UIL Spelling 1/23

Latin Roots

100

This root word means "yearly"

ann/enn

200

This root word means to cast or throw

-ject

300

This root word means light, to shine, or the source

lumin-

400

This root word means one hundred

cent
(percent, centennial)

500

This root word means "big"

Magn
(magnitude, magnanimous)

Greek Roots

100

This root word means "Earth"

geo

200

This root word means "madness" or "insanity"

mania

300

This root word means "one thousand"

kilo

400

This root word means "angle"

gon
(hexagon, polygon, diagonal)

500

This root word means "half"

hemi/semi
(hemisphere, semicircle)

6th Grade List

100

This word, meaning every other month, uses the root word "bi"

#63

bimonthly

200

This word, which is a type of rock, uses the root word "geo"
#259

geode

300

This word, which means the study of water, uses two root words!

#325

hydrology

400

This word, meaning "unable to cope or deal with situations," starts with a root word that means "bad"

#438

maladjusted

500

This word uses two roots! One means "strange" and the other means "fear"

#795

xenophobia

7th Grade List

100

This word means "the perimeter of a circle." It uses a root word that means "circle" or "around."

#108

circumference

200

This word uses two roots: one that means "life" and one that means "drawn or written"

#64

biographical

300

This word, which means "lasting for a long time," uses a root that means "year." 

#627

perennial

400

This word uses two roots! It means "too cold."

#360

hypothermia

500

People who steal uncontrollably or with insanity have this condition, which uses two roots!

#436

kleptomania
(klepto - to cover or conceal)

Tricky Words!

100

#302 - 7th grade

grandiloquence
(loq = speech)

eloquent, loquacious, colloquial

200

#584

omnipotence
(omni = everywhere/all)

300

7th grade - #857

verbiage
(don't forget the "i")

400

6th grade - #584

poignant
(g + n = nyuh)

500

6th grade - #548

ossify - to turn into bone

oss/osteo = bone
(osteoporosis, ossicle)