RWA 1.2 Guided PracticeGreek and Latin Roots

Vocabulary and Concept Development: use knowledge of Greek, Latin, and Anglo-Saxon roots and affixes to understand content-area vocabulary.

Which word is formed from the Greek root meaning “sound”?(a) exceed(b) thermal(c) megaphone(d) concede

Greek Roots

Which word is formed from the Greek root meaning “self”?(a) microphone(b) automatic(c) postmark(d) prefix

Greek Roots

Which word is formed from the Greek root meaning “to write”?(a) describes(b) revolution(c) taste(d) seismograph

Greek Roots

Which word is formed from the Greek root meaning “circle”?(a) surgery(b) motorcycle(c) subject(d) honey

Greek Roots

Which word is formed from the Greek root meaning “nature”?(a) physical(b) national(c) review(d) pedal

Greek Roots

Which word is formed from the Greek root meaning “heat”?(a) reconnect(b) protraction(c) thermostat(d) superstructure

Greek Roots

Which word is formed from the Greek root meaning “something written”?(a) tripod(b) peddler(c) pedicure(d) candygram

Greek Roots

Which word is formed the Greek root meaning “measure”?(a) chronometry(b) terminology(c) medical(d) combining

Greek Roots

Which word is formed from the Greek root meaning “life”?(a) atmosphere(b) nervous(c) organ(d) symbiosis

Greek Roots

Which word is formed from the Greek root meaning “half”?(a) subvert(b) telephone(c) attention(d) hemicranial

Greek Roots

Which word is formed from the Latin root meaning “look”?(a) independent(b) someone(c) perspective(d) caution

Latin Roots

Which word is formed from the Latin root meaning “write”?(a) magazine(b) translate(c) subscription(d) interested

Latin Roots

Which word is formed from the Latin root meaning “break, tear, or burst”?(a) spray(b) eruption(c) explode(d) rip

Latin Roots

Which word is formed from the Latin root meaning “to stand”?(a) statue(b) unreadable(c) accustomed(d) sociopath

Latin Roots

Which word is formed from the Latin root meaning “to carry”?(a) portage(b) illogical(c) illegible(d) attempt

Latin Roots

Which word is formed from the Latin root meaning “to throw”?(a) reject(b) document(c) subsidiary (d) services

Latin Roots

Which word is formed from the Latin root meaning “to say”?(a) talkative(b) prediction(c) creative(d) dicacious

Latin Roots

Which word is formed from the Latin root meaning “to hang; weigh”?(a) swinging (b) oscillating(c) pendulous(d) vacillatory

Latin Roots

Which word is formed from the Latin root meaning “water”?(a) aquifer(b) canal(c) pond(d) lake

Latin Roots

Which word is formed from the Latin root meaning “across”?(a) carry(b) transit(c) drive(d) walk

Latin Roots