word parts greek and latin root words make-up a significant part of the words in english, so we will...

Word PartsGreek and Latin root words make-up a significant part of the words in

English, so we will learn them, and be able to identifying and understand more complicated vocabulary

Rules• Copy the following five entries into the new word part section of your binder and

leave at least ten lines between each entry.• When you have copied them, get a dictionary and look up more examples of words

using these word parts. • Then copy the five most challenging words you find and the meaning of each. It will

be most helpful to find words that clearly incorporate the meaning of the word part.• Finally, as homework, write one sentence for each of the words you defined. • This work will be your ticket to the test in four weeks. • You will receive approximately five new entries each week. When we have twenty

word parts, we will test on those. • I have done all of the work for the first entry for you to model what you should do

with the others.

Week OneWord Part Meaning Words1. Bene- Good Benefit

Benediction n. A blessing. At the end of the service, the minister said the benediction.

Benevolent. adj. expressing good will or kindly thoughts.

He helped the older lady cross the street so I knew he was benevolent.

Beneficiary. N. Person who receives benefits (goods).

Some of my students are beneficiaries on their parent’s life insurance policies.

Beneficial. Adj. Producing a favorable result.

Coming to school each day is beneficial if you want to learn.

Benefactress. N. Woman who gives aid, esp. financial aid.

Oprah is often a benefactress for other women.

2. Circum- Around Circumve 3. Col-, Com-, Con-, Cor- With / Together Collapse, (You do not have to do five words for each, just total for the entry.) Compile

Construct, Correspond4. Contra- Opposed Contradict 5. Equ- Equal Equidistant

Week TwoWord Part Meaning Words

6. Extra- Outside Extralegal 7. Hemi- Half Hemisphere 8. Hyper- Over, Above Hypercritical9. Inter- Between, Among International 10. Intra- Within Intracellular

Week ThreeWord Part Meaning Words

11. Intro- Into Introvert

12. Mal- Bad Maltreat 13. Mid- Halfway Midday 14. Mis- Wrong Misspell 15. Non- Not Nonworking

Week FourWord Part Meaning Words

16. Pre- Before Predawn

17. Post- After Postpone 18. Retro- Backward/Behind Retroactive 19. Sub- Under/Below Subzero 20. Dys- Bad Dysfunctional

Week FiveWord Part Meaning Words

21. Ab- Not; Away; absentUp, out abnormal

22. Ad- Motion toward adventnearness to adjoin

adolescence23. Ante- Before; prior to antecedent

In front of anteroom24. Anti- against; anticensorship

prevents, cures ; antidoteopposite, reverse antimatter

25. Be- around; by about BesetBemoan

Week SixWord Part Meaning Words

26. De- away from; off; deraildown; declinereverse action of defrost

27. Dis- lack of; not; distrust

away dishonest dispatch 28. Em-, En- to get into; on; embark

to make or cause; enfeeblein; into enclose

29. Il-, Im-, In-, Ir- not; in; into immature Investigate 30. Pro- In favor of; Pro-labor

forward; ahead Propel

Week SevenWord Part Meaning Words31. Re- again; back replant

repay 32. Semi- half; partly; semicircle

twice in a period semiannualsemiconscious

33. Super- over and above; superhumanvery large supertanker

34. Trans- across; beyond transatlantictranscend

35. Un- not; reverse of unhappyunfasten

Week Eight: People who do something – 3 wordsWord Part Meaning Words

36. -ant Commandant / Occupant37. -eer Auctioneer / Puppeteer 38. –er Manager / Mother / Runner39. -ier Cavalier / Soldier

Boulevardier40. –ist Geologist/Somnambulist41. –ician Beautician / Statistician42. –or Counselor / Executor 42.5 -ee amputee / absentee

Week NineWord Part Meaning Words

43. Anthrop Human Anthropology44. Ast, Aster Star Asterisk45. Auto Self; Alone Automobile46. Bibl Book Bibliography47. Chron Time Chronology 48. Dem People Democracy

Week Ten – you can start ‘making up’ words with other word partsWord Part Meaning Words49. Crat, Crac Govern Democracy

Democracy—government by the peopleAutocratic – Self-governed/government by one bodyTheocracy—government by the church (theo=god)Plutocracy—government by the wealthy (Pluto=wealth because of Hades)Aristocracy—government by one familyBureaucracy—government by non-elected officialsBureaucrat—non-elected official who governs

50. Bio Life BiologyBiohazardBioastronautics—study of the effects of space travel (to the stars) on living organisms.BiogenesisBiogenetic researchAutobiographer

51. Gen Birth/Race/ Origins/BeginningsGeneration gap

AutoregenerationGenesis

Word Part Meaning Words52. Geo Earth Geothermometer

Geographer—someone who writes about the earth.GeometryGeochronometry—measurement of the earth’s time

53. Graph/Gram Write Grammar/ paragraphGeographer—someone who writes about the earth.SonogramGraphology—study of handwritingGraphic novelistElectrocardiogramBiographyTelegram/ Telegraph

54. Hydr Water Hydrogen

HydrobiologyHydrogeologyHyrdrometerHydrothermal

Week ElevenWord Part Meaning Words

55. Log Word, Reason DialogueMonologue, logical

56. Logy Study of Geology57. Metr/Meter Measure Barometer58. Neo New Neophyte59. Nom/Nym Name, Word, Law Economic

Week TwelveWord Part Meaning Words

60. Ortho Straight, Correct Orthodontist61. Pan All; entire Panorama62. Phil Love Philosopher

Phobiaphilia63. Phobia Fear Hippophobia

Arachnophobia Thermophobia BibliophobiaAmbulophobia Anuptaphobia MusophobiaSomnophobia Gehryrophobia PedaphobiaPhilophobia Chorophobia Ergophobia Neophobia Verbophobia TheophobiaClaustrophobia Acrophobia ZoophobiaCynophobia Necrophobia AichmophobiaXenophobia Papryophobia DentophobiaNornatophobia Tonsuraphobia Scriptophobiadonophobia Didaskaleinophobia Panophobia

64. Phon Sound Phonograph

Week Thirteen

Word Part Meaning Words

66. Psych Mind; Soul Psychology67. Scope See Telescope68. Soph Wise, Wisdom Sophisticated 69. Tele Far; Distant Television70. Theo God Theology

Week FourteenWord Part Meaning Words71. Therm Heat ThermometerSAMPLE ENTRY:Geothermometer - instrument to measure the temperature/heat of the earth.If I am a geologist, I may need to use a geothermometer if a volcano is imminent.72. Capt / Capit Take; Hold;

Seize; Head Capture73. Cede/Ceed/Cess Go; Yield; Give Away Recession Proceed(HINT: USE PRIOR WORD PARTS to construct some easy to learn words: Inter/ Pro/ Re / Con)74. Cred Believe Credit; Creed75. Dic; Dict Speak; Say;Tell Dictionary;

Dictation

Week Fifteen


76. Mob;Mot Mov Move Automobile77. Mit; Miss Send Transmit; Submissive78. Fer Carry Transfer; Refer; Ferry79. Ject Throw; Hurl Inject; Reject80. Duc; Duct;Duce Lead Induce; Conductor81. Puls Throb; Urge Pulsate; Repulsive

Week Sixteen

Word Part Meaning Words82. Fac; Fec; Foc; Fic Do; Make Fiction; Factory83. Par;Pair Get Ready Prepare; Repair84. Junct Join Conjunction; Injunction85. Port Carry; Opening Portable; Airport86. Pon; Pos; Impose; Posit Place; Put Reposition; Component87. Scrib, Script Write Transcribe; Subscription

Week Seventeen


88. Spec, Spic Look;See Spectacle;Conspicuous

89. Stat Stand; Put in Place Statue90. Ten Stretch; Hold Tendon91. Tract Pull; Move Tractor92. Ven, Vent Come Convention

Event87. Scrib, Script Write Transcribe

Week EighteenWord Part Meaning Words

93. Vers, Vert Turn Invert; Versatile

(Con, Re, Sub)94. Vid, Vis See Video; Vista95. Voc, Vok Call Invoke; Vocation

(Pro,In, Re)96. Vol Wish Volunteer

(Bene, Mal, In,)97. Volv Roll Revolver

(In, E, tion)

Week Nineteen


•98. Cycl Turn; Wheel Recycle; Unicycle•99. Mem Remember Memorial;

Memoir•100. Clude Shut Include;

Clus Conclusion•101. Rupt Break; Burst Disrupt;

Interrupt•102. Manu Hand Manufacture;

Manuscript

Week Twenty


•103. Sect Divide; Cut Dissect; Section• 104. Pens Pay Expense;

Compensation•105. Pend Hang Suspend; Depend•106. Numer Number Numerous; Numeral •107. Prim First Primary; Primate

This is the last set for the fifth test! Get busy!

Week Twenty One


108. Macro large, long Macrocosm109. Micro small; minute Microphone110. Eu Good; Well; Eugenics

Advantageous Euphemism111. A (An) Not; Without Amoral112. Mono One; Single;Alone Monarchy

Week Twenty-Two


113. Poly Many Polygamy114. Tomy (Tom) Cutting Anatomy

Operation of incision115. Pod Foot Anthropod116. Homo Like; Homochromatic

One and the same 117. Hetero Different Heterogeneous

Week Twenty-Three


118. Commun Common Excommunicate119. Serv Save; keep Preservation 120. Rad Ray Radiance121. Aer Air Aeronautics122. Press Force Pressurize

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