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Latin and Greek Roots, Group 7, 8, 9
The activities are based on the text: Mahnke, M. K, & Duffy, C. (1996). The Heinemann ELT TOEFL Preparation Course. Oxford, UK: Heinemann.
Directions: Add the area of meaning and example words from the text. Find additional example words and give a definition for the additional example words you found using the meaning given for the root or prefix.
RESOURCES:
Focusing On Words (searchable database of words of Latin and Greek origin, includes definitions for roots, prefixes, and suffixes)
Greek and Latin ROOTS of English (download; searchable for roots and prefixes/suffixes; quizzes included)
GROUP 7
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Latin root
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Area of meaning
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Example Words
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Additional Example Words
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Definition using the root meaning
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Student
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photo
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light
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photograph
photosynthesis
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photocinetic
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Moving in response to the stimulus of light.
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Gabriel
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plic, plex
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fold
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complex
implication
perplex
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multiple
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Involving or including several things, people, or parts.
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Gabriel
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pon, pos
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put,place
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opponent, postpone,disposal
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apposite
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especially well suited to the circumstances
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Yunmi
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pop
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people
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populace,population,popular
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repopulation
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the act of repeopling, the act of furnishing with a new population
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Yunmi
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port
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carry
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tranport,import, porter
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seaport
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a town with a large habour that is used by ships
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Min Kyung
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psych
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mind, soul
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psychology, psyche, psychopath
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psychagogos
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A conductor of souls to the lower world; especially Hermes; also, an evoker of spirits; a necromancer.
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Min Kyung
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pulv
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dust
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pulver,
pulverate
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pulverize
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To reduce to dust or to powder.
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Jake
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put
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think over,
consider
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amputation,
computation
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dispute
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A disagreement or argument about something important.
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Jake
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GROUP 8
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Latin root
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Area of meaning
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Example Words
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Additional Example Words
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Definition using the root meaning
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Student
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ras
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scrape
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erase, abrasive, rasp, razor
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rase ????
erasure
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to rub, to scarape out, to erase
The erasure of something is the removal, loss, or destruction of it. (This is the definition for the second word.)
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Yoshinori / Jung Won
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rid
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laugh
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ridiculous, deride, derisive
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ridiculously
ridicule
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Unkind laughter or remarks that are intended to make someone or something seem stupid. (This is the definition for ridicule. What about a second word?)
If you ridicule someone or ridicule their ideas or beliefs, you make fun of them in an unkind way.
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Yoshinori / Jung Won
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scribe, script
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write
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describe, description
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inscription
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Words or letters written, printed, or engraved on a service; a
signed message written in a book or on a photograph,
often when it is being presented as a gift.
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Maria
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sens, sent
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feel
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sensation, senstive, dissent
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consent
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To give permission, approval, or assent in opinion;
to agree (to do something). (Where is the meaning of "feel" in this definition?)
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Maria
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spir
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breath
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respiration, conspire, inspire
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expire, perspire
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The air inhaled and exhaled in respiration
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Kanae
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sta
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stand
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status, stationary, stagnant
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stable
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To be at rest in erect position
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Kanae
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struct
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build
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structure,instruct
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structural
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connected with the structure of something
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Ayumi
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tact, tang
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touch
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tangible,tactile,intact
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tactic
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a method that you used to achieve something
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Ayumi
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tain
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ted, tendo, teno,
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Detain, detained, detainer
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-Hold, grasp, have.
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Carlo
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GROUP 9
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Latin root
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Area of meaning
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Example Words
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Additional Example Words
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Definition using the root meaning
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Student
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ten
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????
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-Hypertension.
-Achillotenotomy.
-Achillotomy.
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1a-Any abnormally high tension, stain, intense, anxiety, stress.
1b-Unusually high blood pressure, especially in the arteries, or a diseased condition of which this is the chief simptom.
2aTo take care or charge of, to look after (to stretch one's mind to).
2b Waiton, minister to, to serve.
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Carlo
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terr
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land
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terrian,territory,terrace
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terrestrial
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on or relatinge to the earth
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Kaori
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the
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god
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theology,atheism,monotheism
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thematic
theocracy
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having or relating to subjects or a particular subject
a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God
or a god
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Kaori
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therm
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heat
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hypothermia, thermostat
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thermal
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Relating to or involving heat or heat transfer
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Helena
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tract
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pull,drag
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tractor, travtion,intractable
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extract
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To draw or pull out, often with great force or effort; such as, to extract a wisdom tooth; or to use tweezers to extract a splint
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Helena
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urb
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????
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suburbia
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A residential district located on the outskirts of a city.
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Carlos
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vene, vent
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????
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?????
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venation
convention
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The action or occupation of hunting wild animals.
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Carlos
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vict, vinc
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conquer
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victim, conviction
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victimize
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to sacrifice (not really!)
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Pape
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vid
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see
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video, evidence, provide
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view, look, perceive
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o N/A ?????
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Pape
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viv, vit
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life, alive
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covivant
revitalize
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avitaminosis
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A physical condition resulting from a lack of vitamins in the diet, necessary for life.
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Jake
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Latin and Greek Roots, Group 7, 8, 9
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