Vocabulary Practice: Word Roots, Meanings, and Definitions - PDF
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This document provides a vocabulary practice exercise. It defines word roots and offers words built from those roots, along with example sentences and definitions. It assists students in expanding their vocabulary and understanding word structures. The document is a PDF and is suitable to be used a practice resource to test yourself or teach other students.
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Okay, here is the markdown formatted text extracted from the image. ### 1) Scrib/Script Meaning: write Words built using this word: * manuscript - writing that is done by hand * Scribble - writing that is illegible * transcribe - to write down Sentence: The class had to transcribe the notes...
Okay, here is the markdown formatted text extracted from the image. ### 1) Scrib/Script Meaning: write Words built using this word: * manuscript - writing that is done by hand * Scribble - writing that is illegible * transcribe - to write down Sentence: The class had to transcribe the notes in a timely manner. Expand: transcript, scripture, prescription ### 2) Mit/Miss Meaning: send * dismiss - to send out * transmit - to send in or allow in * mission - a special task a person or a group is sent to do. Sentence: The mission was to defeat the villain in a movie. Expand: emission, emit ### 7) Dic/Dict Meaning: say or speak 1. Predict - to say what will happen before it actually happens 2. Dictator - A person who speaks and rules with absolute power Sentence - The news predicts the weather for every few weeks. Expand - Dictionary, Dictate ### 8) Geo Meaning: earth 1. Geology - the study of the Earth 2. Geode - a small rock formation with crystals inside of it Sentence - Geology is a popular major. Expand - geographic, geological, geometry ### 9) Corp/corpus meaning: bobly 1. Incorporeal - having no body or form 2. Corporation - an organization or business that acts as one body Sentence - The corporation emphasizes on community and being one. Expand - corpse, or ### 10) Mort/Mor meaning: death 1. Morbid - interested in unpleasant things, especially death and disease 2. Mortician - one who oversees all aspects of a funeral for deceased people and their loved ones Sentence - Many people in America are morbidly obese. Expand - morgue, mortality ### 3) Spec/Spect Meaning: look or watch * inspect - to look at or watch closely and carefully * spectator - one who looks or watches * spectacle - an eye-catching, dramatic public display that is viewed by people Sentence: The spectator watched the soccer game with much enjoyment. expand: respect, expect, disrespect ### 4) Mon/Mono/Unus Meaning: one * monarch - one person who rules an empire of Kingdom * unanimous - being of one mind or spirit * monopoly - sole ownership or control of anything Sentence: Many people wanted to become the monopoly of the hotel. expand: monogamous, monochromatic, uniform (one shape) ### 5) Don Meaning: give or gift * donor - a person who gives gifts of money or resources * Condone - to go along with or give consent or permission. Sentence: All schools do not condone violence and bullying. expand: donation, pardon ### 6) Vac /Nacu Meaning: empty * vacant - empty * evacuee - A person who had to leave an unsafe area Sentence: Many evacuees had to leave their LA homes due to fires expand: vacuum, evacuate, vacancy
