World Lit: Word Roots 2

World Lit: Word Roots Unit 2ROOTS WE WILL COVERCED/CEED/CEDE/CESSCORPCYCLDUR/FIRMFERSPIRTOX

WORD TOWER:CED/CEED/CEDE/CESSDEFINITION: MOVE/YIELD/SURRENDERWORDS WE WILL COVER:PROCEEDCONCEDERECEDEACCEDEPROCEDEDEFINITION: TO START OR CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD.PRO

CONCEDEDEFINITION: TO SURRENDER OR TO ADMIT SOMETHING AFTER YOU FIRST DENIED IT.

CON:CON: EITHER WITH OR AN INTENSIFIER

6RECEDEDEFINITION: TO MOVE BACK OR WITHDRAWRE: _________RE-BACK7ACCEDEDEFINITION: (VERB) a: to assume an office or positionb: to agree to a command or give in.

Examples: After the king died, his son took the throne.The teacher finally acceded to the students pleas for one more day to work on the project.Prefix AC or AD means: TOWORD TOWER: CORPDEFINITION: BODYWORDS WE WILL COVER:CORPORAL PUNISHMENTCORPORATIONCORPULANTCORPS

CORPORAL PUNISHMENTDefinition: Physical punishment for having committed a crime or wrongdoing.

CORPORATIONDefinition: association of individuals, under lawIncorporated: Legally of one group/body or joined together.

CORPULENTDefinition: Fat

CORPSPRONOUNCED: COREDefinition: A group of people organized for service.

WORD TOWER: CYCLDEFINITION: CIRCULAR/WHEELWORDS WE WILL COVER:

UNICYCLE/BICYCLE/TRICICLEPOLYCYCLICENCYCLOPEDIACYCLOMETER

KNOW YOUR NUMBERS:UNICYCLE:BICYCLE:TRICYCLE:

POLYCYCLIC1.(Chemistry)(ofamoleculeorcompound)molecules thatcontaintwoormoreclosedringsof atoms.2.(Biology) havingtwoormoreringsorwhorls.POLY=

POLY: MUCH OR MANY18ENCYCLOPEDIADEFINITION:Acomprehensivereferenceworkcontainingarticlesonawiderangeofsubjects.

EN=________________________CYCLE= ___________________PED=___________________En- in and Ped-children/education19CYCLOMETERDEFINITION: A tool that counts the revolutions of a bicycle wheel in order to indicate the distance travelled.

WORD TOWER: DUR/FIRMDEFINITION: HARD/SOLID/LASTINGWORDS WE WILL COVER:AFFIRMCONFIRMATIONDURABLEDURESSINDURATE

AFFIRMDEFINITION: (VERB) TO SUPPORT OR UPHOLD THE VALIDITY OF.

CONFIRMATIONDEFINITION: VERIFICATION/PROOF OF TRUTH.

DURABLEDEFINITION: STURDY

DURESSDEFINITION: Threats, violence, constraints, or other action brought to bear on someone.

INDURATEDEFINTION: EMOTIONALLY HARDENED, CALLOUS.

WORD TOWER: FERDEFINITION: TO BEAR/CARRYWORD WE WILL COVER:FERTILECONIFEROUSDEFER/INFER/REFERTRANSFER

FERTILEDefinition: Bearing or producing in abundance.

CONIFEROUSDefinition: cone bearingcon= ______________fer= ______________ous= ______________

A LOOK AT COMMON PREFIXES:REFER: DEFINITIONS1. To mention or allude to.2. To pass information to someone else.re= ________

REFER: INFER:DEFER:32INFER: To deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.in =____________________

Defer: To put off to a later time (postpone.)

De =_______________

Word tower: solDefinition: alone/sunWords We Will Cover:parasoldesolatesolitudesoliloquyparasolDefinition: A lightweight umbrella used to protect one from the sun.

Para: Alongside or To Protect

desolateDefinition: Completely alone/empty/deserted

De: Intensifier

solitudeDefinition: Loneliness/Condition of being alone. (not always negative.)

tude: Condition/Feeling

soliloquySol: _____________Loq:____________

Sol: Alone Loq: Speak40Word Tower: SPIR-DEFINITION: BREATHWords We Will Cover:InspireConspireAspireTranspire

InspireDefinition: to cause something to happen or be created or to cause someone to have a feeling/emotion.

How does breath relate? Think religion.In:________________

ConspireDefinition: to secretly plan with someone to do something that is harmful or illegal.Com: ________________

AspireDefinition: to want to have or achieve something.Prefix A comes from AD:___________

TranspireDefinition: To be revealed/happen or to give off vapors.Trans: Through or Across

Word Tower: TOXDefinition: POISONWords We Will Cover:ToxicIntoxicateAntitoxinToxicology

ToxicDefinition: Poisonous

IntoxicateDefinition: To cause someone to lose control of their behavior OR to poison.

AntitoxinDefinition: An antibody that counteracts a toxin.Anti:______________

ToxicologyDefinition: The study of the adverse effects of chemicals on living organisms.