1. Root word review Are you able to:
Recite the definition of each root/prefix/suffix?
Give an example of a word that uses each root/prefix/suffix?
Use the example in a sentence, showing the meaning of the root?
Create a mnemonic device for each root – one that works for you?

2. Anthrop
human, man
Anthropology

3. belligerent, bellicose
war (or, war-like)
belligerent, bellicose

4. brief, brevity, abbreviate
short
brief, brevity, abbreviate

5. credo, credit, credulous, credibility, credible
believe
credo, credit, credulous, credibility, credible

6. Culpa
guilt
culpability, culprit

7. dermatologist, epidermis, hypodermic
skin
dermatologist, epidermis, hypodermic

8. deduce, induce, conduct, induct, conductor
Duc/duct
Lead or pull
deduce, induce, conduct, induct, conductor

9. Ego
self
egotist, egomaniac

10. factory, manufacture, benefactor
to make, or to do
factory, manufacture, benefactor

11. judicial, justice, jury, adjudicate
Jud/jur/jus
judge
judicial, justice, jury, adjudicate

12. lucid, elucidate, illuminate
Luc/lum
light
lucid, elucidate, illuminate

13. Mega
great or large
Megalopolis, megabyte

14. Ocu
eye
Ocular, binoculars

15. orthodontist, orthodox,
straight, or correct
orthodontist, orthodox,
orthopedic

16. Poly
Many
Polygon, polygamy

17. Rect
straight, upright
rectangle, rectify

18. theology, monotheistic, polytheistic, atheism
The/theo
god, deity
theology, monotheistic, polytheistic, atheism

19. Urb
city
suburb, urban

20. Vir
man, manliness
virtue, virtuoso, virus

21. vacation, vacuum, vacant
empty
vacation, vacuum, vacant

22. antecedent, ante-bellum, antechamber
Prefixes
Ante
before
antecedent, ante-bellum, antechamber

23. Counterproductive, counterstrike
against
Counterproductive, counterstrike

24. dysfunctional, dysentery
ill, bad
dysfunctional, dysentery

25. hypersensitive, hyperactive
over
hypersensitive, hyperactive

26. Inter
between
interstate, intervene

27. Introspective, intrastate, intramural
Intra/intro
within
Introspective, intrastate, intramural

28. microscope, microbe, microeconomics
small
microscope, microbe, microeconomics

29. pseudonym, pseudoscience
false
pseudonym, pseudoscience

30. Transatlantic, transcontinental, transient
across
Transatlantic, transcontinental, transient

31. brotherhood, sisterhood, knighthood, neighborhood
Suffixes
Hood
the property of being
brotherhood, sisterhood, knighthood, neighborhood

32. dramatic, scientific, linguistics
having to do with
dramatic, scientific, linguistics

33. Purify, humidify, solidify
Ify/if
to make, or to become
Purify, humidify, solidify

34. biology, geology, etymology
study of
biology, geology, etymology

35. exposure, rupture, legistlature
state of, or act of
exposure, rupture, legistlature

36. Root word review Are you able to:
Recite the definition of each root/prefix/suffix?
Give an example of a word that uses each root/prefix/suffix?
Use the example in a sentence, showing the meaning of the root?
Create a mnemonic device for each root – one that works for you?