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Roots

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    Understanding roots can go along way to helping one have a better idea of unfamiliar vocabulary. Work in pairs, at guessing the following roots
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  • acro
    acrobat - acrophobia (top-height-tip)
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  • act
    activity - react - interaction (do)
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  • agr/i/o
    agriculture - agribusiness - agrarian (farming)
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  • ambi
    ambigious - ambidexterous - ambivalence (both, on both sides)
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  • anim
    animate - animal - equanimity (life, spirit)
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  • ann / enn
    anniversary - annual - millennium (year)
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  • aqu/a
    aquarium - aqueduct - aquatic (water)
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  • arch/a/i
    archaelogist - archaic - archive (primitve, ancient)
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  • astro,aster
    astronaut - asterisk - astronomer (star,outer space)
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  • art
    artifact - artisan - artist (skill)
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  • bene
    beneficial - benefactor - benevolent (good,well)
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  • bio
    biology - biosphere - biography (life, living matter)
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  • cand
    candid - candle - incandescent (glowing, iridescent)
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  • cardi/o
    cardiologist - cardiac - cardio (heart)
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  • cata
    cataclysm - catastrophe - catalog (intensive, down, against completely)
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  • caust, caut
    cauterize - caustic - holocaust (to burn)
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