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Roots and Affixes
ELACC6L4B: Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word
(e.g., audience, auditory, audible).
Root/Affix
gen
gener
pro-al
-ic/ics
-ate
viv
mort/mor
reim-ious
-ify
Type
Meaning
Examples
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card
derm
hem/em
nat
cardioepiapreneo-ar
-logy
-ist
lumin
luc
phot
-er