1. Greek and Latin Roots
7th Grade

2. What is a root word?

3. act
Meaning: do
Examples: activity, react, active, actor, activist, counteract

4. aud
Meaning: hear
Examples: audio, audience, audiovisual, auditorium, audition

5. bio Meaning: life, living matter
Examples: biography, autobiography, biology, biosphere, biome, biodegradable

6. cred
Meaning: believe
Example: credence, credulous, incredulous, incredible, credit,

7. dem
Meaning: people
Examples: democracy, demographic, epidemic, demagogue

8. dict
Meaning: speak
Examples: contradict, prediction, dictate, predict, verdict

9. geo Meaning: earth, soil, global
Examples: geography, geology, geometry, geode, geocentric

10. graph Meaning: writing, written
Examples: graphology, autograph, seismograph, graphic, graphite

11. loc
Meaning: place
Examples: dislocate, location, relocate, locomotion, allocate

12. man
Meaning: hand
Examples: maneuver, manual, manuscript, manufacture, manacle

13. ped
Meaning: foot, feet
Examples: pedal, pedestrian, pedicure, impede, centipede

14. pop
Meaning: people
Examples: popular, population, populist, populace, popularize

15. port
Meaning: carry
Examples: export, portable, porter, report, transportation

16. sign Meaning: sign, mark, seal
Examples: signal, signature, design, insignia, significant

17. spec
Meaning: see, look
Examples: circumspect, retrospective, spectator, spectacular, speculate

18. tract Meaning: pull, drag
Examples: attract, distract, tractor, extract, contract

19. vid
Meaning: see
Examples: video, evident, provide, providence

20. volv Meaning: turn about, roll, bend
Examples: revolve, revolver, voluble, convolution, evolve, involve

21. Root Word Trees Choose a root word.
Write the root word and its meaning on the trunk of the tree.
Include at least four leaves with words containing that root word.
Include one leaf with an illustration that demonstrates the meaning of the root word.
Make it look nice! They will line our walls.