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Active Skills for Reading Book 4: Review of Word Roots: Match the word root with its meaning. Write the number in the blank.

Word Root

Meaning of Root

1. graphy put, place, or stand
2. graph the study of something
3. ject to die or death
4. pos, pon to write or record something
5. mort, mor, mur to throw
6. fer to hold on or persist
7. ten, tain to carry
      
Many prefixes are attached to word roots to make English words. Study this list.

Prefix

Meaning

Example Words

ad, at to, toward adhere, admit, attain
circum, circ around, round circumference, circumvent, circular
com, con, col, cor together, with combine, collate, connect, correlate
con opposite, away from contrast, contrary
de from, down descent, depress, defer
dis, di, dif apart, from, not different, diverge, dislocated, disengage
e, ec, ex, ef out, from eject, eccentric, exchange
extra beyond, outside extraordinary
il, im, in, ir, in, into, or not illegal, important, inactive, irreplaceable
inter between interpersonal relations
intra within intrastate, intravenous
non not nonsense, nonsmoking
ob, oc, op, of in front of or against opposite, obscure, obtain
per through, by perennial, permission
post after postpone, post-mortem
pre before prenuptial, prepare
pro in favor of, forward proponent, provider, propel
re back, again reread, revise, rewrite
trans across, beyond transport, transmit, transpose
un not, negative unusual, uninteresting


      Review Prefixes on page 48 and Activity B, page 49.

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