Greek Roots
Important People
Vocabulary
Connotation
Things to Remember
100

The Greek root -scope means

to watch

100

During World War II, the two sides were called...

The Allied Powers and the Axis Powers

100

A member of the military who jumps out of planes.

Paratrooper

100

The connotation of beauty is

positive

100

Argumentative essays have the acronym ____ and Informative essays have the acronym ______. 

T.R.E.E and T.I.D.E.
200

The Greek root -phone means

to hear

200

He was the German dictator during World War II.

Adolf Hitler

200

Protected against attacks.

Fortified

200

The connotation of stated is

neutral 

200

This was the codename for the invasion of Normandy by the Allies.

Operation Overlord

300

The Greek root -astr means

star

300

He was the United States General in charge of the Normandy invasion on D-Day.

Dwight Eisenhower

300

Relating to space or the universe

Cosmic

300

The connotation of hesitate is

negative

300

Water was found on Mars in

September 2015

400

The Greek root -hydr means

water

400

He fell in love with the cosmos at age 9 and later became the director of the Hayden Planetarium.

Neil Degrasse Tyson

400

Having to do with air and space travel is

areospace

400
The connotation of absurd is

negative

400

The connotation of a word is its association or feeling, whereas, the meaning of the word is its

denotation
500

The Greek root -tele means

far

500

The billionaires who founded Space X and Blue Origin to achieve the Holy Grail of rocketry, to establish a human colony on Mars.

Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk

500

Something that can be reached by working hard is

achievable

500

The connotation of occur is

neutral

500

When ideas of equal importance are expressed in a similar way, it is known as

parallel structure