Root Words - October
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jpage28 on October 30, 2012
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Upcoming Test on Halloween! (last day of October) The test will be covering the root word or prefix, that have been selected on the Appendix G worksheet. On the quiz, you will need to know the root word (spelling counts), the origin (Latin, Greek, etc...), the meaning/definition, and 3 example words (see more)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 auto | SELF Examples: autobiography, autocracy, automobile, automatic Greek |
| circum | AROUND; ABOUT Examples: circumstance, circumference, circulate, circular Anglo-French, Latin |
| hyper | OVER; BEYOND Examples: hypermarket, hypertension, hypercritical Greek and Latin |
| malus | BAD or EVIL Examples: malady, malevolent, malfeasance, malice, malicious, malnutrition, malfunction Latin |
| polis | CITY Examples: policy, political, metropolitan, politics, police Greek |
| trans | ACROSS Example: transfer, transport, transform, transcontinental Latin |
| bi | HAVING TWO; TWO Examples: bicycle, bicameral, biceps, bisexual Latin |
| duo | PAIR or TWO Examples: duplex, duet, duplicity, duplicate Italian and Latin |
| tri | THREE Examples: triangle, tricycle, tripod, triceratops Greek and Latin |
| unus | ONE Examples: unicycle, unicorn, universe Greek |
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