Greek and Latin Roots 1
What root means to believe?
Cred
What does flex mean?
Bend
What does the root dict means?
to say/speak/tell
To Throw
reject: "re" means "back" or "again"
so reject means to throw back
eject: e means "out" so eject means throw out
What does the root rupt mean?
Bonus: Says some words with rupt and what they literally mean.
To break
interrupt: to break between
rupture: to break
What root means life?
Bio
What does geo mean?
Earth/Ground/Soil
What does the root rupt mean?
Break
What does the root port mean?
To carry
What does the root loc mean?
Place
What root means good or well?
Bene
What root means to hear?
Aud
What does the root tele mean?
What does the root skopeo in Greek mean?
What does the root struct mean?
To build or make
What root means soul or life?
Anima
What Greek root means star?
Bonus: What Latin root means star?
Astr-
Stell-
What does the root migr mean?
leave or move
What does the root vac mean?
As in evacuate and vacuum
Empty
What does the root therm mean?
Heat
What Greek root means to write?
Bonus: What Latin root means to write
Graph
Scribe
The ____ root that means water?
What is Aqua
What does the root terra mean?
Land
What does the root phon mean?
Sound
DOUBLE BONUS: Write an example word using the root graph
Bonus: Tell the literal meaning of the words
autograph, homograph, telegraph, photograph