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Prefixes, Roots, & Suffixes | Name ________________________
good
bad
eu-
beneficial
benevolent
benign
ben
dys
dysfunctional
dystopia
euphoric
malaise
malice
malignant
mal
malnourished
A. Complete each sentence with a vocabulary word.
1.
I usually feel ________________ after eating too much junk food.
2. I felt ________________ when I won first place in the talent show.
3. Poverty is a symptom of a ________________ society.
4. Exercise is ________________ to health and well being.
5. The stray dog is ________________ from not eating enough food.
6. He is so ________________, evil, and full of ________________, many people
won’t even say his name.
7. The ________________ principal bought ice cream for all the students.
8. The Hunger Games trilogy is set in a fictional ________________.
9. Because it makes less pollution, solar energy is a more ________________ source of
electricity than coal.
B. Use vocabulary words in sentences.
1.
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
C. Match the figures of speech to their meanings.
A euphemism is a figure of speech
that makes something bad sound
good.
A dysphemism is a figure of speech
that makes something sound bad,
or worse than it really is.
euphemism
meaning
dysphemism
meaning
1. ___ let go
a. died
1.
___ crazy house
a.
cemetery
2. ___ passed away
b. prison
2.
___boneyard
b.
helpful person
3. ___correctional facility
c. fired
3.
___ do-gooder
c.
mental hospital
bad, good
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Prefixes, Roots, & Suffixes | Name ________________________
top, highest
middle
bottom, lowest
acr, alt, sum
medi, mes
bas, byss, fund
acrobat
altitude
basement
intermediate
median
mediator
medium
midst
A. Complete each sentence with a vocabulary word.
1.
The shirt comes in small, ________________ , and large.
2. I spotted her bright orange shirt in the ________________ of a crowd of people
wearing blue.
3. The ________________ is under the house.
4. A ________________ can help resolve an argument.
5. We watched in awe as the ________________ flipped high in the air.
6. The number set [1, 3 , 4, 8, 10, 20, 21] has a ________________ of 8.
7. The video game has three levels: beginner, ________________ , and expert.
8. Commercial passenger planes fly at an ________________ of 39,000 feet.
B. Use a vocabulary word in a sentence.
C. Match.
1.
_________________________________
1.
_____ mediocre
a. important
_________________________________
2.
_____ fundamental
b. average
_________________________________
3.
_____ abyssmal
c. low, bad
D. Read the paragraph. Find words
formed from the roots in the table.
Mesosaurus is an extinct aquatic dinosaur that lived in
Mesosaurus
the swamps of Africa and South America. Mesosaurus was
about three feet long with a streamlined body. It propelled
Root
Meaning
itself with its hind legs and strong tail. Mesosaurus is
aqu-
water
important to geological sciences because it provides evidence
meso-
middle
of continental drift. Its fossils were found in two widely
-saur-
lizard
separated regions of the earth. It would have been
-pel-
push
physiologically impossible for mesosaurus to swim between
-vid-
see
the two continents, proving that South America and Africa
geo-
earth
were once united.
phys-
body
bottom, highest, middle, top
#
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Prefixes, Roots, & Suffixes | Name ________________________
not
a-, anil-, im-, in-, irnonunanaerobic
illegible
noncombatants
apathetic
incomplete
nonfat
illegal
irresponsible
unhappy
not
unlikely
unsafe
unstable
A. Complete each sentence with a vocabulary word.
1.
Driving over the speed limit is ________________ .
2. Spending more money than you earn is ________________ .
3. Running short sprints is an ________________ activity.
4. My two year old daughter’s handwriting is nearly ________________ .
5. An ________________ voter may decide they don’t care who wins the election.
6. The ________________ bridge is ________________ and _______________ .
7. ________________ milk has less fat than whole milk.
8. Medics and engineers are types of military ________________ .
9. After the death of her pet fish, she was ________________ for a week.
10. Being struck by lightning is very ________________ .
B. Use vocabulary words in sentences.
1.
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
C. Match the words that have the same meaning
1.
___ infinite
a)
2.
___ invalid
b) unending
3.
___ unachievable c)
4.
___ incomplete
not
impossible
5.
___ unbelievable
a)
unrelated
6.
___ illegal
b) irrational
untrue
7.
___ unreasonable c)
d) unfinished
8.
___ irrelevant
unlawful
d) incredible
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Prefixes, Roots, & Suffixes | Name ________________________
together
syl, sym, syn, sys
collect
collision
combat
concert
congruent
connect
co, col, com, con
coordinate
syllabus
symmetric
sympathy
synonym
system
A. Complete each sentence with a vocabulary word.
1.
He likes to ________________ postcards from the places he’s visited.
2. I bought a ________________ card for my aunt who recently lost a loved one.
3. The engineers plan to ________________ the cities by bridge or tunnel.
4. Happy is a ________________ for joyful.
5. Fire stations around the area had to ________________ their efforts to fight the blaze.
6. Let’s ________________ crime with education.
7. The singer hasn’t had a ________________ in a long time, so this performance was
special.
8. Dewey Decimal is the library’s classification ________________ .
9. The teacher always goes over her class ________________ on the first day.
10. In geometry, two figures that are the same size are _______________; two figures that
are reflections of one another are ________________ .
B. Read the paragraph. Find words formed from the roots in the table.
Context means “together with the text.” When reading, context
helps you figure out the meaning of words and phrases. Consider
context
this sentence: “The actors walked to the front of the stage and
took a bow.” The word bow is a homograph—it has four
different meanings! But the context of the sentence tells you that
bow means “to bend at the waist.” Context can also change the
Root
Meaning
meaning of situations. For example, consider the difference
com
con
joined
hour.” The temporal conditions of the second example change
graph
write
the circumstances drastically! So remember: context is
temp
time
circum
around
duc
lead
between, “Sam earned $100,” and “Sam earned $100 in one
conducive to comprehension! When reading, look for context
clues in surrounding words, phrases, and paragraphs.
together
#
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Roots, Prefixes, & Suffixes | Name ________________________
meaning
root
skill, craft
tech
best citizens
aristo
merit, earned
merito
hired state officials
bureau
self
auto
the people
demo
religion or god
theo
the wealthy
pluto
suffixes
-crat a suffix that forms a -cracy- a suffix that
noun meaning “a
forms a noun meaning
member of or supporter
“a type of government
of a type of social order
or social order.”
or government.”
-cratic a suffix that forms an adjective meaning
“of a certain type of government or social order.”
Example: I had to deal with the bureaucratic
DMV to get a driver’s license.
A. Combine the roots and suffixes to create words and complete the table.
type of government
or social order
member or supporter of a type
of government or social order
of a type of government or
social order
technocrat
aristocracy
meritocratic
bureaucratic
autocracy
democrat
theocracy
plutocratic
B.
Complete the sentences with words from the table above.
1. As a devoted ________________ , Mario believes society should be controlled by robots.
2. A ________________ could be an ideal type of government, because the power would be
held by people who earned it.
3. She wondered if Google is a successful company because it is a ________________.
4. ________________ is not a good type of government for a nation with religious diversity.
5. A presidential election is ________________ in action.
6. America is supposed to be a ________________ nation, but the political influence of very
wealthy citizens threatens to make it ________________.
government
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Prefixes, Roots, & Suffixes | Name ________________________
Greek
Latin
Meaning
Greek
Latin
Meaning
eu-
ben
good
dys
mal
bad
beneficial
benevolent
benign
dysfunctional
dystopia
euphoric
malaise
malice
malignant
malnourished
A. Use a vocabulary word to complete each sentence.
1.
I usually feel malaise after eating too much junk food.
2. Simone felt euphoric upon seeing that she had won first place and had set a new record.
3. Poverty is a symptom of a dysfunctional society.
4. Exercise is beneficial to health and well being.
5. He is extremely malnourished, lacking protein and fiber in his diet.
6. He is so malignant, evil, and full of malice, many people won’t even say his name.
7. The benevolent principal bought ice cream for all the students.
8. The Hunger Games is set in a fictional dystopia.
9. Solar power is a more benign source of energy than coal because it produces less carbon
dioxide.
B. Use vocabulary words in sentences.
1.
Education is beneficial to having many career options.
2. The malnourished dog was nursed back to health by a loving family.
C. Match the figures of speech to their meanings.
A euphemism is a figure of speech
that makes something bad sound
good.
euphemism
dysphemism
let go
fired
crazy house
passed away
died
boneyard
correctional facility
good & bad
meaning
A dysphemism is a figure of speech
that makes something sound bad, or
worse than it really is.
prison
do-gooder
meaning
mental hospital
cemetery
helpful person
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Prefixes, Roots, & Suffixes | Name ________________________
top, highest
middle
bottom, lowest
acr, alt, sum
medi, mes
bas, byss, fund
acrobat
altitude
basement
intermediate
median
mediator
medium
midst
A. Complete each sentence with a vocabulary word.
1.
The shirt comes in small, medium, and large.
2. I spotted her bright orange shirt in the midst of a crowd of people wearing blue.
3. The basement is under the house.
4. A mediator can help resolve an argument.
5. We watched in awe as the acrobat flipped high in the air.
6. The number set [1, 3 , 4, 8, 10, 20, 21] has a median of 8.
7. The video game has three levels: beginner, intermediate, and expert.
8. Commercial passenger planes fly at an altitude of 39,000 feet.
B. Use a vocabulary word in a sentence.
1.
At Starbucks, a medium drink is called “grande.”
C. Match.
1.
__b__ mediocre
a. important
2.
__a__ fundamental
b. average
3.
__c__ abyssmal
c. low, bad
D. Read the paragraph. Find words
formed from the roots in the table.
Mesosaurus is an extinct aquatic dinosaur that lived in
Mesosaurus
the swamps of Africa and South America. Mesosaurus was
about three feet long with a streamlined body. It propelled
Root
Meaning
#
itself with its hind legs and strong tail. Mesosaurus is
aqu-
water
1
important to geological sciences because it provides evidence
meso-
middle
4
of continental drift. Its fossils were found in two widely
-saur-
lizard
5
separated regions of the earth. It would have been
-pel-
push
1
physiologically impossible for mesosaurus to swim between
-vid-
see
2
the two continents, proving that South America and Africa
geo-
earth
1
were once united.
phys-
nature
1
top to bottom
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Prefixes, Roots, & Suffixes | Name ________________________
Latin Root
a-, ab-,
il-, im-, in-, irnonanaerobic
illegible
apathetic
incomplete
illegal
irresponsible
Meaning
unnoncombatants
nonfat
unhappy
not
unlikely
unsafe
unstable
A. Use a vocabulary word to complete each sentence.
1.
Driving over the speed limit is illegal .
2. Spending more money than you earn is irresponsible .
3. Anaerobic bacteria do not live or grow when oxygen is present.
4. My two year old daughter’s handwriting is nearly illegible .
5. An apathetic voter may decide they don’t care who wins the election.
6. The incomplete bridge is unstable and unsafe .
7. Nonfat milk has less fat than whole milk.
8. Medics and engineers are types of military noncombatants .
9. After the death of her pet fish, she was unhappy for a week.
10. Being struck by lightning is very unlikely .
B. Use vocabulary words in sentences.
1.
You should type your letter since your handwriting is illegible.
2. It is unsafe to ride a motorcycle without a helmet.
3. To increase strength, try anaerobic exercise such as lifting weights.
C. Match the words that have the same meaning
1.
_b_ infinite
a)
2.
_c_ invalid
b) unending
3.
_a_ unachievable c)
4.
_d_ incomplete
without
impossible
5.
_d_ unbelievable
a)
unrelated
6.
_c_ illegal
b) irrational
untrue
7.
_b_ unreasonable c)
d) unfinished
8.
_a_ irrelevant
unlawful
d) incredible
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Prefixes, Roots, & Suffixes | Name ________________________
Greek Root
Latin Root
Meaning
syl, sym, syn, sys
co, col, com, con
together, with, same, joined
connect
syllabus
sympathy
synonym
congruent
collision
collect
combat
concert
coordinate
symmetric
system
A. Use a vocabulary word to complete each sentence.
1.
He likes to collect postcards from the places he’s visited.
2. I bought a sympathy card for my aunt who recently lost a loved one.
3. The engineers plan to connect the cities by bridge or tunnel.
4. Happy is a synonym for joyful.
5. Fire stations around the area had to coordinate their efforts to fight the blaze.
6. Let’s combat crime with education.
7. The singer hasn’t had a concert in a long time, so this performance was special.
8. Dewey Decimal is the library’s classification system.
9. The teacher always goes over her class syllabus on the first day.
10. In geometry, two figures that are the same size are congruent; two figures that are
reflections of one another are symmetric.
B. Read the paragraph. Find words formed from the roots in the table.
Context means “together with the text.” When reading, context
helps you figure out the meaning of words and phrases. Consider
context
this sentence: “The actors walked to the front of the stage and
took a bow.” The word bow is a homograph—it has four
different meanings! But the context of the sentence tells you that
bow means “to bend at the waist.” Context can also change the
Root
Meaning
#
meaning of situations. For example, consider the difference
com
con
joined
12
hour.” The temporal conditions of the second example change
graph
write
2
the circumstances drastically! So remember: context is
temp
time
1
circum
around
1
duc
lead
1
between, “Sam earned $100,” and “Sam earned $100 in one
conducive to comprehension! When reading, look for context
clues in surrounding words, phrases, and paragraphs.
together
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Roots, Prefixes, & Suffixes | Name ________________________
meaning
root
skill, craft
tech
best citizens
aristo
merit, earned
merito
hired state officials
bureau
self
auto
the people
demo
religion or god
theo
the wealthy
pluto
suffixes
-crat a suffix that forms a -cracy- a suffix that
noun meaning “a
forms a noun meaning
member of or supporter
“a type of government
of a type of social order
or social order.”
or government.”
-cratic a suffix that forms an adjective meaning
“of a certain type of government or social order.”
Example: I had to deal with the bureaucratic
DMV to get a driver’s license.
A. Combine the roots and suffixes to create words and complete the table.
B.
type of government
or social order
member or supporter of a type
of government or social order
of a type of government or
social order
technocracy
technocrat
technocratic
aristocracy
aristocrat
aristocratic
meritocracy
meritocrat
meritocratic
bureaucracy
bureaucrat
bureaucratic
autocracy
autocrat
autocratic
democracy
democrat
democratic
theocracy
theocrat
theocratic
plutocracy
plutocrat
plutocratic
Complete the sentences with words from the table above.
1. As a devoted technocrat, Mario believes society should be controlled by robots.
2. A meritocracy could be an ideal type of government, because the power would be held
by people who earned it.
3. She wondered if Google is a successful company because it is a technocracy.
4. Theocracy is not a good type of government for a nation with religious diversity.
5. A presidential election is democracy in action.
6. America is supposed to be a democratic nation, but the political influence of very
wealthy citizens threatens to make it plutocratic.
government
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