Exercise: Roots Set 1

Exercise: Roots Set 1
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Review: Before you complete the exercise that follows it, review this list of roots. Before you submit your answers to the exercise, you can refer to the chart.

Roots

1	aud	*hear*	automobile, autograph, autonomy, autocrat
2	auto	*self*	automobile, autograph, autonomy, autocrat
3	bio	*life, living*	biology, biography, biopsy, bionic
4	cred	*belief, faith*	credit, incredible, credentials, credulous
5	dict	*say, speak, tell*	dictionary, dictate, indicate, predict
6	duc, duct	*lead, bring, take*	conduct, induce, deduction, duct
7	fac, fic	*make, do*	manufacture, factory, fictitious
8	fid, fidel	*believe, trust, faith*	confide, fidelity, fiduciary, infidel
9	flect, flex	*bend, curve, turn*	flexible, reflection, deflect, flexion
10	gam, gamy	*marriage, union*	monogamous, bigamist, polygamy,
11	gen, gene	*origin, race, type*	generation, generic, homogeneous, genre
12	ject	*throw, hurl*	reject, eject, dejected, projectile
13	junct	*join, unite*	juncture, conjunction, junction
14	leg, lex	*law*	legislature, legal, legitimate
15	man, manu, mani	*hand, make, do*	manufacture, manual, manicure, manuscript
16	mit, miss	*send, put*	remit, transmit, emission, mission
17	pel, puls	*push, drive*	repel, compel, expulsion, propeller, impulse
18	port	*carry*	portable, import, export, deport, support
19	pos	*place, put*	pose, position, transpose, deposit
20	spec, spi	*see, look*	inspect, spectacle, despise, circumspect
21	tract	*pull, draw*	attract, contract, tractor, retract
22	ven, vene, vent	*come*	prevent, event, convene, intervention
23	vers, vert	*turn, twist*	convert, controversial, introvert, extrovert
24	vid, view, vis	*see, look*	visible, preview, videodisc, vision, revise
25	voc, voke	*voice, call*	vocal, vocalize, invoke, evoke, revoke

Exercise: Use the context of each sentence along with the meaning of the root word (in bold) to complete each sentence. If you type the correct meaning of the root in the blank, the sentence will make sense. Be sure to use the right tense of any verbs. (To check this, read the sentence to yourself after you have typed the word in the blank.)


1	At a convention, a large number of people together to meet in one place.

2	To dictator the future is to everyone else what to do.

3	At train stations and airports, porters people's luggage.

4	If you interject a comment while someone else is talking, you in your comment.

5	Biodegradable substances can be broken down by organisms, such as bacteria.

6	Spectators are people who an event.

7	When you are distracted, your attention is away from what you should be paying attention to.

8	Something that is visible can be .

9	If adults revert to childish behavior, they back to behavior that is appropriate only in children.

10	An army that repulses the enemy the enemy troops back.

11	A person who is on a mission is to accomplish a specific task.

12	Information that is credible can be .

13	Manual labor is physical labor that is done by .

14	An audiologist tests and evaluates people's .

15	If you sign an autograph, you write your name your .

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