Word Roots: Unit 4 CONNECTIONS TO MATH

ROOT BANK GRAPHJUNCTMETER/METRGRADQUES/QUIR/QUISVAR

GRAPH: WORD TOWER

GRAPH: TO WRITE/DRAW/DESRIBE

WE’LL COVER: PARAGRAPHBIBLIOGRAPHYGRAPHOLOGYPHONOGRAPH

PARAGRAPH PARA-

BIBLIOGRAPHY BIBL-

GRAPHOLOGY LOGY-

PHONOGRAPH PHON-

WORD TOWER: JUNCT

JUNCT/JUG/JOIN: TO JOIN

WE’LL COVER: CONJOINEDDISJOINTEDJUGULARCONJUNCTION

CONJOINED DEFINITION: JOINED TOGETHER CON:

DISJOINTED DEFINITION: NOT CONNECTED, NO FLOW IN THINKING DIS- DIS-

JUGULAR DEFINITION: VEIN THAT JOINS THE HEAD AND THE HEART

CONJUNCTION DEFINITION: A WORD THAT JOINS TWO PHRASES OR SENTENCES CON:

WORD TOWER: METR/METER

METR/METER DEFINITION: MEASURE

WORDS WE’LL COVER: PERIMETERPEDOMETERCHRONOMETERSYMMETRICAL

MATCHING: MATCH THE UNKNOWN ROOT TO THE DEFINITION PERIMETER PEDOMETER SYMMETRICAL CHRONOMETER

PEDOMETER: DEFINITION: device that measures steps PED: _____________

SYMMETRICAL: DEFINITION: The same in measurement or appearance. SYM: _____________

CHRONOMETER DEFINITION: device that measures time. Chron: ____________

PERIMETER: Definition: measurement or area around something. PER: _________________

WORD TOWER: GRAD/GRESS

GRAD/GRESS: DEFINITION: STEP

WORDS WE’LL COVER: graduate graduate progress progress degrade degrade egress egress

GRADUATE DEFINITION: recipient of a diploma GRADUATED: (OTHER MEANING) /gradually increasing GRADUATED: (OTHER MEANING) : marked with lines for measuring/gradually increasing

PROGRESS DEFINITION: MOVING FORWARD PRO- ______________

DEGRADE DEFINITION: TO BRING SOMEONE OR SOMETHING DOWN.

EGRESS DEFINITION: DEFINITION: the action or right of going or coming out Example: The auditorium is designed to provide easy egress in an emergency. Prefix e = _______________

WORD TOWER: QUES/QUIR/QUIS

QUES/QUIR/QUIS DEFINITION: TO SEEK/TO NEED/TO ASK FOR

WORDS WE’LL COVER: QUESTREQUISITEINQUESTSEQUESTER

QUEST DEFINITION: A journey made in search of something. ea_y8zpzqU&safe=active ea_y8zpzqU&safe=active

INQUEST DEFINITION: A judicial inquiry, especially one to determine a person’s cause of death. merseytimes.co.uk/deathsandinquests1914.html merseytimes.co.uk/deathsandinquests1914.html

REQUISITE DEFINITION: Necessary, or something that has been made necessary

SEQUESTER DEFINITION: to hide something/someone or to take possession of someone/something.

WORD TOWER: VAR-

VAR- DEFINITION: DIFFERENT

VARIABLE DEFINITION:

INVARIABLE DEFINITION:

MULTIVARIATE DEFINTION: HAVING OR INVOLVING MORE THAN ONE VARIABLE.

VARIEGATED DEFINTION: SHOWING OR HAVING DIFFERENT COLORS.