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GREEK/LATIN WORD PARTS PREFIXES uni – one, single per – through pre/pro – before, forward, earlier auto – of or by oneself neo – new, recent hypo – under, below, beneath para - by the side of, beside, protection of or against ante - before, prior to, in front of SUFFIXES fy – to make, cause to be ism – quality or doctrine of ous – full of, having the quality of ROOTS ject – to throw bibl – book sect – to cut

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ROOTS ject – to throw bibl – book sect – to cut. SUFFIXES fy – to make, cause to be ism – quality or doctrine of ous – full of, having the quality of. GREEK/LATIN WORD PARTS. PREFIXES uni – one, single per – through pre/pro – before, forward, earlier - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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GREEK/LATIN WORD PARTSPREFIXES

uni – one, singleper – through

pre/pro – before, forward, earlier

auto – of or by oneselfneo – new, recent

hypo – under, below, beneath

para - by the side of, beside, protection of or against ante - before, prior to, in

front of

SUFFIXES

fy – to make, cause to be

ism – quality or doctrine of

ous – full of, having the

quality of

ROOTS

ject – to throw

bibl – book

sect – to cut

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1. After the primary election, both candidates had to try to ________ their political parties.

A. defy

B. project

C. unify

D. split

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C. They were each trying to “unify” their political parties or make all the members of their party come together as one.

Uni = one

-fy = to make or cause to be

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2. What does the morpheme ‘pro’ mean?

A. after

B. behind

C. in the middle

D. before

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Pre/pro = before, forward, earlier

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3. In order to estimate the U.S. population for 2020, the U.S. Census Bureau will ________ those figures based on data from previous years.A. reject

B. collect

C. projection

D. project

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IF…

pro = before

ject = to throw

THEN literally it means that the feds will be throwing out some census figures before the actual 2020 numbers are in, right?

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4. A _________ is a book about someone’s own life.

A. autobiography

B. biography

C. biographer

D. biologist

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A. Autobiography

auto = self bio = life graph = write

A. Biography

bio = life graph = write

A. Biographer (er = a person who)

B. Biologist (a person who studies life)

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What is this?

(Use the G & L terms please!)

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hypo = under, beneath, below

derm = skin

ic = has the characteristic of

hypodermic needlehypodermic needle

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When you first began college, you were a neophyte as a college student.

The literal meaning is….

And the dictionary meaning might be….

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neo = new

phyte = plant

From the latin, neophytus or “newly planted”

Dictionary: a beginner or novice

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A person who has an excessive desire for books would be a ______________?

Hint: think of the term for book and then think of the Latin suffix – phile (as in pedophile)

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Bibliophile…

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8. Match the following words with their definitions:

1. prenatal A. before marriage2. neonatal B. read headings, etc. 3. prenuptialC. before birth4. preread D. newborn

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Newborn

Before birth

Before marriage

Read headings

neonatal

prenatal

prenuptial

pre-read

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If “sect” means “to cut” and “bi” means “two,” what is the word for cutting something into two parts?

Use the word in a sentence.

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bisect

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What is the word for cutting something apart?

Use the word in a sentence.

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Disect

Did you have to disect a frog in high school?

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If you are very loyal to your country, someone might say that you exhibit _______________?

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Patriotism

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If “pomp” means splendor or magnificence, what adjective would be used to describe someone wholikes to appear important?

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Pompous

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Why do you thinkthat a legal assistantis called a paralegal?

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Para = by the side of…So it’s someone who works

by the side of a lawyer

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The administrative assistant at the fancy law practice was very pompous…rather than tell us to wait in the smaller room that lead into the large meeting room, he told us to wait in the

____________________.

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Antechamber