Greek and Latin Roots Week 3

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Greek and Latin Root Word Study Guide

Continue to Study the Grade Level specific Greek and Latin Roots (study the yellow paper and the hot
pink paper)

Prefixes/suffixes Description Example

1. Im, non, un, dis, mis, in Negative, not, no Unimpressed= not impressed
2. Re again Revisit= visit again
3. -ty, -ity Actof, process of, done with Sincerity, longevity
conviction
4. Pre, ex, fore, under Shows position Before, underneath
5. Uni, bi, tri Shows amount or size Unicorn= one corn
6. -ly, -ily How something is happily
7. -er, -est Used to compare 2 things happier
8. -y, -ful, -less Shows quantity Beautiful= having beauty
9. -ness condition Illness=shows you are ill
10. -en action Driven=you have drive

Add these NEW Greek and Latin Roots to your List of Words to Know for the Quiz Nov.2.2018.

Root Description Example


1. mania Madness/insanity Kleptomania (likes to steal)
2. pan All/every panoramic
3. path Suffering, disease, sickening sympathy, pathological
4. phobia fear acrophobia
5. pyro fire pyrolysis
6. quer, quir, ques, quis Search, seek, ask Quest, inquisitive
7. migr Moving/wander migrate
8. sent/sens feel sensitive
9. vid/vis See/visual Video, visible
10. vac empty vacancy
11. miss/mit Send/let go Transmit, remit, omit

Also, continue to study the green sheet titled “common idioms/adages”. These will also be on the test!

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