8th Grade Roots/Vocabulary/Spelling/Fallacies

acu

to sharpen

cav

to make hollow

cad, cas

to fall

sed

to sit, settle, calm

cap

to take, hold, seize

cau

to burn

evidence

facts used to support a claim

analysis

explanation or interpretation of evidence

your

Possessive (belonging to someone)

you’re

contraction of “you are”

Cen(s)

To assess, judges

Clam, claim

To call out, shout

Pos, pon

To put, place, set

-ess

Feminine

Err(a)

To wander

Fal

To deceive

Explicit

To state clearly and in detail

Implicit

To hide or imply

Their

Possessive (belonging to people)

There

Place or position/ to show where

Ferv

To boil, bubble

Gust, gest

To taste

Jur, jus

To swear

-left, lig

To choose

Lev(i)

To lighten, lift, raise

Crit

To distinguish, separate, judge

Denotation

The literal or dictionary meaning of a word

Connotation

An idea of feeling a word has

Weather

The atmosphere with regard to rain, snow, heat etc

Whether

Having a choice or expressing doubt

-lysis

To dissolve

Solu, solv

To loosen

Soli(o)

Alone

Mim

To imitate, copy

Pen(d), pens, pond

To weigh, hang, heavy

Cres(c)

To grow

Subjective

Based on personal feelings or bias

Objective

Represents facts or evidence without opinion

its

Possessive

It’s

Contraction of “it is”

Plac

To please, appease

Plic, plex

To fold, to tangle

Fac, fix, feet

To build, cause

Sent(i)

To feel

(A)spir(e)

To breathe

Cantt, chant

To sing

Cite

To quote or justify evidence

Justify

To show or demonstrate

Compliment

A polite expression of praise

Complement

To go with something else in a good way

Stat

To stand

Vag(a)

To move around

Vig(il)

To watch

Alter

To change, other

Cal, cha, calor

Heat

Dur

To last, continue in existence

Superficial

Surface or weak evidence or analysis

Succinct

Clear and to the point

Separate

To break apart

Grateful

Feeling appreciated

Fix

To fasten

Mand

To order

Nunc, nounc

To tell

Parens, parere

To give birth to

Pun(ct)

To point, stab

Quest, quer

It seek

Refute

To disprove something

Perspective

An attitude or particular way of seeing something

Argument

A reason with the intent to persuade

Judgement

To come to a decision

ethn

race

sec, sequ

to follow

scal, scene

to climb

util

to use

vac, void

to be empty

pur(g)

to clean

omit

to remove

ambiguity

unclear

affect

to cause (verb)

effect

The cause or outcome (noun)

-Acious, -icous

full of

aristo

best

Urb, polis

City

Calli

Beautiful

Met(a)

Beyond, higher, later

Dign(i)

Worthy

Alliteration

Occurrence of similar sounds at the beginning of words

Anaphora

Repeating words or phrase at the beginning of the sentences or lines

Definite

Clearly stated or decided

Beginning

The start (two n’s)

Cine, kine

Movement

Clin(o), -cline

Slope

Ept, apt

Fit, suitable

Mis

To send

Termin

End; boundary

Tone

The feeling of something

Imagery

Visually descriptive language or figurative language

Accept

To take

Except

To remove or not include