Unit 12 Root words

to do, make

• act

• klept(o)

• tens

• simil

to build

• simil

• tens

• struc(t)

• rupt

klept(o)

• to stretch

• to resemble

• to make

• to steal

tens

• to break

• to stretch

• to build

• to do

to break

• act

• klept(o)

• frac

• simil

simil

• to act

• to resemble

• to build

• to steal

What does -rupt mean in the word interrupt?

• to break

• to silence

• between

• inside

What does struct mean in the word destruction?

• to break

• to destroy

• to build

• to make

What does klept(o) mean in the word kleptomaniac?

• on the run

• to steal

• secret

• thieves

What does simil mean in the word similar?

• same

• to see

• to resemble

• exact