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Latin-root word meanings
Latin-find the root word
Greek-root word meanings
Greek-find the root word
Root word meanings/toss up
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Fish enthusiasts know the meaning of this word, which comes from the Latin and means: 'water'.
What is aqua?
100
Mrs. Mags knows the Greek root word which means light in the science term photosynthesis....do you?
What is 'photo'?
100
This root word is from the Greek and means 'to write'.
What is 'graph'?
100
Find the Greek root word: telegram
What is 'gram'?
100
Whether it's John Deere, Case, or Farmall, these mighty machines get their name from the Latin root word for 'pull'.
What is 'tract'?
200
This word comes from the Latin and means 'heart'...stethoscope, anyone?
What is card?
200
I hear you! Find the Latin root word which means 'to hear' in the following: audible
What is 'aud'?
200
If you are ever lucky enough to receive a singing telegram, you might think of this Greek root word which means 'a letter'.
What is 'gram'?
200
Find the Greek root word in this job: graphic designer.
What is 'graph'?
200
Next time you're taking a picture, think about this Greek root word which means 'light'....
What is 'photo'?
300
Listen up! This root word comes from the Latin and means: to hear.
What is aud?
300
Find the Latin root word for heart in this: cardiology
What is 'card'?
300
You can be sure Mrs. Lynn knows the meaning of this Greek root word for 'measure'...
What is 'meter'?
300
Find the Greek root word in this job: construction worker
What is 'struct'?
300
This short root word is from the Latin and means 'to do'.
What is 'act'?
400
'Tis the season for giving....this Latin root word means 'to give'.
What is 'donat'?
400
Find the Latin root word in this: aquifer
What is 'aqua'?
400
We are studying phonics in RtI, which is a word built from this Greek root word for 'sound'...
What is 'phon'?
400
Read this word and then find the Greek root word that means 'sound'. telephone
What is 'phon'?
400
True or false? A root word can be found ONLY at the beginnings of English words?
What is FALSE. Root words can occur anywhere in an English word!
500
During the industrial age, Henry Ford and others knew that this word from the Latin means 'to make".
What is 'fac'? (Factory)
500
Find the Latin root word in this: reactionary
What is 'act'?
500
This Greek root word means 'to build'...
What is 'struct'?
500
This Greek root word is part of the metric system...
What is meter?
500
True or False. Knowing the meanings and spellings of root words from Latin and Greek can help us read and spell English?
What is TRUE....(such an easy question!)