GREEK/LATIN WORD PARTS
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GREEK/LATIN WORD PARTSPREFIXES
ab/ad/ac/af/al/ap/as/at/ag – toward, to, near,
inante – before; in front ofdis – apart; away from;
depriveef/ex/ec – away from;out our out of; from; formerco/com/con/cor – with;
together; jointlyambi/amphi – both;
aroundun – not; without
SUFFIXES
ant – one that performs an
action or process; thing that is acted
upon
tion – condition of; result; state of
ROOTS
cede – to go; to move
rupt – to break; to burst
tract – draw
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1. To draw out or remove:
A. distract
B. extract
C. contract
D. distraction
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2. What does the morpheme “rupt” mean?
A. to go, move
B. to draw
C. to break or burst
D. to run
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3. Someone who intrudes and disturbs your conversation is…
A. constructive
B. construction
C. disruptive
D. disruption
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4. What is the literal meaning of “antecedent”?
A. before noon
B. after noon
C. one that goes before
D. one that goes after
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5. If “re” means “back, again”, which word means “to go back”?
A. concede
B. recede
C. proceed
D. excede
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6. “Ambi” and “amphi” mean:
1. one
2. friend
3. frog
4. both
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7. What is an animal that lives in water and on land?
A. ambidextrous
B. ambient
C. amphitheater
D. amphibian
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Some of these called vehicles are used to take people on tours of Boston harbor AND the streets of Boston…If you’ve done this, you’ve been on a duck tour. What are these vehicles?
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Amphibious vehicles!
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When a dentist pulls out a tooth…
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He is….…Extracting the tooth…
…the literal meaning of extract is…
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A person who engages in combat could be called a…
Hint: think “military” and what is the suffix for “one who engages in”???
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A militant
Military + ‘ant’ suffix
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The Latin propius means ‘nearer’
And the prefix ‘ap’ means ‘toward’
What word means to move nearer to?
Hint: She is “ap_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ her due date.”