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voc

(VOK)

voice or call

Latin for voice or calling out — used in words about speech, vocations, and calls.

rootLatin
Communication
Spellings:vocvok

Example words

  • vocal

    having to do with the voice

  • vocabulary

    the set of words you know and use

  • advocate

    to speak in support of something

  • evoke

    to call out a memory or feeling

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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