Group 1 Word Roots and Fables

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Group 1Word Roots and Fables

• 7th Grade

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1 . 1

• PER
• L

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THROUGH

• percussion persist
• perennial perspire
• permeate
• persevere perturb

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. 1

• FERO, FERRE, TULI, LATUM
• 
  L

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TO BRING, TO BEAR, TO CARRY

• Defer offer
• Dilatory suffer
• Elation
• infer

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1.1

• TENDO, TENDERE, TETENDI, TENSUM
• 
  L

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TO STRETCH

• Contend intense
• Intent tension
• portend

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1.2

• SUB
• L

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UNDER

• Subvert subdue
• Subservient substitute
• subjective

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1.2

• TORQUEO, TORQUERE, TORSI, TORTUM
• L

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TO TWIST, TO BEND, TO TURN AROUND

• Contort
• Distort
• Retort
• tortuous

• Torch
• Torment
• Torque

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1.2

• VERSO, VERSARE, VERSAVI, VERSATUM
• L

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TO TURN, TO TURN AROUND

• Adversity
• Avert
• Introvert
• Perverse
• prose

• Divert
• Vice versa
• vortex

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1. FOX

• THE FOX AND THE GOAT
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  p.25

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M Look before you leap.

• Summary

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1.FOX

• THE BEAR AND THE FOX
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  p.38

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M We should not wait until a person dies before
showing our respect.

• Summary

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1. FOX

• THE FOX AND THE LION
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  p.43

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M Familiarity breeds contempt.

• Summary

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1. FOX

• THE FOX AND THE WOODCUTTER
• p.91

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M There is just as much malice in a wink as in a
word.

• Summary

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1.FOX

• THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL
• p.127

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M Be wary of advice prompted by selfishness.

• Summary

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1. FOX

• THE LION, THE BEAR, AND THE FOX
• p.141

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M Sometimes one mans toil is another mans
profit.

• Summary

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1. FOX

• THE FOX AND THE MASK
• p.178

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M Handsome looks are of little worth without
sense.

• Summary