1. GREEK/LATIN WORD PARTS
ROOTS
cede – to go; to move
rupt – to break; to burst
tract – draw
SUFFIXES
ant – one that performs an action or process; thing that is acted upon
tion – condition of; result; state of
PREFIXES
ab/ad/ac/af/al/ap/as/
at/ag – toward, to, near, in
ante – before; in front of
dis – apart; away from; deprive
ef/ex/ec – away from;out our out of; from; former
co/com/con/cor – with; together; jointly
ambi/amphi – both; around
un – not; without

2. 1. To draw out or remove:
distract
extract
contract
distraction C

3. 2. What does the morpheme “rupt” mean?
to go, move
to draw
to break or burst
to run A

4. 3. Someone who intrudes and disturbs your conversation is…
constructive
construction
disruptive
disruption B

5. 4. What is the literal meaning of “antecedent”?
before noon
after noon
one that goes before
one that goes after D

6. 5. If “re” means “back, again”, which word means “to go back”?
concede
recede
proceed
excede 5

7. 6. “Ambi” and “amphi” mean:
one
friend
frog
both C

8. 7. What is an animal that lives in water and on land?
ambidextrous
ambient
amphitheater
amphibian B

9. Some of these called vehicles are used to take people on tours of Boston harbor AND the streets of Boston…If you’ve done this, you’ve been on a duck tour. What are these vehicles?

10. Amphibious vehicles! C

11. When a dentist pulls out a tooth…C

12. He is…. …Extracting the tooth… …the literal meaning of extract is…
Pachyderm, pentagon

13. A person who engages in combat could be called a…
Hint: think “military” and what is the suffix for “one who engages in”???
Chlorobipedaltricephalmonocaudalpterosaur – Green two footed 3 headed one tailed winged lizard.

14. A militant
Military + ‘ant’ suffix

15. The Latin propius means ‘nearer’ And the prefix ‘ap’ means ‘toward’
What word means to move nearer to?
Hint: She is “ap_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ her due date.”