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Latin Roots art, pop, corp
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artisan
artistic
population
popular
corporal
artifact
artist
populous
corporation
corps
MANY WORDS HAVE
LATIN ROOTS.
A corps is a group of people
with special training.
Root:
Art means “art.”
An artisan is a craftsperson skilled in an industry or trade.
An artifact is something, such as a tool, made by human skill.
Artistic means “having to do with art or artists.”
An artist is someone who paints or is skilled in other fine arts.
Pop means “people.” The population is the number of people living in a place.
When a place is populous, it has a lot of people.
If you are popular, you are well liked.
Corp means “body.” A corporation is an organization made up of a group of
people who act as one.
Corporal means “having to do with the body.”
A. Read the vocabulary word. Find and circle two other words that
mean almost the same thing.
favored
liked
detested
arrow
painter
sculptor
3. populous
crowded
sparse
populated
4. artistic
creative
skilled
clumsy
5. corporation
corner
company
organization
6. population
people
popularity
inhabitants
tool
object
agent
1. popular
2. artist
7. artifact
B. Underline the root in each word.
1. artisan
2. corps
3. corporal
240 Vocabulary Words 4th Grade Kids Need to Know © Linda Ward Beech, Published by Scholastic Teaching Resources