Name ______________________________________________ Date _______________________
SUMMER WORD ROOT REVIEW
English is a living language, and it is growing all the time. One way that new words come into the
language is when words are borrowed from other languages. New words are also created when
words or word elements, such as roots, prefixes, and suffixes are combined in new ways.
Many English words and word elements can be traced back to Latin and Greek. Often you can guess
the meaning of an unfamiliar word if you know the meaning.
A word root is a part of a word. It contains the core meaning of the word, but it cannot stand alone.
A prefix is also a word part that cannot stand alone. It is placed at the beginning of a word to change
its meaning. A suffix is a word part that is placed at the end of a word to change its meaning. Often
you can guess the meaning of an unfamiliar word if you know the meaning of its parts; that is, the root
and any prefixes or suffixes that are attached to it.
Directions: In each case, write in the meaning of each root, prefix, or suffix and then determine the
meaning of the word. Write the meaning in the blank. You may use your workbook or
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1. -ion means___________________ dict means ___________
bene- means ______________
a. benediction means __________________________________________________________
2. meter means _________________________
peri- means _____________________________
a. perimeter means ____________________________________________________________
3. vent means ___________________________
pre- means __________________________
a. prevent means ______________________________________________________________
4. spect means __________________________ circum- means ___________________________
a. circumspect means __________________________________________________________
b. Bonus: If in- means into, what does inspection mean?
___________________________________________________________________________
5. clud means ___________________ ex- means __________________________
a. exclude means________________________________________________________________
6. flu-/-flux means _____________________ re- means _____________________
a. reflux means _______________________________________________________________
b. Bonus: influx means _________________________________________________________
7. port means __________________ re- means __________________________
a. report means ________________________________________________________________
8. -ible means ____________________ flex means _______________________
a. flexible means ________________________________________________________________
9. -scope means _______________ micro- means_____________________
a. microscope means ___________________________________________________________
b. Bonus: If –ic means pertaining to, what does microscopic mean?
____________________________________________________________________________
10. ject means _________________________
inter- means ____________________________
a. interject means _______________________________________________________________
b. Bonus: rejection means ________________________________________________________
11. super- means ________________________ vis means _____________________________
a. supervise means ______________________________________________________________
12. scribe means _________________________ trans- means____________________________
a. transcribe means _____________________________________________________________
13. miss/-mit means _______________ sub- means_________________
a.
submit means ______________________________________________________________
b.
Bonus: If –ive means characterized by, what does submissive mean?
___________________________________________________________________________
14. port means _______________________ tele- means _____________________________
a. teleport means ________________________________________________________________
15. –logy means _____________________ bio- means __________ astro- means _____________
a.
astrobiology means __________________________________________________________
16. –ion means ______________________ vis- means ________________________
a.
vision means _______________________________________________________________
b.
Bonus: television means ______________________________________________________
17. tract means _______________________ con- means _______________________
a. contract means ______________________________________________________________
18. –pel/-ply means _______________________ dis- means______________________________
a.
dispel means________________________________________________________________
b.
Bonus: distraction means_____________________________________________________
c.
Bonus 2: compel means ______________________________________________________
19. –able means ___________________________ pli-/-ply means__________________________
a. pliable means ________________________________________________________________
20. rupt means ___________________________ e-/ex- means_________________________
a. erupt means _________________________________________________________________
b. Bonus: disrupt means__________________________________________________________
21. vert means __________________________intro- means _______________________________
a. introvert means _____________________________________________________________
b. Bonus: If uni- means one and –al means related to, what does universal mean?
___________________________________________________________________________
22. gress means_________________________ e-/ex- means_____________________
a. egress means _______________________________________________________________
b. Bonus: If dis- changes to di- before roots beginning with the letter “G”, what does digress
mean? _____________________________________________________________________
23. –pathy means ___________________________ an-/a- means __________________________
a. apathy means ________________________________________________________________
b. Bonus: If –ist means a person who and the/theo- means God, what does atheist mean?
____________________________________________________________________________
24. script means __________________________ manu- means _______________________
a. manuscript means ____________________________________________________________
b. Bonus: what does manual mean? ________________________________________________
25. –ion means ____________________ dict means____________ mal/male- means __________
a. malediction means ___________________________________________________________
b. Bonus: If form means shape, what does malformation mean?
____________________________________________________________________________
26. –metry means ________________________ geo- means ______________________________
a. geometry means______________________________________________________________
27. fer means _________________________ re- means _________________________
a. refer means _________________________________________________________________
b. Bonus: If dis- changes to dif- before roots beginning with the letter “F”, what does differ
mean? ____________________________________________________________________
28. –fide/fidel- means _________________________ con- means _________________________
a. confide means ______________________________________________________________
b. Bonus: If -ity means the practice of, what does fidelity mean?
___________________________________________________________________________
29. peri- means _________________________ -gee means ____________________________
a. perigee means ______________________________________________________________
30. –graphy means _________________ auto- means ________________ bio means________
a. autobiography means_________________________________________________________
31. –ar means ____________________ circum- means ______________ lun means __________
a. circumlunar means___________________________________________________________
32. -cracy means ____________________ auto- means ____________________
a. autocracy means ____________________________________________________________
33. mit means ______________________ trans- means____________________
a. transmit means______________________________________________________________
34. gress means ____________________ pro- means ____________________
a.
progress means _____________________________________________________________