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Root Words – Week #6
Oddball Roots
SECTION 1 – Roots and Definitions: Next to each root word write its definition.
1. cred
2. epi
3. man (i,u)
4. min
1. mit/mis
2. soph
3. psych/e
SECTION 2 – Underline the root words in each of the following sentences.
1. The Boston Redsox were an incredible baseball team this season.
2. My epidermis was burned after swimming all day.
3. I am overdue for a manicure
4. That missile is a miniature compared to the one at the Mountain Home Air Base.
5. My brother is a sophomore at Rocky Mountain High School
6. My dad’s philosophy is that manual labor is good for you.
7. Radio towers transmit a signal to your radio.
8. I lost the manual to my Ipod.
9. There is a flu epidemic going around.
10. They are not a very credible witness nor very sophisticated.
11. I need to submit my essay on “Doing the Minimum to Become a Millionaire” to a
publisher.
12. Someday I would like to study psychology.
13. A widespread disease is known as an epidemic
14. When there is an epidemic the disease is easy to transmit.
Copyright: Benzel 2009
SECTION 3 – Complete the crossword using words that use the root words from our list this week.
S
Across
2. The movie __________ Impossible was action packed.
4. The year after 9th grade
5. Some people get by with only doing the bare ____________________.
6. Another word for skin
7. Dash is my favorite character in The ____________________.
Down
1. Doing extra work can get you extra ___________ points
2. Doing work by hand is called __________ labor
3. The leader of a store is called the____________.
5. When you get your fingernails cut trimmed and painted you are getting a _______________.
SECTION 4 – Write each spelling word correctly five times.
1. Incredible:
2. Epidermis:
3. Epidemic:
4. Manual:
5. Minimum:
6. Transmit
7. Psychology:
8. Sophisticated: