Roots 1
The meaning of this root is against
What is anti?
The Latin word root nat-/natur- means born or birth. What words use this root?
What is the Nativity?
What is Natan?
What is nature?
What is natural?
Complete the sentence.
The word naive is derived from a French spelling of Latin nat-. A naive person is someone who thinks or acts as if he or she was _____ yesterday.
What is born?
Phob is a great word root for Halloween as it means fear or to be afraid. Match the words with their meanings.
a) should not build closets for a living
b) should not become a trapeze artist
c) is not a fan of Spiderman movies.
1) arachnophobe
2) claustrophobe
3) acrophobe
What is 1c?
What is 2a?
What is 3a
Born in a particular place or naturally from a place.
What is native?
The meaning of this root is to say, speak or tell
Hint: What word has dict and helps us learn what words mean?
What is dic/dict?
The words scribble, inscription, prescription, and scribe all have the root scrib/script. What does the root scrib/script mean?
What is to write?
Which of these three is the most unpredictable? a) an earthquake b) a hurricane c) a tornado
What is an earthquake?
Another name for teacher is instructor. The root struct means...
What is to build or to put together?
A dictator is a ruler who holds total control over a country. A dictator simply declares " Because I say so" as the reasons for decisions. What's the root in he word dictator?
What is dict?
The Latin root for _____ is fem, femi.
What is a woman?
This word describes something related to women.
What is feminine?
Welcome to the Aviary!
What kind of place is an aviary?
What is a place for birds?
Ruth Wakefield invented the chocolate chip cookie. She sold the recipe to Nestle for $1.00 and a lifetime supply of their chocolate. The Latin root vent means to come. What does prevent mean?
What is to stop something from coming?
The Latin root terr means land, ground, earth. The Mediterranean Sea gets its name because it is surrounded by...
What is land?
The word ambulance contains the root ambul- (ambl-). In olden times, people walked with hammocks or carts to take sick or injured people for help.
What does the root ambul- (ambl-) mean?
What is to walk?
The root somn means sleep. The root ambul- means to walk.
1) What is a somnambulist?
2) What does the suffix -ist tell you?
1) What is a person who walks around while asleep?
2) What is a person who does something?
A somnambulist is a noun because it names a person.
The prefix pre- starts many words that carry the meaning before. Say three words with pre-.
What are premixed, prepay, preshrunk?
The word roots pod (Greek) and ped (Latin) mean foot. Match the words with their definitions.
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1) pedestrian a) a stool with three legs
2) tripod b) a person whose job is to treat people's feet
3) podiatrist c) a person who goes on foot
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What is 1c?
What is 2a?
What is 3b?
The element cap means head and to take, ped and pod mean foot, and corp means body. What do word roots make in the language?
What is to create meaning in words?
The person who sells from door to door in the street.
What is peddler?
This word root means mind or mindful and appears in words like memory and memorial.
What is mem or memor?
Complete the following sentence.
A memorandum is a written note of things to do.
Where are memorandums used?
What is in an office?
The word root cit,civ, and civil refers to city or citizen. Name some words with this root.
What is civic?
What is civilization?
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
What is civvies? Informal-civilian clothes (are not part of the military or police uniforms)
Complete the text.
Sid, sed, sess mean to sit. Knowing that the word root pre means before, you can see how a ... sits before or in front of the nation to provide leadership and is often referred to as the sitting ...
What is president?