Vocabulary Builder Course 1

Introduction
In this lesson, you learned about prefixes and suffixes borrowed from Greek and Latin that add bigness or smallness to words. Go to the Internet to read more about prefixes and complete an activity.

Destination Title: infoplease
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Directions Start at http://www.infoplease.com.

• Type "Greek and Latin roots" into the Enter search term field.
• Click on Search.
• Click on and read Latin and Greek Word Elements.
• Click on Greek Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes.
• Scroll down to the second table: Greek prefixes.
• Follow the directions below.

1.		Choose three prefixes, other than micro-, and write them below with their meanings.
2.		For each of your chosen prefixes, list three words that begin with it that are not included in the Example words column. You should list nine words total.
3.		Choose one word from each of your three lists and write its definition by using the meaning of the prefix. For example, antonym means "a word of opposite meaning." You should write three definitions.
4.		Make up a word that doesn't exist in the dictionary with one of your chosen prefixes. Include a definition of the word and use it in a sentence. For example, hyperparental would mean "exhibiting extreme parental behavior": His hyperparental ways included drilling his three-year-old on the meanings of Latin roots.