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Name _______KEY_____________________ Date _______________ Period ________ Root Out the Meaning (and ROCK on your SAT’s!) Use several different colored highlighters to mark the parts of the words below (in each row) that seem similar. Thinking about what you already know about those words, take a guess at the meaning of the highlighted sections. Then check on the websites: www.kent.k12.wa.us/KSD/MA/resources/greek_and_latin_roots/transition.html or http://www.betterendings.org/homeschool/Words/Root%20Words.htm to see what the real translation is. Were you right? Write an additional word that uses that root in the space provided. Finally, draw a simple picture of the root’s meaning, and write a sentence that uses BOTH a related word and the root’s meaning together. Related Words Guess Real Root Real Meaning Life, Mind Were You Right? Additional Related Word Ex. animatronic Animal Animated Anim Anima Circle Circumnavigate Circ Around Ex. circus Dentist Orthodontist Dent Odont Tooth Ex. dentures Grammar Monogram Graphic Pneumonia Pneumatic Gram Graph Write, Draw, Describe, Record Ex. telegram Pneu(m) Breath, Lung Ex. pneumonitis Convert Versatile Vert Vers Turn Ex. vertebrae Related Words Guess Real Root Picture QuickTime™ and a decompressor are needed to see this picture. Real Were You Additional Picture Sentence The animal was full of life. Sentence Loquacious Monologue Automotive Autobiography Locu Loqu Log Auto Meaning Speech, Word Right? Related Word Ex. eloquent Self Ex. automatic Controversy Contradict Contro Contra Against Ex. contrary Monogram Monologue Mono One Ex. monobrow Retroactive Retract Retro Behind, Back Ex. retrofit Transition Transform Trans Across, Over Ex. transaction Malicious Malevolent Mal Bad, Ill, Evil Ex. malaria Synonym Pseudonym Nym Name, Word Ex. antonym Telekinesis Telegram Tele Far Off, Distance Ex. Telephone Spectacles Spectator Spect To Look Ex. Introspective