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Benchmark 7.1

Greek and Latin Roots

Aud= Hear Listen

Audiobook

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 Definition: an audio recording of a reading of a book, typically a novel.

 Root: audio-,aud-,audi-, audit- Latin: hearing, listening,perception of sounds

 Definition: Book: a literary composition that is published or intended for publication as such a work

 Sentence: In our classroom we have 35 audiobooks.

Students can hear text read by eloquent speakers.

Spec= Look

Spectator

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Definition: a person who watches at a show, game, or other event

Root: spec-, spic-, spect-, spectat-, spectro- spectr, -spectful, -spection, -spective Latin: see, look; sight, appear; behold, examine

Suffix: or- denoting a person

Sentence: What is this spectator looking at?

Vid, Vis= See

Videophone

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 Definition: telephone device transmitting and receiving a visual image as well as sound

 Root: vid-, vis,- video-, -vision, -visional, -visionally, visuo-, vu(Latin: videre, "to see"; plus words with other related meanings: to notice, observe, look, perceive; seeing, seen, sight, view

 Root: phon-, phono-, -phone, -phonia, -phonic, phonetic, -phonous, -phonically, -phonetically, -phony

+ (Greek: sound, voice, speech, tone

 Sentence: Do you think a videophone-where you can see who you are talking to will ever become popular?

Scope= instrument for viewing

Stethoscope

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 Definition: a medical instrument for listening to the action of someone's heart or breathing, typically having a small disk-shaped resonator that is placed against the chest and two tubes connected to earpieces.

 Root: stetho-, steth(Greek: chest, breast)

 Root: scope-, scopo-, scop-, scept-, skept-, -, -scopy, -scopia, scopic, -scopist (Greek Latin: see, view, sight, look, look at, examine, behold, consider)

Sentence: A doctor uses a instrument called a stethoscope to listen or view the chest of patients.

Sign=mark insignia

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 Definition: Distinguishing marks of authority, office, or honor; badges; tokens; decorations; as, the insignia of royalty or of an order. Typical and characteristic marks or signs, by which anything is known or distinguished; as, the insignia of a trade..

 Prefix: in; into; toward; within

 Root: sign(Latin: mark, token, sign

Suffix: ia- forming nouns adopted unchanged from Latin or Greek (such as mania , militia ), and modern Latin or Greek terms (such as utopia ).

2 forming names of

 Sentence: The United States Navy insignia or mark has a eagle and an flag on it.

Graph=Write

Seismograph

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Definition:

Any of various devices for measuring and recording the vibrations and intensities of earthquakes

 Root: seismo-, seism-, -seism, -seisms, -seisma, -seismically, - seismical, -seismal, -seismic + (Greek: to move back and forth; to shake, to move violently; earthquake)

 Root: graph- sign-grapho-,, -graph, -graphy, -grapher, -graphia

+ (Greek: to scratch; to write, to record, to draw, to describe; that which is written or described)

Sentence: A seismograph is a instrument that will write the intensity of a earthquake.

Log= idea, word, speech, reason, study

Dialogue

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Definition:

A talking together, a conversation. An interchange and discussion of ideas

 Root: dia-, di(Greek: through, thoroughly; across; entirely, utterly)

 Root: log- logo-,, -logia, -logic, -logical, -logism, -logician, logian, -logist, -logy + (Greek: talk, speak; speech; word)

Sentence: When learning Greek and Latin roots the teacher and students must have a open dialogue to learn/ study the meaning or idea of each word.

Cred= believe

Credential

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Definition:

A certificate, letter, or experience that qualifies someone to do something; anything that provides authentication for a claim

 Root: cred-, credit-, creed(Latin: believe, belief, faith, confidence, trust)

Suffix: ial-

(Latin: pertaining to, like, of the kind of, relating to, characterized by, belonging to; action of, process of)

Sentence: My teaching credentials prove I am authorized by the State of

Iowa to teach K-12 reading.

Trans= Across, Over

Transportation

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 Definition: The action or process of transporting; conveyance (of things or persons) from one place to another.

 Root-trans-, tran-, tra(Latin: across, through, over, beyond, on the far side of; most often used as a prefix).

 Root-port-, portat(Latin: carry, bring, bear)

 Suffix-ion action of process

 Sentence-Trains, boats, trucks, and airplanes are forms of transportation that carry goods across the United States.

Loc= Place

Location

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Definition: noun particular place or position

 Root-loco(Latin: place; from place to place; where something is placed)

 Suffix-ion- action of process

 Sentence- There are many locations or places in the world I would like to explore .

Act= Do

Acting

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 Definition: Verb-take action; do something noun-a set performance

 Root- Act do

 Suffix-ingforming the gerund of verbs

 Sentence: Acting is when a person performs or does the same actions of the main character in the play.

Mot= move

Motion

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 Definition:the action or process of moving or being moved

 Root- mot-, moto-, -motile, -motility, -motorial, - motoric, -motive, -motored; mov(Latin: move, motion)

 Suffix-ion action or process

 Sentence: I have a motion detector installed on my garage.

When my car moves in front of the detector, the light automatically turns on.

Jur, jud, jus =

Law , Justice

Jury

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 Definition :a body of people (typically twelve in number) sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court

 Root:-jus-, just-, jur- (Latin: right, upright, equitable; legal right, law)

 Suffix-y- made up of , characterized by

 Sentence: The jury members must analyze all evidence presented to insure a just verdict.

Cide= Kill

Homicide

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 Definition: The killing of any human being, whether lawfully or unlawfully; in law there are various types: murder, manslaughter, justifiable homicide, excusable homicide, felonious homicide, etc.

 Root:homo-, hom-, hum- (Latin: human beings, mankind; literally, "man"; however, it now generally also includes, "woman" or "women")

 Root:-cide, -cides, -cidal + (Latin: a suffix; kill, killer; murder, to cause death, slayer; cutter; to cut down)

 Sentence: There was a homicide last night. A young man was killed.

Ben/Bene/Bon

= Good Well

Benefit

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 Definition: An advantage or profit gained from something

 Root:bene-, ben-, beni- (Latin: good, well)

 Definition: Fitbring advantage to

 Sentence: S aving the Earth is the biggest benefit of going green.

Male, Mal

= Bad, Adnormal, Worse

Malaria

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 Definition:an intermittent and remittent fever caused by a protozoan parasite that invades the red blood cells. The parasite is transmitted by mosquitoes in many tropical and subtropical regions.

 History: (bad air) Malaria , a reference to the "bad air" (mala aria) around swamps which was believed by the Romans to cause the same kinds of debilitating diseases which still exist in our modern world.

 Root:mal-, male-, mali- (Latin: bad, badly, harsh, wrong; ill; evil; abnormal, defective; used primarily as a prefix)

 Suffix : ia- (Greek > Latin: a suffix that forms nouns; state of, condition of, quality of; act of

 Sentence:Malaria is a global problem that in Africa kills one to two million people, mainly children.

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