3rd-5th Grade Root Words
meter/metr Examples- thermometer, perimeter
What is "measure"
Ast/aster/astro Example-astrology, astronomy, astronaut
What is "Star"
Anti- Examples- antibiotic, anticlimax
What is "against"
-ed Example- accomplished, accepted
What is "past tense verbs"
cir/circum Examples: circumference, circumstance, circular
What is "around"
Hydr
Example- hydration, dehydrate
What is "Water"
Poly- Examples- polygon, polymer
What is "many"
-ful Example- beautiful, hatefu
What is "Full of"
Graph, Examples: autograph, graphic
What is "Write"
Therm Examples- thermal, thermometer
What is "Heat"
Tele- Examples- telephone, television
What is "distant"
-er, -or Example- Teacher, boxer
what is "one who; action or process; more"
Mal Examples: malfunction, malpractice, maleficence
What is "bad"
Psych Examples- psychology, psychedelic
What is "Mind"
in-, im-, il-, ir- Examples- impossible, innocent
What is "not"
-ish Example-childish, bookish
What is "like or similar"
vid/vis Example- visual, video
What is "to see"
Hypo Examples- hypothermia, hypodermic
Under, or beneath
en-, em- Examples- empower, entangle
What is "cause to"
-ify Example- amplify, justify
What is "to make, have, become"