Senses & perception
Roots about hearing, seeing, feeling, and noticing.
8 roots in this category · Aligned to Common Core L.4.4b, Common Core L.5.4b, Common Core L.6.4b, Common Core L.7.4b, Common Core L.8.4b
Greek roots
Latin roots
- audrootLatin
to hear
audience, audible, auditory
L.4.4bL.5.4bL.6.4b - vidrootLatin
to see
video, visible, vision
L.4.4bL.5.4b - specrootLatin
to look or watch
inspect, respect, spectator
L.5.4bL.6.4bL.7.4b - sensrootLatin
to feel or perceive
sensitive, consent, sentiment
L.6.4bL.7.4b - tactrootLatin
to touch
contact, tangible, intact
L.7.4bL.8.4b - sonrootLatin
sound
sonic, unison, resonate
L.6.4bL.7.4b
What this category covers
- L.4.4b · Grade 4: Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., telegraph, photograph, autograph).
- L.5.4b · Grade 5: Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., photograph, photosynthesis).
- L.6.4b · Grade 6: Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).
- L.7.4b · Grade 7: Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., belligerent, bellicose, rebel).
- L.8.4b · Grade 8: Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, secede).