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vit
(VIT)to live
Latin for living. Vital things are alive or essential to life. Vivid things feel alive.
rootLatin
Body & lifeSpellings:vitviv
Example words
vital
necessary for life
vitamin
a substance needed for life and health
survive
to live through something
revive
to bring back to life
Who it is for
Grades served: 6, 7
Level 2Level 1 holds the word parts students meet first. Level 3 holds the ones that turn up in harder reading.
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