earth/ground, soil

When you transmit, you

• send

• pull/drag

• say, tell or speak

• throw

Inject, objection, and project come from the root "ject" which means

• feeling, suffering

• to throw

• break, burst

• measure

The root "rupt" means

• throw

• see

• break/burst

• pull/drag