Reading for College

Roots Weekly Overheads & Quizzes

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WEEK 1 ROOTS

act, agi amo, ami

acu andr

aero annus, anni, enni

aesthet apt, ept

agri aqua

ali, allo, alter arch, archae, arche

alt art

ambulo

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Week 2 Roots

astro, ast, astr breve

aud, aus cad, cas, cid

auto calor, cal

bellum, belli cam, camp

bene cap, cept, cip

bi, du capit, capt

biblio, bibl cardi, card, cord

bio

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Week 3 Roots

carn claus, clud, clus

ced, cess, cede, ceed cog, nosc, gnosi

centric, centr commun

chrono, chron corpus, corp

cite, cit cosmo, cosm

civis, civ cracy, crat

clam, claim cred

clar

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Week 4 Roots

crux dic, dict

crypt doc, doct, dogma, dox

curr, curs don, donat

cycle, cycl, cyclo duc, duct

demo, dem dura

denti, dent, dont dynam

derm ego

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Week 5 Roots

endo, end fin

equi, equ firm

erg flex, flect

err flu, flue, fluv

eu form

fac, fact, fic, fect fort, forc

fall, fals frag, fract

fid, fide, feder

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Week 6 Roots

frater grav

fug greg

gam habit, hab, hib

gen, genus helio

geo hemi

grad, gress hemo, hema

gram, graph hetero

grat

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Week 7 Roots

homo leg, lect

hydro, hydr, hydra legis, leg

ignis lit, letter, liter

integ litho, lith

iso liver, liber

jac, ject loco, loc

junct, join log, logo, logue, logy

jud, judi, judic, jus, jur

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Week 8 Roots

loqu, locut mar, mari, mer

lumen, luc, lum, lus matri, matro, matric

luna medi

macro mega

magnus, magn mem

mal ment

mania meter

manu, man

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Week 9 Roots

micro multi

milli mut, mutat

mira nat, nasc

miso neo

mitt, miss neuro, neur

mono, mon nomen, nomin

mort, mori, mors novus, nov

mov, mob, mot

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Week 10 Roots

octo ped, pedo

ocu, op, opt ped, pod

omni pel, puls, pul

ora pend, pens, pon

ortho pent

pac, pax phil

patho, path phono, phon

patr, pater

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Week 11 Roots

photo, phos proto, prim, prime

physio, phys pseudo

plac, plais psych

plex, plic, pli, ply pyro

polis, poli quad

poly ratio

pon, pos, pond reg, recti, rect

port

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Week 12 Roots

rupt sent, sens

sac, sect sequ, secu, sue

sci sist, sta, stat, stit, stet

scope sol

scrib, script solus, sol

sect solv, solu

sed, sess, sid son

semi

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Week 13 Roots

soph tact, ting, tang, tag, tig

spec, spic, spect tax

spir techno, techni

sphere tele

string, strict tempo, temp

stru, struct ten, tin, tain

sume, sump tend, tent, tens

syn, sym

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Week 14 Roots

terra, terr trope

theo, the trud, trus

therm tui, tuit, tut

tort, tors turb, turbo

toxic, tox type

tract, tra ultima

tri un, uni

trib

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Week 15 Roots

urb vict, vinc

vac vid, vis

vad, vas vita, viv, vivi

vale, vali, valu voc, vok

ven, vent vol

ver, veri volu, volvo, volv

verb zoo

vert, vers

Reading for College Roots Quiz 1 /15 pts.

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Derivation / Meaning of Root
1. agitation
2. acute
3. artistic
4. agriculture
5. alteration
6. altimeter
7. ambulance
8. aesthetic
9. amicable
10. androgynous
11. ineptitude
12. aquatic
13. millennium
14. archaic
15. aeronautics

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Reading for College Roots Quiz 2 /15 pts.

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Derivation / Meaning of Root / Derivation / Meaning of Root
1. astrologer / 16. preamble
2. reenact / 17. biodegradable
3. cordial / 18. annuity
4. aerospace / 19. bible
5. capitulate / 20. acuity
6. aesthetics / 21. benediction
7. capture / 22. inept
8. agribusiness / 23. amiable
9. campaign / 24. binocular
10. alternative / 25. archaic
11. caloric / 26. belligerent
12. exaltation / 27. artisan
13. accident / 28. autonomous
14. androgynous / 20. aqua vitae
15. brevity / 30. audible

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Reading for College - Roots Quiz Week 3.2 /15

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Derivation / Meaning of Root / Derivation / Meaning of Root
1. aerobics / 16. intercede
2. altitude / 17. egocentric
3. amicable / 18. synchronize
4. android / 19. incite
5. ambulatory / 20. civility
6. archive / 21. reclamation
7. asterisk / 22. clarion
8. belligerent / 23. recluse
9. benevolent / 24. cognitive
10. bibliophile / 25. community
11. biopsy / 26. corpse
12. abbreviate / 27. cosmopolitan
13. cardiac / 28. bureaucracy
14. cascade / 29. credible
15. campaign / 30. carnal

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Derivation / All Forms of Root / Derivation / All forms of Root
1. aerobics / 16. intercede
2. altitude / 17. egocentric
3. amicable / 18. synchronize
4. android / 19. incite
5. ambulatory / 20. civility
6. archive / 21. reclamation
7. asterisk / 22. clarion
8. belligerent / 23. recluse
9. benevolent / 24. cognitive
10. bibliophile / 25. community
11. biopsy / 26. corpse
12. abbreviate / 27. cosmopolitan
13. cardiac / 28. bureaucracy
14. cascade / 29. credible
15. campaign / 30. carnal

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Reading for College Roots Quiz Week 4.1 /15

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Derivation / All Forms of Root / Derivation / All Forms of Root
1. cryptogram / 16. perennial
2. concurrent / 17. ineptitude
3. encyclopedia / 18. artificial
4. pandemic / 19. audio
5. dentifrice / 20. rebellion
6. pachyderm / 21. decadent
7. dictionary / 22. campaign
8. doctrine / 23. cordial
9. donor / 24. recession
10. ductile / 25. ethnocentric
11. durable / 26. synchronize
12. thermodynamic / 27. agnostic
13. superego / 28. corpulent
14. alias / 29. macrocosm
15. amorous / 30. aerobics

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Meaning of Root / Derivation / Meaning of Root / Derivation
1. hard, lasting / 16. head
2. cross / 17. tooth
3. lead / 18. star
4. believe / 19. people
5. belief, opinion / 20. government
6. body / 21. wheel, circle
7. give / 22. hear
8. know / 23. run
9. teach / 24. war
10. shut, close / 25. hidden
11. speak, say / 26. fall
12. clear / 27. power
13. two / 28. take, seize
14. yield, move, go / 29. self
15. skin / 30. time

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Reading for College Roots Quiz 5 /15 pts.

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Write a word that uses the root given below. Roots must be spelled correctly within words!

Root / Derivation / Root / Derivation
1. frag, fract / 16. fall, fals
2. ced, cess, cede / 17. biblio, bibl
3. fort, forc / 18. commun
4. flu, flue, fluv / 19. eu
5. cite, cit / 20. camp
6. clam, claim / 21. err
7. form / 22. capit, capt
8. clud, clus, claus / 23. erg
9. flect, flex / 24. carn
10. cog, nosc, gnosi / 25. equi, equ
11. firm / 26. aud
12. fin / 27. endo
13. fac, fact, fic / 28. derm
14. fid, fide, feder / 29. astro, ast
15. cred / 30. annus, enni

Reading for College Roots Quiz 5 /15 pts.

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Write a word that uses the root given below. Roots must be spelled correctly within words!

Reading for College Roots Quiz Week 6 /15 pts.

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Meaning of Root / Derivation / Meaning of Root / Derivation
1. brother / 16. trust, faith
2. pleasing / 17. strong
3. close, shut / 18. hard, lasting
4. marriage / 19. heavy
5. yield, move, go / 20. book
6. take steps / 21. blood
7. know / 22. short
8. origin, birth, race, kind / 23. have, hold, live
9. govern, rule, strength / 24. self
10. earth / 25. group, flock
11. hidden / 26. heart
12. written, drawn / 27. different
13. arouse, summon, call / 28. well
14. flee / 29. half
15. walk / 30. sun

Reading for College Roots Quiz Week 6 /15 pts.

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Reading for College Vocabulary Root Quiz 7 Points: /15

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Write a real English word, spelled correctly, that uses the two roots whose meanings are given:

2 Roots Meanings / Derivation Using Both / 2 Roots Meanings / Derivation Using Both
1. well + speak / 9. hidden + write
2. same + origin / 10. life + write
3. earth + write / 11. water + origin
4. sun + centered / 12. law + say
5. different + origin / 13. life + study
6. heart + write / 14. people + government
7. self + centered / 15. good + study
8. self + govern

Reading for College Vocabulary Root Quiz 7 Points: /15