#11 Root Words

Question 1

Sed, Sess, Sid

Answer 1

[sit] Word Examples: sediment (that which sits or settles out of a liquid), session (a sitting, meeting, or period of activity), obsession (an idea that sits stubbornly in the mind), possess, preside (sit before), president, reside, subside

Question 2

Sen

Answer 2

[old] Word Examples: senior, senator, senile (old; showing the weakness of old age)

Question 3

Sent, Sens

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[feel] Word Examples: sentiment (feeling), consent, resent, dissent, sentimental (having strong feeling or emotion), sense, sensation, sensitive, sensory, dissension

Question 4

Sequ, Secu, Sue

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[follow] Word Examples: sequence (following of one thing after another), consequence, sequel, subsequent, prosecute, consecutive (following in order), second (following “first”), ensue, pursue

Question 5

Serv

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[save, serve] Word Examples: servant, service, preserve, subservient, servitude, conserve, deserve, reservation, conservation

Question 6

Sign, Signi

Answer 6

[sign, mark, seal] Word Examples: signal (a gesture or sign to call attention), signature (the mark of a person written in his or her own handwriting), design, insignia (distinguishing marks)

Question 7

Simil, Simul

Answer 7

[like, resembling] Word Examples: similar (resembling in many respects), assimilate (to make similar to), simile, simulate (pretend; put on an act to make a certain impression)

Question 8

Sist, Sta, Stit

Answer 8

[stand] Word Examples: persist (stand firmly; unyielding; continue), assist (to stand by with help), circumstance, stamina (power to withstand, to endure), status (standing), state, static, stable, stationary, substitute (to stand in for another)

Question 9

Solus

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[alone] Word Examples: soliloquy, solitaire, solitude, solo

Question 10

Solv, Solu

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[loosen] Word Examples: solvent (a loosener, a dissolver), solve, absolve (loosen from, to free from guilt or duty), resolve, soluble, solution, resolution, resolute, dissolute (loosened morally)

Question 11

Somnus

Answer 11

[sleep] Word Examples: insomnia (not being able to sleep), somnambulist (a sleepwalker)

Question 12

Soph

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[wise] Word Examples: sophomore (wise fool), philosophy (love of wisdom), sophisticated

Question 13

Spec, Spect, Spic

Answer 13

[look] Word Examples: specimen (an example to look at, study), specific, aspect, spectator (one who looks), spectacle, speculate, inspect, respect, prospect, retrospective (looking backward), introspective, expect, conspicuous

Question 14

Sphere

Answer 14

[ball, orb] Word Examples: stratosphere (the upper portion of the atmosphere), hemisphere (half of the earth), spheroid