Prefixes & Roots
This prefix means "between"
What is 'inter'?
This word means "lacing together; intermixed"
What is interlaced?
She decided to __________ serious topics during her comedy routine
What is interject?
Use the word "retort" in a sentence?
Answers will vary, but here is an example!
I was not expecting my friend to retort back to my comment with "your mom!"
The meaning of the bolded word: The researchers carefully extracted a small fossil from the rock surrounding it so that they could examine it without causing damage.
What is to pull or remove something?
This prefix means "within"
What is 'intra'?
This word refers to a "device for communicating between rooms"
What is intercom?
I made a ____________ when I decided to mention Edgar Allan Poe during my biology presentation
What is a digression?
Use the word 'infamous' in a sentence
Answers will vary!
Cable companies are infamous for keeping people on the phone for a long time
The meaning of the bolded word: The artist used a computer program to distort the photograph, twisting the image so that the person's features appeared strangely stretched.
What is to twist or change something from its original form?
The root word "tort" means this
What is "twist"
This word refers to "the act of pulling something along"
What is traction?
The principal decided to ______ me when she caught me using AI for an assignment
What is interrogate?
Use the word 'systematic' in a sentence
Answers will vary!
Instead of grabbing books at random, she used a systematic method by checking each shelf from top to bottom and writing down every title in order.
The meaning of the bolded word: The two species have an interdependent relationship, as each relies on the other for resources necessary for survival.
What is depending on one another for support?
The root word "tract" means this?
What is "draw" or "pull"
This word refers to "a person who acts as a go-between, especially to settle differences"
What is an intermediary?
I could tell by her unusual ________ that my comment made him upset
What is disposition?
Use the word 'interplay' in a sentence
Answers will vary!
Our personalities result from the complex interplay between our genes and our environment.
The meaning of the bolded word: The journal assignment asked students to write about their intrapersonal thoughts and feelings as they reflected on a difficult decision.
What is occurring within an individual?
The root word "gress" means this
What is "go" or "wander"?
This word is defined as "within or into a vein"
What is intravenous?
Instead of moving forward in my career, my bad handwriting caused me to _________
What is regress?
Use the word 'intramural' in a sentence
Answers will vary!
The school’s intramural soccer league was highly competitive, allowing students from different homerooms to play against each other without having to travel to other schools.
The prefix 'e' means "out" or "away", combined with the root 'gress' means this
(Egress)
What is the act of exiting or leaving?