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Word Parts Greek and Latin root words make-up a significant part of the words in English, so we will learn them, and be able to identifying and understand more complicated vocabulary
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Rules Copy the following five entries into the new word part section of your binder and leave at least ten lines between each entry. When you have copied them, get a dictionary and look up more examples of words using these word parts. Then copy the five most challenging words you find and the meaning of each. It will be most helpful to find words that clearly incorporate the meaning of the word part. Finally, as homework, write one sentence for each of the words you defined. This work will be your ticket to the test in four weeks. You will receive approximately five new entries each week. When we have twenty word parts, we will test on those. I have done all of the work for the first entry for you to model what you should do with the others.
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Week One Word Part Meaning Words 1. Bene- Good Benefit
Benediction n. A blessing. At the end of the service, the minister said the benediction. Benevolent. adj. expressing good will or kindly thoughts. He helped the older lady cross the street so I knew he was benevolent. Beneficiary. N. Person who receives benefits (goods). Some of my students are beneficiaries on their parent’s life insurance policies. Beneficial. Adj. Producing a favorable result. Coming to school each day is beneficial if you want to learn. Benefactress. N. Woman who gives aid, esp. financial aid. Oprah is often a benefactress for other women. 2. Circum- Around Circumve 3. Col-, Com-, Con-, Cor- With / Together Collapse, (You do not have to do five words for each, just total for the entry.) Compile Construct, Correspond 4. Contra- Opposed Contradict 5. Equ- Equal Equidistant
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6. Extra- Outside Extralegal 7. Hemi- Half Hemisphere
Week Two Word Part Meaning Words 6. Extra- Outside Extralegal 7. Hemi- Half Hemisphere 8. Hyper- Over, Above Hypercritical 9. Inter- Between, Among International 10. Intra- Within Intracellular
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11. Intro- Into Introvert 12. Mal- Bad Maltreat
Week Three Word Part Meaning Words 11. Intro- Into Introvert 12. Mal- Bad Maltreat 13. Mid- Halfway Midday 14. Mis- Wrong Misspell 15. Non- Not Nonworking
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18. Retro- Backward/Behind Retroactive 19. Sub- Under/Below Subzero
Week Four Word Part Meaning Words 16. Pre- Before Predawn 17. Post- After Postpone 18. Retro- Backward/Behind Retroactive 19. Sub- Under/Below Subzero 20. Dys- Bad Dysfunctional
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Week Five 21. Ab- Not; Away; absent Up, out abnormal
Word Part Meaning Words 21. Ab- Not; Away; absent Up, out abnormal 22. Ad- Motion toward advent nearness to adjoin adolescence 23. Ante- Before; prior to antecedent In front of anteroom 24. Anti- against; anticensorship prevents, cures ; antidote opposite, reverse antimatter 25. Be- around; by about Beset Bemoan
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Week Six 26. De- away from; off; derail down; decline
Word Part Meaning Words 26. De- away from; off; derail down; decline reverse action of defrost 27. Dis- lack of; not; distrust away dishonest dispatch 28. Em-, En- to get into; on; embark to make or cause; enfeeble in; into enclose 29. Il-, Im-, In-, Ir- not; in; into immature Investigate 30. Pro- In favor of; Pro-labor forward; ahead Propel
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Week Seven Word Part Meaning Words 31. Re- again; back replant repay 32. Semi- half; partly; semicircle twice in a period semiannual semiconscious 33. Super- over and above; superhuman very large supertanker 34. Trans- across; beyond transatlantic transcend 35. Un- not; reverse of unhappy unfasten
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Week Eight: People who do something – 3 words
Word Part Meaning Words 36. -ant Commandant / Occupant 37. -eer Auctioneer / Puppeteer 38. –er Manager / Mother / Runner 39. -ier Cavalier / Soldier Boulevardier 40. –ist Geologist/Somnambulist 41. –ician Beautician / Statistician 42. –or Counselor / Executor 42.5 -ee amputee / absentee
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43. Anthrop Human Anthropology 44. Ast, Aster Star Asterisk
Week Nine Word Part Meaning Words 43. Anthrop Human Anthropology 44. Ast, Aster Star Asterisk 45. Auto Self; Alone Automobile 46. Bibl Book Bibliography 47. Chron Time Chronology 48. Dem People Democracy
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Week Ten – you can start ‘making up’ words with other word parts
Word Part Meaning Words Word Part Meaning Words 49. Crat, Crac Govern Democracy 52. Geo Earth Geothermometer Democracy—government by the people Geographer—someone who writes about the earth. Autocratic – Self-governed/government by one body Geometry Theocracy—government by the church (theo=god) Geochronometry—measurement of the earth’s time Plutocracy—government by the wealthy (Pluto=wealth because of Hades) 53. Graph/Gram Write Grammar/ paragraph Aristocracy—government by one family Bureaucracy—government by non-elected officials Sonogram Bureaucrat—non-elected official who governs Graphology—study of handwriting 50. Bio Life Biology Graphic novelist Electrocardiogram Biohazard Bioastronautics—study of the effects of space travel (to the stars) on living organisms. Biography Telegram/ Telegraph Biogenesis Biogenetic research 54. Hydr Water Hydrogen Hydrobiology Autobiographer 51. Gen Birth/Race/ Origins/Beginnings Generation gap Hydrogeology Hyrdrometer Autoregeneration Hydrothermal Genesis
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Week Eleven 55. Log Word, Reason Dialogue Monologue, logical
Word Part Meaning Words 55. Log Word, Reason Dialogue Monologue, logical 56. Logy Study of Geology 57. Metr/Meter Measure Barometer 58. Neo New Neophyte 59. Nom/Nym Name, Word, Law Economic
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Week Twelve 60. Ortho Straight, Correct Orthodontist
Word Part Meaning Words 60. Ortho Straight, Correct Orthodontist 61. Pan All; entire Panorama 62. Phil Love Philosopher Phobiaphilia 63. Phobia Fear Hippophobia Arachnophobia Thermophobia Bibliophobia Ambulophobia Anuptaphobia Musophobia Somnophobia Gehryrophobia Pedaphobia Philophobia Chorophobia Ergophobia Neophobia Verbophobia Theophobia Claustrophobia Acrophobia Zoophobia Cynophobia Necrophobia Aichmophobia Xenophobia Papryophobia Dentophobia Nornatophobia Tonsuraphobia Scriptophobia donophobia Didaskaleinophobia Panophobia 64. Phon Sound Phonograph
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66. Psych Mind; Soul Psychology 67. Scope See Telescope
Week Thirteen Word Part Meaning Words 66. Psych Mind; Soul Psychology 67. Scope See Telescope 68. Soph Wise, Wisdom Sophisticated 69. Tele Far; Distant Television 70. Theo God Theology
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Week Fourteen Word Part Meaning Words 71. Therm Heat Thermometer SAMPLE ENTRY: Geothermometer - instrument to measure the temperature/heat of the earth. If I am a geologist, I may need to use a geothermometer if a volcano is imminent. 72. Capt / Capit Take; Hold; Seize; Head Capture 73. Cede/Ceed/Cess Go; Yield; Give Away Recession Proceed (HINT: USE PRIOR WORD PARTS to construct some easy to learn words: Inter/ Pro/ Re / Con) 74. Cred Believe Credit; Creed 75. Dic; Dict Speak; Say;Tell Dictionary; Dictation
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77. Mit; Miss Send Transmit; Submissive
Week Fifteen Word Part Meaning Words 76. Mob;Mot Mov Move Automobile 77. Mit; Miss Send Transmit; Submissive 78. Fer Carry Transfer; Refer; Ferry 79. Ject Throw; Hurl Inject; Reject 80. Duc; Duct;Duce Lead Induce; Conductor 81. Puls Throb; Urge Pulsate; Repulsive
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Week Sixteen Word Part Meaning Words 82. Fac; Fec; Foc; Fic Do; Make Fiction; Factory 83. Par;Pair Get Ready Prepare; Repair 84. Junct Join Conjunction; Injunction 85. Port Carry; Opening Portable; Airport 86. Pon; Pos; Impose; Posit Place; Put Reposition; Component 87. Scrib, Script Write Transcribe; Subscription
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88. Spec, Spic Look;See Spectacle; Conspicuous
Week Seventeen Word Part Meaning Words 88. Spec, Spic Look;See Spectacle; Conspicuous 89. Stat Stand; Put in Place Statue 90. Ten Stretch; Hold Tendon 91. Tract Pull; Move Tractor 92. Ven, Vent Come Convention Event 87. Scrib, Script Write Transcribe
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94. Vid, Vis See Video; Vista
Week Eighteen Word Part Meaning Words 93. Vers, Vert Turn Invert; Versatile (Con, Re, Sub) 94. Vid, Vis See Video; Vista 95. Voc, Vok Call Invoke; Vocation (Pro,In, Re) 96. Vol Wish Volunteer (Bene, Mal, In,) 97. Volv Roll Revolver (In, E, tion)
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98. Cycl Turn; Wheel Recycle; Unicycle 99. Mem Remember Memorial;
Week Nineteen Word Part Meaning Words 98. Cycl Turn; Wheel Recycle; Unicycle 99. Mem Remember Memorial; Memoir 100. Clude Shut Include; Clus Conclusion 101. Rupt Break; Burst Disrupt; Interrupt 102. Manu Hand Manufacture; Manuscript
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103. Sect Divide; Cut Dissect; Section 104. Pens Pay Expense;
Week Twenty Word Part Meaning Words 103. Sect Divide; Cut Dissect; Section 104. Pens Pay Expense; Compensation 105. Pend Hang Suspend; Depend 106. Numer Number Numerous; Numeral 107. Prim First Primary; Primate This is the last set for the fifth test! Get busy!
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108. Macro large, long Macrocosm 109. Micro small; minute Microphone
Week Twenty One Word Part Meaning Words 108. Macro large, long Macrocosm 109. Micro small; minute Microphone 110. Eu Good; Well; Eugenics Advantageous Euphemism 111. A (An) Not; Without Amoral 112. Mono One; Single; Alone Monarchy
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114. Tomy (Tom) Cutting Anatomy Operation of incision
Week Twenty-Two Word Part Meaning Words 113. Poly Many Polygamy 114. Tomy (Tom) Cutting Anatomy Operation of incision 115. Pod Foot Anthropod 116. Homo Like; Homochromatic One and the same 117. Hetero Different Heterogeneous
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118. Commun Common Excommunicate 119. Serv Save; keep Preservation
Week Twenty-Three Word Part Meaning Words 118. Commun Common Excommunicate 119. Serv Save; keep Preservation 120. Rad Ray Radiance 121. Aer Air Aeronautics 122. Press Force Pressurize
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