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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.
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Write a simple sentence of your own with the same word.
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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Sadraque |
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agro-
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field
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agriculture
agrarian
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Sadraque |
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anthr-
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human
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anthropology
philanthropist
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Sadraque |
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aqua-
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water
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aquarium aqueous
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Khalid |
aquaplane
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A board pulled over the water by a motorboat and ridden by a person standing up.
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My water-scooter runs through that patch of Aquaplane in a smooth way without hydrosnorkling.
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arch-
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chief
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monarch architect
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Khalid |
archenemy
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A chief enemy; someone’s main or worst enemy.
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the archenemy was the chief of the army |
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art-
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skill
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artist artisan artifact
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Carolyn |
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belli- |
war |
bellicose, rebellion |
Carolyn |
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biblio-
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book
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bibliography
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Carolyn |
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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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Gopal |
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-cede, -ceed
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go,yield
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proceed
concede, succeed
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Gopal |
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cert-
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sure
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certain
certify
certificate
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Gopal |
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chron-
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time
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chronological, synchronize
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Gaudence |
achronism |
Without time; the state of timelessness; deficiency of time: "Literally, no time."
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clar-
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clear
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clarify
declare
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Gaudence |
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cogn-
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know
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recognize
cognition
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Gaudence |
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corp-
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body
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corporation
corpus
corpse
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Nouf |
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cum-
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heap
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cumulative
accumulate
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Nouf |
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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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Faeza |
pandemia
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of or belonging to the whole people,public,general.
The concordance sentence: serious book with stuff about tulips in it. " It was the contagion of pandemia: The gullible DO N'T DISRESPECT THE TULIP The mania surrounding this flower in 17th-century.
The modeled sentence: The contagion of Pandemia is disrespectable in 17th century.
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dict-
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speak
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dictate,
predict, verdict
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Faeza |
benediction |
An expression of good wishes; something that encourages goodness or well being.
The concordance sentence:
I might have been more frightened of her had she not given me an early benediction of her smile.
The modeled sentence:
My father gave me useful benediction for travelling.
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don-, donat-
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give
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donation,
pardon,
donate
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Faeza |
Condone
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Allowing something which is considered wrong to continue
The concordance sentence:
"School officials said that they would not condone that kind of behavior".
The modeled sentence:
Smoking would not be condoned inside building on campus. |
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duct-
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lead
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conduct,
educate
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Amani |
aqueduct
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a structure like a bridge, that carries water across a river or valley.
sentence:
The Romans, they had the aqueduct system of delivering water and the sewage systems.
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fac-, fact-
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do, make
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factory,
manufacture
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Amani |
abortifacients
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a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion.
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Abortifacients became commercially available by the mid-1700s .
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fer-
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bear, carry
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transfer,
ferry
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Gavin |
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fig-
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form
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figure,
effigy,
figment
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Gavin /
Dalal
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disfigurement
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An appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen.
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His disfigurements were caused by an accident |
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gen-
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creation
birth
race
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Dalal |
congenital
biogenesis
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Of or relating to a condition that is present at birth, as a result of either heredity or environmental influences
The theory that living things can arise only from other living things and cannot be spontaneously created.
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her congenital inability to make decisions
To complement genetic approaches we are establishing a confocal based screen for small molecules that interfere with peroxisome biogenesis.
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