Latin
Technical Words
Root Words
Context
100

Aqua

What is water?

100

This type of figurative language is when you compare something using the words "like" or "as"

What is a simile?

100

Recognized

What is recognize?

100

“Everyone else is enjoying the festival,” I thought to myself as I wistfully watched excited festival attendees walk by the deli window en route to the parade.

What is sad or upset?

200

Flamma

What is flame?

200

What is the meaning of selection? Ex. The author of the selection

What is a reading passage or story?

200

Frequently

What is frequent?

200

Even though her eyesight has diminished, Brown continues to think positively.

What is reduced or gone away?

300

Multa

What is many, multiple, or multitude

300
How is a caption used in an expository text?

What is a sentence written under a photo?

300

Dissatisfied

What is satisfy?

300

Throughout the night chickadees burn their recently accumulated fat, and by the next morning, none is left.

What is gathered or collected?

400

Circum

What is around, circumstance, or circumference?

400

What is a main idea?

What is the most important part of a story or selection?

400

Notoriously

What is notorious?

400

ships must pass through a notoriously violent area of ocean called the Drake Passage, considered to be the roughest stretch of sea on the planet.

What is famously or widely known?

500

Devastare

What is devastate or ruin?

500

What is a theme?

What is the moral or lesson of a story?

500

Collaborating

What is collaborate?

500

In fact, familiarity with a prevalent logo can even make people feel more comfortable about purchasing or using certain products

What is popular or widespread?

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