Greek and Latin Roots
Helpful Hints
ann, enn -year, yearly
aqu - water
aud - sound
bene - good, well
Week 2
bi - two
cent - hundred
circum - around
con, col, co, con - with, together, joined
Week 3
contra, contro - against, opposite, different
cred - believe
dict - say, speak, speech
fract, frag - break
Week 4
inter - among, between
ject - cast, throw
lumin - light, shine; source
magn - big
Week 5
mal - bad, wretched, evil
medi, midi - middle
migr - wander, moving
min - less, smaller
Week 5 Practice
Week 6
miss, mit - send, let go
mort - death
multi - many
non - not
Week 7
omni - all
pre - before
quad - four
quer, quir, ques, quis - search, seek, ask
Week 8
re - again, back, backward
scrib, script - write
sent, sens - feel
spect - watch, look at
struct - build, put together, arrange
sub - under, lower than, inferior
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ann, enn -year, yearly
aqu - water
aud - sound
bene - good, well
Week 2
bi - two
cent - hundred
circum - around
con, col, co, con - with, together, joined
Week 3
contra, contro - against, opposite, different
cred - believe
dict - say, speak, speech
fract, frag - break
Week 4
inter - among, between
ject - cast, throw
lumin - light, shine; source
magn - big
Week 5
mal - bad, wretched, evil
medi, midi - middle
migr - wander, moving
min - less, smaller
Week 5 Practice
Week 6
miss, mit - send, let go
mort - death
multi - many
non - not
Week 7
omni - all
pre - before
quad - four
quer, quir, ques, quis - search, seek, ask
Week 8
re - again, back, backward
scrib, script - write
sent, sens - feel
spect - watch, look at
struct - build, put together, arrange
sub - under, lower than, inferior