Vocabulary for 8th Grade Language Arts
Mrs. Seveland
Mt. View Middle School
 

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1.  alter : change

2.  acu,acr(o) : sharp,point,top

3.  a(b),abs : from,away

4.  acious,icious,ful : full of

5. art,ert,arm: skill,weapon

6.  alb: white

7.  ampl: large,wide

8. anim: mind,soul,life

9. base,bass:  low,short

10. bat : beat

11. bell(um) : war

12. cad,cas,cid : fall,cut

13. cal,cha : be warm, hot

14. cap,cip,ceipt : take,seize, contain

15. cant,chant : sing

16. cau: burn

17. cen:  assess,judge

18. cheri,chari:  dear

19. cit,civ:  citizen

20. cla,clo(s),clus,clude: shut, close

21. cogni,gnos: learn,know

22. crit: distinguish,separate

23. clam,claim: call out,shout

24. dec:  ten

25. dia:  through,across

26. dis,div,dif: not,opposite,apart

27. de: away,down,off

28. dys: difficult,bad

29. dext: on the right,skillful

30. dyn(a):   force,power

31. dol: feel pain, grieve, suffer

32. dom(in): master, control

33. don,dos,tribu:  give

34. drom:  run,course

35. dur: hard, lasting

36. ept,apt : suitable, capable

37. err(a): wander

38. fix, fig: fasten, shape

39. fac(e),fact,fas,fic: make, do

40. fal, fail: deceive

41. fen: resist, strike

42. fer: bear, bring

43. fer(v): boil, bubble

44. fid: trust

45. form: shape

46. fort: luck

47. found,fund fus: pour,scatter, bottom

48. gate :  do drive

49. grav,griev: heavy,serious, weighty

50. gon: angle

51. gran: grain,seed

52. greg:  herd,flock

53. gust:  a tasting

54. heir,her(i): an heir

55. hetero:  other,different

56. ite:  native inhabitant

57. join,junct,jug:   join,meet

58. jur,just,jud:   swear,law

59. juv:  young

60. lat(er): side,  support

61. leg,lig,lect:  choose,select

62. lev:  lighten,lift,raise

63. liter: letters

64. lith(o) : stone,rock

65. lud,lus: play,deceive

66. lys,lyt,lyz: break down,loosen

67. magn,maj: great

68. mand,mend: order,praise

69. mech: machine

70. meg(a): large,powerful

71. nat,gna(n)t: born,source

72. met(a): beyond, higher

73. noc(t),nox – night

74. ness: state of being

75. non,un,im:  not

76. nul(l),nil,nihil: nothing

77. nunc,nounc: announce

78. ord:  order

79. pan:  all

80. par,per:  produce,give birth

81. pel, puls – drive,push

82. pen(d), pens, pond – weigh, hang,pay

83. phys: nature,medical

84. plac,pleas: please,calm

85. plic,plicit,plex,ply: fold,tangle

86. plor – cry out

87. pos,pon – place, put

88. post – after

89. pun(c) : point,stab

90. qual: what kind of

91. quant: how much,how many

92. quest,quir,quis: seek

93. qui: quiet, rest

94. ras: scrape

95. re(tro): backward, earlier

96. rid,ris: laugh

97. rod,ros: gnaw

98. sec,sequ,suit: follow

99. sed,sess,sid: sit,settle

100.   sen: old

101.  sen(t),sens: feel,opinion

102.  sign: mark,seal,sign

103.  sol: alone

104.  scal,cen(d): step,climb

105. sola,sula:  island,isolate

106. solu,solv:  loosen,answer

107. spir,spri: breathe, struggle

108.  tard: slow

109. tenu,tend,tens: thin,stretch

110.         termin: boundary,end

111.         tor(t),tors: twist

112.  tra(ct): pull,drag

113.urb,polis,polit: city

114.  use,uti: use

115. vac,void: empty,leave

116. vag(a): wander,move around

117. val,vail: strong, useful

118.  vari: bent,diverse

119. veil,vig: watch

120.  ver: true

121.  vot,vow,vol: vow,pledge,wish

122. -ward: in the direction of

123. zo(o): animal

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