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Latin and Greek Roots
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Latin and Greek Roots The activities are based on the text: Mahnke, M. K, & Duffy, C. (1996). The Heinemann ELT TOEFL Preparation Course. Oxford, UK: Heinemann.
Directions:
- From the RESOURCES below, find additional example words and give a definition for the additional example words you found using the meaning given for the root or prefix. Highlight the root word in the definition.
- Click EDIT PAGE (top).
- Copy (CTRL+C) the information from the resource 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.
EXAMPLE:
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. Then write your own sentence with the same word, modeled on that sentence. |
belli-
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war
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belligerent
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rebellious
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ready to fight; resisting
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Were you surprised by the recent outbreak of violence in India between Hindus and Christians? # A: Not really. Historically, these belligerent attitudes have been there.
I saw her belligerent attitude toward the interviewer.
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rebellion
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armed resistance to authority |
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bellicose
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warlike |
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GROUP 1
Latin root
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Area of meaning
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Example Words
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Student's Name |
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. Then write your own sentence with the same word, modeled on that sentence |
Comments |
Evaluation |
act-
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do
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action
react
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agro-
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field
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agriculture
agrarian
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anthr-
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human
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anthropology
philanthropist
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aqua-
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water
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aquarium aqueous
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arch-
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chief
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monarch architect
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art-
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skill
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artist artisan artifact
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belli- |
war |
bellicose, rebellion |
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biblio-
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book
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bibliography
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GROUP 2
Latin root
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Area of meaning
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Example Words
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Student's Name |
Additional Example Words
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Definition using the root meaning
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Comments |
Evaluation |
bio-
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life
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biography, biology
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-cede, -ceed
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go,yield
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proceed, concede, succeed
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cert-
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sure
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certain, certify, certificate
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chron-
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time
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chronological, synchronize
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clar-
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clear
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clarify, declare
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cogn-
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know
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recognize, cognition
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corp-
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body
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corporation
corpus
corpse
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cum-
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heap
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cumulative
accumulate
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GROUP 3
Latin root
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Area of meaning
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Example Words
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Student's Name |
Additional Example Words
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Definition using the root meaning
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Comments |
Evaluation |
dem-
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people
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democracy, demography
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Pride |
1. demogogue
2. demographer
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1. In a bad sense: a leader (person) of a popular faction, or of the mob;
2. someone who studies human populations.
Someone who studies human populations, including their size, growth, density, and distribution, and statistics regarding birth, marriage, disease, and death (-er always means someone who ....)
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I did #1 for you. Where is #2? |
Please be more careful with the exact word/ definition. |
dict-
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speak
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dictate, predict, verdict
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1. dictaphone®
2. dictate
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1.A small cassette recorder used to record
speech for transcription at a later time.
2. To put into words that are to be written down; to utter, pronounce, or read aloud to a person (something which he/she is to write).
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don-, donat-
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give
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donation, pardon, donate
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Mavluda |
1. donative
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2. donor
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1..A compulsion to give presents.A special donation; a gift
A person who gives a gift through a trust or a charitable contribution
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Don't highlight everything, only the root inside the word! |
good |
duct-
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lead
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conduct, educate
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1.abduct
2abduction
3.conductor
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11. To lead, take away, or carry off improperly, whether by force or fraud..
2.1. A leading away
3. A person, etc. who conducts, leads, guides, etc.; one who leads, guides, or escorts; a leader, guide
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fac-, fact-
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do, make
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factory,
manufacture
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Nao |
1.factious
2.factotum
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1. Contrived and insincere rather than genuine. 2. Not real or natural, but artificial or invented. 3. Not produced by natural forces: "Brokers have created a factitious demand for stocks."
Anyone whose job is to do many different jobs for someone else or a servant employed to do a variety of jobs.
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fer-
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bear, carry
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transfer,
ferry
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Nao |
1.cruciferous
2.aquifer
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One who bears a cross in a religious procession.
1. An underground bed or layer of earth, gravel, or porous stone that yields water. 2. Permeable underground rock stratum which holds water.
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fig-
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form
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figure, effigy, figment
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Nao |
1.configurate
2.disfigure
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1. To take a form or a position, as the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern. 2. To give a configuration, form, or design to something.
To spoil, deform, or mar the appearance of someone or something.
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gen-
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creation
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cultigen |
1. A cultivated plant of unknown or obscure taxonomic origin. 2. An organism, especially a cultivated plant; such as, a banana, not known to have a wild or uncultivated counterpart.
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