Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
Word Roots
Fill in the blanks with the meaning of each word root.
Prefixes
Root Words
bi = two
ped = feet
tele = distant
pre = before
in = not
script = to write port = to carry
1. biped
bi- , _______________ + ped , _______________
2. telephone
tele , _______________ + -phone , _______________
3. prescription
pre- , _______________ + script , _______________ + ion
4. porter
port , _______________ + er
Suffixes
phone = sound,
voice
Match each word from the previous word roots section with the definition.
5. _______________having two feet
6.
7.
_______________
directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative
rules or directions
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be
_______________transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into
sounds
8. _______________someone who guards an entrance
Use the “additional Greek and Latin word parts” list to define the following words.
9.
polygraph_
10.
microscope
11. centipede________________________________________________________________________
12. supervent _______________________________________________________________________
13. ultragracile______________________________________________________________________
14. geothermal _____________________________________________________________________
15. Interference____________________________________________________________________
Circle the correct Latin or greek root for the definition.
12. fused
ankylo-dia
bin-
-cide
13. make
-orium
lex
-fic
sol
14. hand
mani
sept-
vert
ante-
15. eating
aqua
bell
script
vore
16. water
aqua
port
trans-
inter-
17. to cut
trans-
medi
post-
sect
Circle the correct definition for the prefix.
18. triaround
three
before
19. acrothree
high up
half
20. corpus
middle
body
opposite, against
Circle the correct prefix for the definition.
21. beyond
inil-
ir-
ultra-
22. half
cent-
ac-
semi-
dia-
23. backward
counter-
retro-
dia-
post-