BELLRINGER
LATIN ROOTS
Monday, May 14
Latin Roots
1. cred or credit- to believe or trust
2. flect or flex- to bend
3. funct- to perform
4. fract or frag- to break
5. grat or grac- pleasing or thankful
Tuesday, May 15
6. later- side
7. loc or locat- a place or to place
8. var- different
9. dent- teeth or tooth
10. nat or natal- birth
Tuesday, May 15
Circle the Latin root used in each of the
following words.
fraction, fragment, fracture
2. gracious, grateful, gratuity
3. reflection, deflect, reflex
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Tuesday’s Definitions
Circle the Latin root used in each of the
following words and write what meaning
the words share.
 prenatal, natural, innate
 relocate, location, dislocate
 bilateral, unilateral –
 dentures, dentist, trident variety, vary, variable-
Wednesday, May 16
Circle the Latin root used in each of the
following words.
1. credentials, credit, credible 2. dysfunctional, function, malfunction3. fragile, fractious, refraction-
Thursday, May 17
Rewrite the sentences using the Latin roots correctly.
1. Spring Fling was in______ibly fun.
2. I turned in my book report early, because I wanted
to earn full _________it for my work.
3. In math class we turn _______ions into decimals.
Friday, May 18th
 After re________ing on the school year, I realize
that I have matured a lot!
 The winners of the student council elections
________iously thanked their supporters.
 After locker clean out, my locker combination will no
longer ________tion.
Tuesday Definitions
 I had to isolate the ______iable (x) to solve the
equation.
 The girl did a _________al flip so that she was
spinning through the air.