ROOT WORDS WHAT ARE THEY AND WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT!

A tree can’t stand alone without roots. A word CANNOT stand alone without a word root or base word.

A BASE WORD CAN STAND ALONE. THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A ROOT AND A BASE.

A WORD ROOT IS PART OF A WORD THAT CONTAINS ITS BASIC MEANING. Am Amor Love, Liking, Friendliness =

BENE = GOOD, WELL Benefits means to aid in the well being of someone/something. Benefactor means someone who helps someone else. Beneficient means to do good.

MAL = EVIL, ILL, BAD, BADLY Mal-adroit means to be clumsy or awkward. Mal- ady means sickness. Mal-content means rebellious and bad tempered.

FLU, FLUC, FLUX = FLOW Effluence means the process of flowing out. Refluxes means a backward flow of body fluid. Fluctuations means continual change. Influxes means to flow in.

You’ve heard of a “herd of Zombies”, but have you heard of the root GREG? Greg = Gather, Flock Gregarious means living with and moving with the herd. Aggregation means to collect in a living mass. Congregate means to flock together.

LITERATURE AND ALLITERATION Litera= letter Alliteration means recurrence of the same letter sound. Literature means the best works written over the centuries. Obliteration means to erase the letters. You’ve been using these words already this year.

YOU TELL ME WHAT LUC, LUM MEANINGS ARE. LIGHT Lucent means giving light. Luna is a moon goddess. Illuminate means to bring in light and to light up. Luminescence means brightness.

= Hand Manual means relating to the hand. Manufacture means the act of making by hand. Manifest means seen at hand or obvious. Emancipation means the act of freeing something

7 TH GRADE ENGLISH TEACHERS ARE SCRIBACIOUS. Transcript means to copy something in writing. Scribable means it can be written upon. Circumscribe means to draw a line around. Scripture any sacred writings. Addicted to Writing

NOT ALIKE BUT …………? Similar means resembling in many aspects. Simultaneously means happening at the same time. Assimilate means to make similar. Simil, Simul Similar, like, same

Have you ever felt this way? Then you could be thinking of words with the root: Sol, soli Solemn means serious or thoughtfully. Solace means comfort during times of disappointment. Soli means an act you are doing on your own without assistance. Solitude means a state in being alone.

WE USE THESE EVERYDAY FOR THIS ROOT. Vid, Vis See, Look, Sight Visible means relating to vision. Evident means to be easily seen. Vista means a view from a distance.

YOU ARE USING THIS WORD EVERY OTHER DAY THIS YEAR. What is the Root of this word? BIO Biography means the study of someone’s life. Biographer means someone who writes about a life of another person.