Top Twenty Word Roots

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Top Twenty Word Roots

• Learn the Most Used Word Roots

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What Are Word Roots?

• Word roots are core parts of academic words that
  have meaning.
• Lots of academic word roots in English are from
  Latin and Greek.
• Thousands of academic words use a few word roots.

Why do educated people use so many technical
words?
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Why Learn Word Roots?

• The top twenty English word roots represent 80
  of the most frequently used academic words.
• Learning the top twenty word roots much improves
  the comprehension of academic passages.

Do specialists need technical vocabulary?
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Top Twenty Word Roots

• Anthropo man anthropology
• Bio life biology
• Cardio heart cardiac
• Cede go precede
• Demos people democracy

How much biology does Jack have?
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Can You Match Word Roots?

• A. life
• B. go
• C. man
• D. people
• E. heart

• __1. Anthropo
• __2. Bio
• __3. Cardio
• __4. Cede
• __5. Demos

Is big business always good for our democracy?
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Top Twenty Word Roots

• 6. Dyna power dynamic
• 7. Geo earth geology
• 8. Hydro water hydroelectric
• 9. Ject throw eject
• 10. Magni great magnify

Can rejection be outstanding?
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Can You Match Word Roots?

• A. water
• B. earth
• C. great
• D. power
• E. throw

• __1. dyna
• __2. geo
• __3. hydro
• __4. ject
• __5. magni

Is it always bad to be rejected?
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Top Twenty Word Roots

• 11. Manu hand manuscript
• 12. Mono one monologue
• 13. Ortho straight orthodox
• 14. Ped foot pedestrian
• 15. Psycho mind psychology

How did the psycho discover that he wasnt a
superhero?
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Can You Match Word Roots?

• A. straight
• B. foot
• C. hand
• D. mind
• E. one

• __1. manu
• __2. mano
• __3. ortho
• __4. ped
• __5. psycho

Is Chuck going over the edge?
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Top Twenty Word Roots

• 16. Pyro fire pyromaniac
• 17. Script write manuscript
• 18. Terra earth terra firma
• 19. Thermo heat thermometer
• 20. Zoo animal zoology

Can penguins really fly?
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Can You Match Word Roots?

• A. animal
• B. writing
• C. temperature
• D. fire
• E. earth

• __1. pyro
• __2. terra
• __3. script
• __4. thermo
• __5. zoo

Is it really possible to eat up everything?
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Which Word Root?

• The ___logist performed surgery.
• The candidate is a ___mic speaker.
• The ___logy lecture was recorded.
• The factory ___factures carpets.
• The ___meter measures the current temperature.

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Study Word Roots

• As you encounter new words, pay attention to the
  word roots.
• When you recognize a word root that you know, try
  to figure out the meaning of the new word.
• Knowing word roots will help you to develop your
  technical vocabulary.

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Can You Figure out theWord Root Meanings?

• The pilot managed the hydroplane.
• The scholar viewed the microfilm.
• The rocked carried the astronaut.
• The scientist used the telescope.
• The doctor practiced orthopedics.

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Can You Figure out the Word Root Meanings?

• __1. contrary
• __2. contradict
• __3. counterproductive
• __4. nonproductive
• __5. nonessential

• A. hurtful
• B. unhelpful
• C. unnecessary
• D. opposite
• E. speak against

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Can You Figure out the Word Root Meanings?

• __1. dissatisfied
• __2. disorganized
• __3. divert
• __4. postwar
• __5. postoperative

• A. send off
• B. after surgery
• C. after conflict
• D. not orderly
• E. not happy

Are you ready to recognize and use the top twenty
word roots?