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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:

  1. 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.
  2. Click EDIT PAGE (top).
  3. Copy (CTRL+C) the information from the resource and paste (CTRL+V) it into the table in the Wiki.

 

RESOURCES:

 

  1. 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.).

  2. To find definitions and additional words/expressions, see Online Dictionaries.
  3. 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. 

  4. Write a simple sentence of your own with the same word.

 

EXAMPLE:

Latin root

Area of meaning

Example words

Additional Example Words

Definition using the root meaning

Copy a sentence from the concordance with your word. Then write your own sentence with the same word, modeled on that sentence.  

belli-

war

belligerent

 rebellious

 ready to fight; resisting

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.

   

rebellion

   armed resistance to authority  
   

bellicose

   warlike  

 

 

GROUP 1

Latin root

Area of meaning

Example Words

Student's
Name 

Additional Example Words

Definition using the root meaning

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-

do 

action

react 

Sadraque 

 

 

 

     

agro-

field 

agriculture

agrarian 

Sadraque 

 

 

 

     

anthr-

human 

anthropology

philanthropist

Sadraque 

 

 

     

aqua-

water 

aquarium
aqueous

Khalid 

 aquaplane

A board pulled over the water by a motorboat and ridden by a person standing up.

My water-scooter runs through that patch of Aquaplane in a smooth way without hydrosnorkling.

 

   

arch-

chief

monarch
architect

Khalid  archenemy

A chief enemy; someone’s main or worst enemy.

the archenemy was the chief of the army     

art-

skill

artist
artisan
artifact

Carolyn 

 

 

 

     
belli-  war  bellicose, rebellion  Carolyn 

 

 

     

biblio-

book

bibliography

  Carolyn

 

       

GROUP 2

 

Latin root

Area of meaning

Example Words

Student's
Name 

Additional Example Words

Definition using the root meaning

Comments  Evaluation 

bio-

 life

biography

biology

 

Gopal 

 

 

 

   

-cede, -ceed

 go,yield

proceed

concede,
succeed

 

Gopal 

Recede

 

Exceed

to move back or away from a limit, point, or mark.

 

To surpass, to go beyond normal requirements or beyond the limit of

   

cert-

 sure

 certain

certify

certificate

Gopal 

 

 

   

chron-

 time

 chronological, synchronize

Gaudence 

 

achronism

Without time; the state of timelessness; deficiency of time: "Literally, no time."

 

   

clar-

 clear

 clarify

declare

Gaudence  

 

 

   

cogn-

 know

recognize

cognition

 

Gaudence  

 

 

   

corp-

 body

 corporation

corpus

corpse

Nouf 

 

 

 

   

cum- 

 heap

 cumulative

accumulate

Nouf 

 

 

   

 

 

GROUP 3

 

Latin root

Area of meaning

Example Words

Student's
Name 

Additional Example Words

Definition using the root meaning

Comments  Evaluation 

dem-

 people

 democracy,
demography

Faeza 

pandemia

 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.

 

 

 

 

   

dict-

 speak

 dictate,

predict,
verdict

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.

 

   

don-, donat-

 give

 donation,

pardon,

donate

Faeza 

Condone

 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.
   

duct-

 lead

 conduct,

educate

Amani 

aqueduct

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.

   

fac-, fact-

 do, make

factory, 

manufacture 

Amani 

abortifacients

a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion.

 

sentence:

 Abortifacients became commercially available by the mid-1700s .

   

fer-

 bear, carry

transfer,

ferry  

Gavin 

 

 

   

fig-

form 

 figure,

effigy,

figment

Gavin /

Dalal

disfigurement 

An appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen. 

 His disfigurements were caused by an accident   

gen-

creation

birth

race

 

Dalal 

congenital 

 

 

 

 

 

biogenesis

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.

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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