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NameDateDo Now Word Root Worksheet: The English language is really a collection of words from other languages. About 70% of English words that don’t have their origins in other languages are formed from Greek and Latin roots. Knowing these roots can help you to understand a wide variety of English words This worksheet introduces you to several words grown from one word root, with their definitions. Please read the definitions and find the common word in all of them; from that word you will be able to infer the meaning of this root. The word root and vocabulary words that stem from it were chosen for this worksheet “because they are very likely to appear on the SAT and other college entrance exams.” Adapted from: Crutchfield, Roger S. English Vocabulary Quick Reference: A Comprehensive Dictionary Arranged by Word Roots. Leesburg, VA: Lexadyne Publishing, 2009.Word Roots: dendr/o, dendri, (Greek)Words that grow from this root with their definitions:Dendrite (noun): 1. A mineral or rock with branching, treelike markings. 2. One of the branching, treelike processes of a nerve cell that carries impulses toward the cell body.Dendrochronology (noun): The study of the annular growth rings in trees for the purpose or dating and determining past events and climactic change.Dendrology (noun): The botanical study of trees and shrubs.Philodendron (noun): Any of a genus of tree-climbing plants indigenous to tropical America and often grown as ornamental house plants. Literally means “loving trees” in reference to its climbing habit.Rhododendron (noun): Any of various evergreen trees and shrubs with pink, white, and purple flowers.The Greek word roots dendr/o and dendri mean: ................
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