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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
Common Core alignment
Grades served: 6, 7
- L.6.4bUse common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).
- L.7.4bUse common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., belligerent, bellicose, rebel).
Related roots
Body & life. Roots that name parts of the body and the idea of being alive.
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