Root words I

What does the root epi- mean?

• upon, above

• to break

• to believe or trust

• star

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.4.4B

What does the root cycl- mean?

• first/ancient/primitive

• circle

• self, self-caused

• breath or spirit

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.4.4B

What does the root bio- mean?

• life, living

• cell, hollow

• speak, tell

• to break

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.4.4B

The Latin root dict-, meaning “to speak or tell,” helps the

reader understand that the word predict means to

• to break something easily

• trust and believe

• say something that may happen

• to review or analyze

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.4.4B

the cell substance between the cell membrane and the nucleus, containing the cytosol, organelles, cytoskeleton, and various particles

• spiritual

• cytoplasm

• biology

• asterisk

a place where documents are saved

• archive

• dictionary

• fraction

• astrophysics

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

a circle that rolls around the inside or outside of another circle

• epicycle

• epidermis

• bicycle

• archetype

evidence of someone's identity

• asterisk

• cyclosis

• autobiography

• credentials

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

self, self-caused

• spir-

• arch-

• auto-

• ast-

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.4.4B

anthrocyte

• a story about a person's life

• the study of living matter or life

• to review or analyze

• a cell that ingests foreign particles and retains them in suspension in the cytoplasm

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4B