Word Study DCA

What does PEND/PENS mean (as in pendulum)?

• a loose knot

• a weight hung from a fixed point

• the point where a lever rests

• a wheel

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

What does SENT/SENS mean (as in presentiment?)

• a feeling of evil to come

• knowledge of the past

• feeling of sadness

• a state of anger

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

What is the meaning of the roots CAP/CAPT/CIP?

• to draw, to drag

• to seize; to get; to take

• to throw

• to shout for joy

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

The root that means TONGUE (speaking, language)

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

A synonym for an illustration is a....

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CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is the meaning of the roots RAPT/RAP

• to put, to place

• to weave

• to seize

• to lift

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

What is the meaning of the root MILITIA?

• to spread out

• to cover up

• to figure out

• to be a soldier

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

What is the meaning of the root SOC?

• a friend; comrade

• an enemy

• air

• a story or fable

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

The root that means TO CELEBRATE or TO HONOR is..

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

What is the meaning of the root POSS/POT?

• to lift up

• to be happy

• to be violent

• to be able

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B