Download KEY Root Words, Lesson 1

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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
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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