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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 |
Bioorganic
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A reference to describe a carbon-based (organic) compound produced by a living organism or of biological importance.
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Now a days farmers are using bi-organic products to preserve the fertility of farms or lands.
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-cede, -ceed
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go,yield
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proceed
concede, succeed
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Gopal |
Recede
Exceed
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to move back or away from a limit, point, or mark.
To surpass, to go beyond normal requirements or beyond the limit of
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The train seemed to recede into the distance as we were watching.
The police will give you a ticket if you exceed the speed limit.
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cert-
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sure
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certain
certify
certificate
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Gopal |
ascertain
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To discover and to determine by means of examination or experimentation.
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We're still trying to ascertain who was driving the car. |
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chron-
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time
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chronological, synchronize
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Gaudence |
achronism
chronic
chronograph
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Without time; the state of timelessness; deficiency of time: "Literally, no time."
1. Of diseases, etc.; lasting a long time, long-continued, lingering, inveterate; opposed to acute. 2. Of long duration; continuous, constant, lingering, persistent, prolonged; habitual.
1. An instrument for recording time with extreme exactness; also, a watch or clock to which various mechanical devices are attached for the same purpose. It is used in astronomical and other observations, in the timing of races, etc.
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Concordance sentence
“Better fifty years of Europe Than a cycle of Cathay,” murmured Dick, yielding once more to his chronic habit of quotation.
Duffield, J. W.
Modeled sentence
Mary’s brother has become a chronic thief.
He took out his watch--a gold chronograph repeater.
Marsh, Richard |
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clar-
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clear
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clarify
declare
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Gaudence |
clarinet
clarion
clearance
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1. loud and clear
2. a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone
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In a statement, he added: "Hopefully, these findings will be a clarion call to the scientific community for renewed focus on cassava."
BBCFeb 28, 2012 |
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cogn-
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know
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recognize
cognition
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Gaudence |
precognition
incognito
cognition
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1. Of the nature of, or giving, foreknowledge. 2. The extrasensory perception of a future event.
1. Someone who acts or travels in disguise so as to be unrecognizable. 2. The character, disguise, or name assumed by someone who is attempting to be unrecognizable.
1. The mental process of knowing, including aspects; such as, awareness, perception, reasoning, and judgment. 2. That which comes to be known, as through perception, reasoning, or intuition; knowledge.
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Let us speak of it no more; you will receive notice when, where, and by whom, we are to take your precognition.
Stevenson, Robert Louis
But Mr. Incognito remained by her side, supporting her and reminding her that things could have been worse.
New York TimesJan 9, 2012 |
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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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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.
sentence:
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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