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Mrs. Blue Root Words Week 3 (2nd Nine weeks)
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English
8th Grade
10/26/2014

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Term

dent


dental

 

dentist

 

dentures

Definition

tooth

 

-relating to teeth

 

-a doctor trained to treat teeth

 

-a set of false teeth

Term

dict
 

contradict

 

diction

 

perdict

 

Definition

speak

 

-to speak againts someons statement

 

-clarity of speaking

 

-say in advance what is going to happen

Term

domin

 

dominate

 

domineering

 

predominate

Definition

master

 

-to be the master of

 

-excessivly controlling

 

-to have more power than others

 

Term

don, donat

 

donation

 

donor

 

pardon

Definition

give

 

-a contribution

 

-someone who gives something

 

-to give forgiveness for an offense

Term

duc, duct

 

conduct

 

deduct

 

educate

Definition

lead

 

-to lead musicians in playing music

 

-to subtract, to lead away

 

-to lead to knowledge

 

 

Term

fac

 

artifact

 

factory

 

malefactor

Definition

make, do

 

-an object made by a person

 

-a place where things are made

 

-a person who does wrong

 

 

Term

fer

 

confer

 

ferry

 

transfer

Definition

bear, bring, carry

 

-to bring an honor to someone

 

-a boat that carries passengers

 

-to move to another place

Term

flect

 

deflect

 

inflection

Definition

bend

 

-to bend course because of hitting something

 

-a bending in the voice's tone or pitch

Term

fract, frag

 

fracture

 

fragile

 

fragment

Definition

break

 

-a break in a bone

 

-easy to break

 

-a small piece broken off

Term

fug

 

fugitive

 

refuge

 

refugee

 

 

Definition

flee, run away, escape

 

-a person who is running away

 

-a sheltered place to flee

 

-a person seeking protection

Term

funct

 

defunct

 

function

 

malfunction

Definition

perform, work

 

-no longer working or alive

 

-to work or perform a role normally

 

-to fail to work correctly

Term

gen

 

genealogy

 

generation

Definition

birth, race

 

-the study of the history of a family

 

-all the people born at approximately the same time

Term

gon 

 

decagon

 

diagonal

 

octagon

Definition

angle

 

-a polygon with 10 angles

 

-a slanting line(on an angle)

 

-a geometrical figure with 8 angles

Term

gram

 

diagram

 

grammar

 

telegram

Definition

letter, written

 

-a simple drawing

 

-rules of how to write words in a sentence

 

-a message sent by telegraph

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