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.

H R R O T A T C I D A B D I C A T E A Z V C Y Z E
V I M S A P N A U D F J P Y D I A L O G U E K C B
S X R A Z P H P G O C R N C O N G E N I T A L O I
I G O C A R P T E I K C E R U T P I R C S V E L R
S E F R U O A A N D I A G O N A L G R A P H I C C
O N E A T L R I U P R E S C R I B E V N N D N S S
N T R M O O G N S E M T C A P T I V I T Y P K A E
G R E E B G O U O S U O I N O M I T C N A S F N D
A Y K N I U T K V I A D X N S A C R I L E G E C A
I P C T O E U N K J T E U G O L A T A C L C B T U
D M I A G D A P Y K L P C K S U I N E G P A I I T
N A D I R W T W A B R X I T P F G B V O I P R M O
X R P N A C B P H O T O G R A P H C S G Q T C O P
Y G S F P T O J D I S S A N C T I T Y R S O S N S
C A N O H Y I T I Z U P R R B S S F N C B R B Y Y
T I T R Y L E M U K B C P A M C M R F O R M U L A
C D O M Y O T L T A S Z S U R U H U Q D B L S L A
R E Y T H D T O B G C C T I N O I T C I D J G V O
E V I T A M R O F B R C P N O I T P I R C S E R P
G E N E S I S K I I I T S A N C T I O N I A T O T
H Q J N X G H P B D P R I L A M R O F J Y C V G Z
E F L O G I C E A C T R C I G Z Q C A P T U R E Z
T F Y H C I L O B A I D Q S O S A C R I F I C E G
S A C R E D R A U T O M A T I C N O I T P A C T O
P P T C E L A I D F N U G Z Y F I T C N A S M B M
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.