1. Greek and Latin Roots
Week 11

2. soph Meaning: wise; skillful Examples: sophisticate sophomoric
Make more worldly; refine
sophomoric
Showing lack of judgment and immaturity

3. spec Meaning: see; look at Examples: speculate retrospective
Take something as true based on insufficient evidence
retrospective
Review of the past

4. Word Associations Which word goes with guess?
Which word goes with mature?
Which word goes with naïve?
Which word goes with a reflective?

5. spir Meaning: breath; energy; animation Examples: respiration spirited
breathing
spirited
Animated; courageous

6. stat Meaning: stand; being in a place; position Examples: stationary
Not moving
static
Having no motion; fixed; stationary

7. Word Associations Which words go with immobile?
Which word goes with energetic?
Which word goes with a inhalation?

8. strict/string Meaning: tight; drawn together Examples: stringent
Imposing rigorous standards
constrict
Squeeze or compress

9. struct Meaning: build Examples: structure indestructible
Something built
indestructible
Impossible to destroy

10. Word Associations Which word goes with tighten?
Which word goes with “take apart”?
Which word goes with “put together”?
Which word goes with demanding?

11. sub/sup Meaning: below; under; less Examples: subtle suppress
Hard to detect or describe
suppress
Put down by force; restrain

12. syn Meaning: together; with Examples: syndicate synthesis
Association of people who undertake a duty or transact business
synthesis
Blend; combination

13. Word Associations Which word goes with association?
Which word goes with “to put together”?
Which word goes with “to hold down”?
Which word goes with hidden?

14. tact/tang Meaning: touch Examples: tangible tangent Able to be touched
Digression, diversion

15. tempor Meaning: time Examples: contemporary extemporaneous
Of the present time; modern
extemporaneous
unrehearsed

16. Word Associations Which word goes with real?
Which word goes with present-day?
Which word goes with divergent?
Which word goes with improvise?