1. Greek and Latin Roots
Week 9

2. pas/path Meaning: feeling; disease; suffering Examples: apathy
indifference
pathogen
Agent that causes disease

3. pel/puls Meaning: drive; urge Examples: pulsate repellant
Beat; to vibrate
repellant
Something that repels or drives back

4. Word Associations Which word goes with germ?
Which word goes with “lack of interest”?
Which word goes with “to push away”?
Which word goes with pound?

5. pet Meaning: request Examples: petition petulant
A request to a superior authority
petulant
Easily irritated

6. phon Meaning: sound; voice Examples: phonic cacophony
Relating to sound
cacophony
Unpleasant noise

7. Word Associations Which word goes with audio?
Which word goes with “to ask of something”?
Which word goes with “a harsh noise”?
Which word goes with easily bothered?

8. pict Meaning: paint Examples: depict pictograph Represent in a picture
A picture that represents a word or idea

9. plac Meaning: please Examples: placid placebo calm
Something given to please or quiet

10. Word Associations Which word goes with a fake pill?
Which word goes with easy-going?
Which word goes with hieroglyphs?
Which word goes with illustrate?

11. port Meaning: carry; gate Examples: portal portable
An entrance or gate
portable
Able to be carried easily

12. put/putat Meaning: think; calculate Examples: reputation compute
State of being held in high esteem
compute
Determine an amount or number

13. Word Associations Which word goes with fame?
Which word goes with a passage?
Which word goes with “take along”?
Which word goes with calculate?

14. quer/quis
Meaning: seek
Examples:
query
question
requisite
required

15. rect Meaning: straight Examples: erect rectilinear
Fix in an upright position
rectilinear
Bounded by straight lines

16. Word Associations Which word goes with “a condition”?
Which word goes with elevated?
Which word goes with rectangular?
Which word goes with inquiry?