Word Roots B2
Word Parts and Vocabulary
Word Roots B2
Vocabulary and Word Parts
Level Activities
81
Activity
Pages
110
Word Roots B2
Vocab
Parts
Latin
Greek
Anglo
Saxon
acou
aesth
agon
agor
anem
anth
arch
arct
asper
bar
branchi
cant
cephal
cinct
cinema
ciner
coll
combus
cryo
crys
culp
cuss
dactyl
dog
dox
ech
eo
erg
esth
eu
felic
flu
fluc
foli
fort
glac
gloss
glot
glott
greg
hier
hol
holo
hypn
ichthy
kine
lav
lith
lu
magn
medi
melan
mnem
mnes
moll
morph
narc
Roots
Focus
orth
ox
oxy
paleo
pater
patr
pend
pens
peps
pept
petr
phag
physi
phyt
plac
platy
pon
pter
pur
purg
pyr
pyret
sec
secu
selen
sequ
sicc
somn
sphygm
sphyx
stas
stat
statis
surg
surrect
tach
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ten
thes
thet
tme
tome
tomy
traumat
troph
trud
trus
tum
turb
urg
verm
visc
xero
xyl
Word Roots B2
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION............................................................................... iii
Definitions of Root, Prefix, and Suffix............................................. iii
Pretest/Posttest...................................................................................vi
Warm-Up Activity: Thinking About Meaning.................................vii
EXERCISES..........................................................................................1
Extension Worksheets.......................................................................62
Independent Study.............................................................................79
ANSWER KEY....................................................................................83
DICTIONARY.....................................................................................95
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How to Do the Activities....................................................................iv
Word Roots B2
Exercises
FOCUS: cephal/cephalo, morph
adienmeta-
away, from; not,
without
two
in, into
beyond, change
SUFFIX
ROOT
cephal/ head, brain
cephalo
morph form
thorax chest
-ic
-itis
-ology
-osis
-ous
like, related to
inflammation
study of, science
condition
having the quality
of
DIRECTIONS: In Column A, identify the parts of each word by circling roots and then underlining
prefixes and suffixes. Match each word to its correct meaning from Column B.
COLUMN A
1. d i m o r p h i c 2. c e p h a l i c 3. m o r p h o l o g y 4.
5.
6.
7.
metamorphosis
amorphous
encephalitis
cephalothorax
COLUMN B
a. a complete change of character, appearance,
condition, etc.
b. the study of the form and structure of organisms
c. fused head and thorax of an arachnid or higher
crustacean
d. without definite form; shapeless
e. of, or relating to the head
f. occurring or existing in two different forms
g. inflammation of the brain
DIRECTIONS: Choose the best word from Column A for each sentence. Use each word only once.
1. The _____________ lab is analyzing the skeletal remains found during excavation.
2. The windstorm produced an ____________ cloud of dust.
3. The Douglas fir is a ____________ species of evergreen tree.
4. Muscular weakness, apathy, and profound lethargy are symptoms of _____________.
5. Anthropologists use a special index in determining the _____________ measurements of
evolutionary man.
6. ______________ is typical of all shrimp, lobsters, and crabs.
7. Brenda’s ____________ from a shy and awkward teenager to an accomplished journalist was
quite impressive.
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