Greek/Latin Roots

Language Study--Inferring a Word's Definition

Finding Roots in Words See how well you can INFER (derive) each of the words below given their Greek/Latin roots. Greek Roots  Meaning Example --log-- study or science of; speech, words anthropology --poly-- many; much polygon --therm-- heat thermometer Latin Roots Meaning Example --cred-- belief; trust credulity --fid-- belief; faith perfidy --luc--, --lum-- light pellucid --vid--, --vis-- see; seeing video, revise

Use the table here in matching the word to the definition below

A B C D E F G H	1. Elucidate	A. existing in several forms
A B C D E F G H	2. Incredulous	B. warm-blooded
A B C D E F G H	3. Polymorphism	C. envious, perhaps upon sight
A B C D E F G H	4. Infidel	D. speech made at the beginning of a play
A B C D E F G H	5. Endothermic	E. make clear
A B C D E F G H	6. Invidious	F. shining
A B C D E F G H	7. Prologue	G. a disbeliver
A B C D E F G H	8. Luminous	H. expressing disbelief

How well did you do? Did you consider the prefix "in" (meaning "non" or "un") when inferring those definitions?

For more information on Greek roots, visit pages 1131-1133 in the online textbook.

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