1. Greek and Latin Roots
Week 3

2. cracy Meaning: government; rule; strength Examples: plutocracy
Society ruled by the wealthy
theocracy
Government by priests

3. cred Meaning: believe; trust Examples: credo incredulous
Statement of belief or principle; creed
incredulous
Skeptical; doubtful

4. Word Associations Which word goes with doubt?
Which word goes with “a religious society”?
Which word goes with “a wealthy society”?
Which word goes with a true statement?

5. cre Meaning: rise; grow Examples: crescendo increment
In music, a gradual increase in the volume or intensity of sound
increment
Something added; process of increasing

6. cour/cur Meaning: run; course Examples: concurrence courier
Agreement in opinion; simultaneous occurrence
courier
A messenger

7. Word Associations Which word goes with delivery?
Which word goes with addition?
Which word goes with sound?
Which word goes with “an agreement”?

8. cura Meaning: care Examples: curator curette
Someone who oversees a museum collection
curette
Surgical instrument that removes growths from a body cavity

9. cycl/cyclo Meaning: circle; wheel; cycle Examples: cyclical cycloid
Characterized by cycles; moving in cycles
cycloid
Resembling a circle

10. Word Associations Which word goes with “a shape”?
Which word goes with “a cycle”?
Which word goes with museum?
Which word goes with surgery?

11. de Meaning: from; down; away; against Examples: deride denounce mock
condemn

12. dec/deca Meaning: ten Examples: decimate decapod
Destroy a large part of; inflict great destruction on
decapod
A crustacean having ten legs

13. Word Associations Which word goes with copy?
Which word goes with a living creature?
Which word goes with destroy?
Which word goes with criticize?

14. dem Meaning: common people Examples: demographic pandemic
Related to the population balance
pandemic
Spread over a whole area or country

15. derm Meaning: skin Examples: dermatitis pachyderm
Inflammation of the skin
pachyderm
A thick-skinned, hoofed animal like the elephant

16. Word Associations Which word goes with disease?
Which word goes with “thick skin”?
Which word goes with “puffy skin”?
Which word goes with population?