1. Using Greek and Latin Root Words to Build Vocabulary
Language Roots
Using Greek and Latin Root Words to Build Vocabulary
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2. Root Word:
FORT
Meaning:
strong
Examples:
comfort, effort, fort

3. Root Word:
GNOS
Meaning:
to know
Examples:
prognosis, diagnosis

4. GRAN grain, seed Root Word: Meaning: Examples:
pomegranate, granola, granite

5. GRAV, GRIEV Root Word: Meaning: Examples: heavy, serious, weighty
gravity, grieve, grievance

6. to gather, assemble, group
Meaning:
to gather, assemble, group
Root Word:
GREG
Examples:
congregate, segregate, aggregate

7. Root Word:
SAV
Meaning:
to taste,
to understand
Examples:
savvy, savor

8. SCRI to write scribble, manuscript, script Root Word: Meaning:
Examples:
scribble, manuscript, script

9. SOL alone Root Word: Meaning: Examples:
solo, solitude, desolate, solitaire

10. Root Word:
SPER
Meaning:
to scatter
Examples:
disperse, aspersion

11. Root Word:
TARD
Meaning:
slow
Examples:
tardy,
fire-retardant

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