NAME THAT ROOT
This root means free.
What is LIBER?
If you liberate someone, what are you doing?
Setting them free
After years in captivity, the animals were finally ______ back into the wild.
Liberated
Urban
URB = city
Identify the root in ALL THREE words AND give its meaning:
LIBERATION — JUVENILITY — URBANITY
LIBER = free
JUVEN = young
URB = city
This root means young.
What is JUVEN?
What is a suburb?
An outlying part of a city or town
After resting all weekend, I returned to school feeling completely ______.
Rejuvenated
Juvenile
JUVEN = young
Which pair contains words that BOTH come from the root liber?
A. Liberty & Liberate
B. Urban & Liberty
C. Juvenile & Liberate
D. Suburb & Liberty
A — Liberty & Liberate
This root means city.
What is URB?
What does juvenile describe?
Something/someone young or youthful
Indianapolis is an ______ area with many buildings, streets, and businesses.
Urban
Liberation
LIBER = free
A family moves away from downtown but still lives just outside the city. They most likely live in a:
A. juvenile
B. suburb
C. liberty
D. corporation
B — Suburb
This root means fear.
What is PHOB?
What is a phobia?
A fear
Someone who lives in a city can be called an ______.
Urbanite
Theology
THEO = god
The Latin root juven means “young.” Which word most likely means to make young again?
A. Juvenile
B. Rejuvenate
C. Urban
D. Liberate
B — Rejuvenate
This root means body.
What is CORP?
If something is homogeneous, what root idea does it contain?
Same / alike
Citizens value their ______ because they want the freedom to make their own choices.
Liberty
Corporation
CORP = body
“Healthy habits may support juvenescence by helping people maintain youthful energy.”
Based on juven = young, what does juvenescence most likely mean?
A. Becoming more youthful
B. Becoming afraid
C. Moving into a city
D. Becoming free
A — Becoming more youthful