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Latin and Greek Roots, Group 4, 5, 6
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The activities are based on the text: Mahnke, M. K, & Duffy, C. (1996). The Heinemann ELT TOEFL Preparation Course. Oxford, UK: Heinemann.
Directions:
- Click EDIT PAGE (top).
- From your handout, copy the area of meaning and example words.
- From the RESOURCES below, find 5 additional example words.
- Give a definition for two of the additional example words you found using the meaning given for the root or prefix. Highlight the root word in the definition.
- For 2 words, give the definition using the root meaning and highlighting it.
- Choose one word from your examples, and from the concordance in the resources below, copy a sentence with your word.
- For that one word, write your own simple sentence, using the root meaning of the word. Highlight it.
- Copy (CTRL+C) the information from the resources and paste (CTRL+V) it into the table in the Wiki.
RESOURCES:
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Dictionary of Latin & Greek Words in Modern English Vocabulary (Put the prefix or root in the search area to find many words and definitions for it.).
- To find definitions and additional words/expressions, see Online Dictionaries.
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Concordance: Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). Click ENTER. Register yourself (free) and remember your username/password. Type the word(s) into the search string. Click KWIC (keyword in context) and then Search. On the right side you will see the word with the frequency of occurrence in the corpus. Click the word and select a sample sentence with the meaning you chose. Click MORE to get the entire sentence. Copy/paste it into the column. Then write a simple sentence of your own with the same word, modeled on the sentence from the concordance.
GROUP 4
Student |
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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Copy a sentence from the concordance with your word. |
Write your own simple sentence with the same word.
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Comments |
Sadraque |
gnos-
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know
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agnostic
diagnostic
prognosis
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agnostic
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A person who believes that the existence of God is unknown, but does not deny the possibility that God exists
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He wasn't an atheist, or even an Agnostic, but he had never accepted the religion developing around him
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My friend is an agnostic.
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grad-, gress-
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step
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graduation
progress
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Aggression
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Deliberately unfriendly behavior.
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Jeanne experiences the full brunt of Paul's sexual aggression and violence.
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Fisical aggression is everywhere.
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graph-
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write
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telegraph, phonograph
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aerographer
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Someone who writes reports about atmospheric conditions.
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Edward Thomas Earhart, 26, Salt Lick, Ky., aerographer's mate first class, U.S. Navy.
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His wants to be an aerographer.
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Gaudence |
greg-
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gather
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gregarious, congregation
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aggregation
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1. Several things grouped together or considered as a whole. 2. The act of gathering something together. 3. A group or mass of distinct or varied things, people, etc. 4. In biology, a group of organisms of the same, or different species, living closely together but less integrated than a society.
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Somewhat larger groups gathered to hunt antelope, but these were temporary aggregations.Murphy, Robert F. |
The aggregation of his TOEFL score is very high.
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homo-
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man
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homicide
homage
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homicidal
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characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being
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Her cause of death was listed as “homicidal violence, including submersion in water.”Washington PostNov 29, 2011 |
People have become more homicidal these days.
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iatr-
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medical care
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psychiatry
podiatry
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pediatrics
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1. The branch of medical science dealing with the study of childhood and the diseases of children. 2. The medical specialty concerned with the study and treatment of children in health and disease during development from birth through adolescence.
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"They're very different," according Dr. Michael Rich, a professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.
Seattle TimesMar 22, 2012 |
Thanks to pediatrics, the tratment cured Betty's son the serious sickness from which he was suffering.
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Gavin |
jus-
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right
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injustice
justice
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jussive
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Latin: right, upright, equitable; legal right, law
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1: One of its characteristics are to one sends jussive console remotely.
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2: This is a jussive subjunctive.
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lab-
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work, toil
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belabor
belabored
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labefaction
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to slip, to fall; to glide
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1: What made you want to look up labefaction? Please tell us where you read or heard it |
With the decreasing labefaction of our environment, people should develop new energy.
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GROUP 5
Student |
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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Copy a sentence from the concordance with your word. |
Write your own simple sentence with the same word.
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Comments |
Gopal |
loc-
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place
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loculus, location
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locality
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A small area of a country, city etc.
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The universality of the church depends on its locality. |
In some localities house prices have risen by more than 50%.
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lum-
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light
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illumine, illuminant
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luminance
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The condition or quality of emitting or reflecting light.
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TV set detecting only the luminance signal still displays a normal black-and-white picture. |
Sun is a luminous object.
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Khalid |
lys-
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break down
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analysis, paralysis
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man-
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hand
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manual, manufacture, manuscript
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Latin and Greek Roots, Group 4, 5, 6 |
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Carolyn |
mech-
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machine
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mechanic,
mechanize
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1. electromechanical
2. biomechanical
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1. A reference to a mechanical device, system, or process that is actuated or controlled by electromagnetic or electrostatic phenomena.
2. A reference to the applications of mechanical forces to living organisms and the investigations of the effects of the interactions of force and the body or system
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1. From physics and mathematics to advanced modeling and electromechanical systems integration, this content knowledge has expanded enormously over the years.
http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/x.asp?w=1017&h=572
2. The biomechanical goals of the external ring fixation are, to maintain the bone ends in stable alignment, control the movement of the bone projectile and allow compression of the target zone.
http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/x.asp?w=1017&h=572
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1. The boy has many electromechanical toys.
2. Biomechanical tests are used a lot in biological science.
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mem-
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mindful
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memory, remember commemorate
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1. memoir
2. membrane
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1. A record of facts about a subject personally known or investigated, or a narrative of one's life or experiences.
2. a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants
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1. It was obvious to me that Enright was darker than the lovable Mr. Chips of this memoir; there was more to say.
http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/x.asp?w=1017&h=572
2. I found a fleshy membrane pierced by so small a hole that large pin's head could scarcely have gone through.
Seingalt, Jacques Casanova de |
1. She wrote a memoir of her entire life.
2. It is easily noticed by a red membrane surrounding the eyes.
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min-
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small, lesser
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minute, minor, minimize
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1. administer
2. diminish
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1. To manage the affairs of a business, organization, or institution.
2. To make something smaller or less important, or to become smaller or less important; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; opposed to augment or increase.
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1. In some cases these institutions are organized and administered conjointly with the civil authorities.
Various
2. In order to achieve democracy and diminish the prospect of a new strongman taking over, certain conditions have to be fulfilled.
http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/x.asp?w=1017&h=572
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1. The doctor administered some medicines to his patient.
2. Factories can diminish the cost of production.
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Nouf |
mit-, miss-
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send
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submit, remit, transmission
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GROUP 6
Student |
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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Copy a sentence from the concordance with your word. |
Write your own simple sentence with the same word.
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Comments |
Nouf |
mov-
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move, motion
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automotive, emotion
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electromotive
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pertaining to, producing, or tending to produce a flow of electricity. |
The cell is a diode in which light generates the electromotive force. |
Another challenge is the specialist skill set of ElectroMotive engineers. (I could not think of any)!!
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Amani |
nat-
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born
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innate, nativity
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international
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relating to or involving more than one nation.
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Any attack on me would have received international publicity |
we have an international airport in my city.
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nav-
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ship
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navy,naval,navigate
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navigation
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the science or job of planning which way you need to go when you are travelling from one place to another.
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Does that affect their navigation, the movement of the pole, the magnetic pole? |
Ahmed got a new navigation for his car.
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Dalal |
neo-
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new
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neoclassic,neonatal
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nomen-, nym-
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name
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nomenclature,
pseudonym
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Faeza |
ocu-
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eye
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oculist, binocular
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oculogyric
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Of or relating to the turning of the eyeballs in the eye sockets.
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He's interrupted as Leonard suddenly goes into an severe oculogyric crisis, his head thrusting back
http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/x4.asp?t=1050002&ID=423233423
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Oculogyric injuries require immediate surgery. |
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ortho-
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straight, right
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orthodontist, orthodox
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orthogonal
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describe lines that meet at a right angle, it also describes events that are statistically independent, or do not affect one another in terms of outcome. |
Cultures are valued, and a variety of constructs are measured. ORTHOGONAL SCALES The orthogonal cultural identification model developed by Oetting and Beauvais (1990) proposes that identification with.
Journal of Drug Issues 2008
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Nutrition investigates the orthogonal and physiological responses of the body to diet. |
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phil-
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love
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philosophy, philanthropist
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philologist
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a person who loves learning and literature; by studying, and via scholarship.
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Goes beyond the fact the she is a non-Lockhartian New Philologist , a scholar of Nahuatl whose use of judicial records
LatinAmResRev 2003
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The philologist writer in the early 20th century is D.H.Lawrence. |
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