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Science Class Root Words
Mr. Hobbs's 6th grade class's root words (Lam)
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6th Grade
01/08/2009
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scio, scitum
 Definition
know
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metor, modus, metron
 Definition
to measure
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hemi
 Definition
semi
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crusta
 Definition
rind, shell
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skopeo
 Definition
look at, inspect, consider, examine
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logos
 Definition
word, study
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digitus
 Definition
finger, toe, inch
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gaea
 Definition
Earth, Goddess of the Earth
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latitudo
 Definition
breadth, width
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terra
 Definition
earth, land
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ante, anti
 Definition
before, opposite
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meridianus
 Definition
midday
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topos
 Definition
place, location
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graphus
 Definition
write, draw
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lustro, lustrare
 Definition
purify, scan, illuminate
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meta, meth
 Definition
sharing, change
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atolu
 Definition
atoll
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folium
 Definition
leaf
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granum
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seed, grain
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ignis
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fire
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klan, klas, klastos
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to break, broken
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morphe
 Definition
shape
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porphyrium
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purple
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rodo, rodere
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to gnaw
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sedi, sessum
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to sit
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silex, silicis
 Definition
hard stone, rock
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textura
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web, fabric
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trudo, trusum
 Definition
push, drive, put forth
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a, ab
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away, away from, off
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ad
 Definition
to, toward, in the direction of
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helios
 Definition
sun
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sonus
 Definition
sound
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cum
 Definition
with, together
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fodio, fossum
 Definition
to dig
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pan
 Definition
all, wholly, completely
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seismos
 Definition
to shake
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sthenos
 Definition
strength
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tekton
 Definition
builder
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clinare
 Definition
bend
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epi
 Definition
on, upon, over
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fallo, falsum
 Definition
decieve, cheat, fail
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forma
 Definition
shape, appearance, idea
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magnus
 Definition
big, large, great
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presso, pressare
 Definition
to press
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thermos
 Definition
heat
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ventum
 Definition
to come
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bathos
 Definition
deep
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caldarium
 Definition
hot bath
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crater
 Definition
bowl
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lithos
 Definition
stone
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Vulcanis
 Definition
Roman god of fire
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aster
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star
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iners, inertis
 Definition
unskilled, inactive
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minax, minacis
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threatening, projecting
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oid, oeidos
 Definition
form of, shape of
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pro
 Definition
for, in place of
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corona
 Definition
circle of light, halo, crown
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ellipsis
 Definition
defective
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gradus
 Definition
stage, stair, incline
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khroma
 Definition
color
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frango, fractum
 Definition
to break
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galakt-
 Definition
milk
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nebula
 Definition
mist, vapor, cloud
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nova
 Definition
new
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protos
 Definition
first
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re-
 Definition
back, again
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luna
 Definition
moon
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rado,radere
 Definition
scratch, scrape, erase, touch
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humus
 Definition
on the ground, land
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meatus
 Definition
movement, course
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pono, positum
 Definition
lay, put, place
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flare, flatum
 Definition
to blow
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kinetikos
 Definition
move
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delta
 Definition
4th letter of the alpabet (drawn like a triangle)
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glacies
 Definition
icy
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gula
 Definition
throat
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lavare
 Definition
wash
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tributum
 Definition
to give
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palaios
 Definition
ancient
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petra, petros
 Definition
rock
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solvo, solvere
 Definition
loose, undo, free
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hydros
 Definition
water
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-tion
 Definition
process
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caput, capitis
 Definition
head, source
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prae
 Definition
before, in front of
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kent
 Definition
to prick
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atmos
 Definition
vapor
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aurora
 Definition
dawn, goddess of dawn, east
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scribo, scriptum
 Definition
write
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anemos
 Definition
wind
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cirrus
 Definition
curl of hair, fringe
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vaco, vacere
 Definition
empty
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ludo
 Definition
to play, dally, mock
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statio
 Definition
stand still
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khronos
 Definition
time
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maria
 Definition
sea
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nomen, nominis
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name, arrange
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phasis
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appearance
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aqua
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water
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polis
 Definition
city
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