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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.