Handout 8: Common Root Words for Math, …

1 H A N D O U T SEvery Child Reads: Excellence in Teaching and 2007 Iowa Department of EducationSection 33 Unit 8 Vocabulary Instruction Component of a Comprehensive Reading ProgramStructural AnalysisHandout 8: Common root Words for math , Science, and Social StudiesMathRootMeaningExampleDefinitionc ircumaroundcircumscribeto draw a line around; to encirclecentihundredcentimeter1/100 of a meterequiequalequivalentof equal measurehemihalfhemispherehalf a spheremillithousandmillisecond1/1000 of a secondpolymanypolygona figure with many sidesuni, monooneunilateralone sidedbi, di, duotwobiweeklytwice per weektrithreetriangle a figure with three sides and three anglesquad, tetrafourquadrilaterala figure with four sides qunit,pentfivepentagona figure with five sidessex, hexsixhexagona figure with six sidessept, heptsevenheptagona figure with seven sidesocteightoctagona figure with eight sidesnovninedectendecimeter1/10 of a meterlatsidelateralrelating to the sideH A N D O U T SHandout 8 (continued) Common root Words for math , Science, and Social StudiesEvery Child Reads.

2 Excellence in Teaching and 2007 Iowa Department of EducationSection 34 Unit 8 Vocabulary Instruction Component of a Comprehensive Reading ProgramStructural AnalysisScienceRootMeaningExampleDefinit ionagrifieldagronomyfield-crop production and soil managementanthropomananthropologythe study of manastrostarastronautone who travels in interplanetary spacebiolifebiologythe study of lifecardioheartcardiacpertaining to the heartcedegoprecedeto go beforechromocolorchromatologythe science of colorsdermaskinepidermisthe outer layer of skindynapowerdynamiccharacterized by power and energygeoearthgeologythe study of the earthheliosunheliotropeany plant that turns toward the sunhydrowaterhydroponicsgrowing of plants in water reinforced with nutrientshypnosleephypnosisa state of sleep induced by suggestionjectthrowejectto throw outmagnigreat, bigmagnifyto make largermonoonemonoplaneairplane with one wingortho straightorthodoxright, true, straight opinionpodfootpseudo podfalse footpsychomindpsychologystudy of the mind in any of its aspectspyrofirepyrometeran instrument for measuring temperaturesterraearthterracea raised platform of earththermoheatthermometerinstrument for measuring heatzooanimalzoologythe study of animalsH A N D O U T SHandout 8 (continued) Common root Words for math , Science, and Social StudiesEvery Child Reads.

3 Excellence in Teaching and 2007 Iowa Department of EducationSection 35 Unit 8 Vocabulary Instruction Component of a Comprehensive Reading ProgramStructural AnalysisSocial StudiesRootMeaningExampleDefinitionagrif ieldagronomyfield-crop production and soil managementantebeforeantebellumbefore the waranthropomananthropologythe study of manautoselfautocrata person who rules with absolute authoritybenegoodbenefitan act of kindness; a giftcontraagainstcontradictto speak againstdemospeopledemocracygovernment by the peopleendowithinendogamymarriage within the tribeexoutexcavateto dig outfac, factto make or dofactorya building where goods are mademan(u)handmanuscriptwritten by handmis, mitto sendtransmitto send outneonewNeolithicnew stone agepanallpantheona temple dedicated to all godsprebeforeprecedeto go beforeportto carryexportcarry goods out of the countryproforproponenta supporterprotofirstprototypefirst or original modelretrobackwardretrospecta looking back on thingsspectto lookinspectto look closely transacrosstransatlanticacross the Atlanticven, ventto comeconventiona gathering of people who come together for a Common purpos