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Practice Name Vocabulary Strategy: Greek and Latin Roots Many words in English have roots from ancient Greek, Latin, or other languages. Sometimes Latin or Greek word parts create a word family, or a group of words with a common feature or pattern. For example, the Greek root geo means “earth.” The words geography, geology, geographer, geode, geometry, and geometric form a word family based on the words’ Greek root geo. Origin Greek Latin Greek Latin Latin Word part bio dict tele man terr Meaning life speak far away hand earth © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Look at the Latin and Greek word parts above. Choose the word in parentheses that best fits with the other two words to form a word family. Then write the word on the line. 1. bionic biography (biosphere/bicker) 2. dictate dictation (dice/dictionary) 3. telethon telephone (telescope/territory) 4. manner maneuver (manicure/main) 5. diction dictator (decorate/edict) 6. manual manufacture (manuscript/mane) 7. terrarium terrestrial (terrible/terrace) 8. television telegram (telecast/teller) 9. biology biologist (bisect/biographer) telepathy (telegraph/tale) 10. telescopic 5.2 (A) Determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes. Hidden Worlds • Grade 5/Unit 2 53