5th Grade Word Study List 23-24

Question 1

port

Answer 1

to carry

portable, transportation, airport

Question 2

struct

Answer 2

to build

destructive, construction, structure

Question 3

form

Answer 3

form or shape

formation, formula, transform

Question 4

spect

Answer 4

LOOK or see

inspection, spectacle, spectator

Question 5

vis/vid

Answer 5

to see

vision, video, visible

Question 6

ject

Answer 6

to throw

injection, eject, subject

Question 7

tract

Answer 7

to pull

tractor, contract, detract

Question 8

tele

Answer 8

far or distant

telephone, television, telescope

Question 9

phon

Answer 9

sound

phonics, telephone, phonograph

Question 10

graph

Answer 10

written or drawn

graphic, telegraph, paragraph

Question 11

photo

Answer 11

light

photographer, photocopy, photosynthesis

Question 12

bio

Answer 12

life

autobiography, biology, biosphere

Question 13

geo

Answer 13

earth

geography, geosphere, geology

Question 14

rupt

Answer 14

to break or burst

erupt, interrupt, disruption

Question 15

trans

Answer 15

across or change

transform, transition, transit

Question 16

scope

Answer 16

WATCH or see

telescope, microscope, horoscope

Question 17

scrib/script

Answer 17

to write

scribble, scripture, transcribe

Question 18

post/after

Answer 18

after

postgame, postpone, aftermath, aftershock

Question 19

pre/fore

Answer 19

before

premake, preshow, foretell, forehead

Question 20

com/con

Answer 20

with/together

compact, combine, contact, convince

Question 21

act

Answer 21

do or move

action, active, transaction

Question 22

er, or, ian, ist

Answer 22

person who

writer, reader, doctor, actor, librarian, guardian, artist, scientist

Question 23

-ty/-ity

Answer 23

state of, condition of, quality of

safety, novelty, cruelty

Question 24

-ous

Answer 24

full of

dangerous, mysterious, generous

Question 25

e-

Answer 25

out/away | evade, evict, escape

Question 26

en-

Answer 26

in/cause to be in | enroll, entrust, enclose, envelope

Question 27

per

Answer 27

through or completely | perfect, persist, personal

Question 28

pro

Answer 28

for/ in favor of | program, project, provide

Question 29

-fy/-ify

Answer 29

make (verb) | classify, identify, clarify

Question 30

-ive

Answer 30

to cause or make (adjective) | creative, destructive, expansive

Question 31

meter

Answer 31

measure | centimeter, thermometer

Question 32

therm

Answer 32

heat | thermometer, thermal, thermos

Question 33

mega

Answer 33

large/great | megaphone, megawatt, megabyte

Question 34

ology

Answer 34

study of | biology, zoology, geology

Question 35

super

Answer 35

above, over, beyond | superhero, supermarket

Question 36

hyper

Answer 36

above, over, excessive | hyperbole, hyperspeed, hypersensitive

Question 37

micro

Answer 37

small | microphone, microwave

Question 38

ship

Answer 38

state or condition of being, quality of | friendship, championship, relationship

Question 39

hood

Answer 39

state, condition, or qualit y of | neighborhood, brotherhood, sisterhood