Understanding the Latin Root -ject-

Inject

• throw in

• remove

• add on

• take out

Fill in the blank: The doctor will _______ the medicine.

• Inject

• Prescribe

• Administer

• Dispense

Project

• to throw forward

• to plan in detail

• to display publicly

• to create a model

Abject

• away, hopeless

• joyful, hopeful

• distant, aloof

• bright, cheerful

Eject

• throw out

• hold on

• bring in

• keep safe

Fill in the blank: The student felt _______ after failing the test.

• Elated

• Dejected

• Indifferent

• Excited

Conjecture

• throw together

• an educated guess

• a proven fact

• a mathematical theorem

Trajectory

• of a thrown object

• of a stationary object

• of a falling object

• of a rotating object

*Front:* Interject

• to throw away

• to throw between

• to throw together

• to throw out

Latin root -ject-

• to throw

• to catch

• to hold

• to release