Roots | ||
Students: Print this page - then write your name at the top. After you find the words for each root, circle them and write them below the puzzle. Look up a synonym in the thesaurus for one word in each section. | ||
| AUTOBIOGRAPHY | AUTOCRACY | AUTOGRAPH | AUTOMATIC |
| AUTOPSY | CAPTION | CAPTURE | CAPTAIN |
| CAPTIVITY | CAPTOR | DIABOLIC | DIAGNOSIS |
| DIAGONAL | DIAGRAM | DIALECT | DICKER |
| ABDICATE | DICTATOR | DICTION | DICTUM |
| FORMAL | FORMULA | FORMATIVE | INFORM |
| REFORM | GENESIS | GENTRY | GENUS |
| GENIUS | CONGENITAL | GRAPHIC | PHOTOGRAPH |
| LOGIC | DIALOGUE | CATALOGUE | PROLOGUE |
| SACRAMENT | SACRED | SACRIFICE | SACRILEGE |
| SANCTIFY | SANCTION | SANCTIMONY | SANCTITY |
| SANCTIMONIOUS | SUBSCRIBE | PRESCRIBE | SCRIBBLE |
| ASCRIBE | DESCRIBE | SCRIPTURE | SUBSCRIPTION |
| CIRCUMSCRIPTION | PRESCRIPTION | POSTSCRIPT |
auto(self, alone) dia (through) 1. 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. 3. 4. 5. 5. gen (to give birth to) graph (to write) 1. 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. 3. 4. 5. 5. log (word, reason) capt (take hold, seize) 1. 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. 3. 4. 5. 5. dic, dict (speak, say, tell) form (shape, form) 1. 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. 3. 4. 5. 5. sacr (holy) sanc (sacred) 1. 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. 3. 4. 5. 5. scrib (write) script (write) 1. 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. 3. 4. 5. 5. |