ROOTS

VISION

VISIBLE

INVISIBLE

VISIT

VISUAL

VISTA

TELEVISION

SUPERVISE

All of the words above share the same root "-vis-" which means, "see":

vision is ability to see,"

visible means "that can be seen,"

invisible means "that can not be seen,"

and to visit is "to go to see."

Visual knowledge is " the knowledge gained by seeing. "

When you watch television, you see pictures broadcast over a distance.

Vista is " events seen in your imagination. "

To supervise is " to keep watch over. "

Study other examples of root words shared by many different words.

-MIS- = "send"	-TAIN-= "hold"	VERS-,-VERT- = "turn"	VOC-= "call"
missile	contain	reverse	vocal
transmit	intent	divert	provoke
permit	obtain	invert	vocabulary
omission	tentative	version	vocation

TASK 1

Look up the meanings of the words in the lists in a
dictionary. Underline the root in each list and choose
its suitable meaning from the given words.

(1-6) choose / earth / hold / order / place / rule
1. geology    geometry    geography    geopolitics ROOT = .......geo...... MEANING:.....earth ..........	2. regulation    region    irregular   director ROOT = ............. MEANING:...............	3. contain    retain    content    extend ROOT = ............. MEANING:...............
4. location    relocate    local    locomotive ROOT = ............. MEANING:...............	5. select    election    collect    dialect ROOT = ............. MEANING:...............	6. orderly    ordinal    disorder    subordinate ROOT = ............. MEANING:................
(7-12)   know / send / look / throw / turn / care for
7. cognition    recognize    cognitive    cogitate ROOT = ............. MEANING:...............	8. perspective    spectator    inspect    aspect ROOT = ............. MEANING:...............	9. secure    manicure    pedicure    incurable ROOT = ............. MEANING:...............
10. object      eject      deject      reject ROOT = ............. MEANING:...............	11. reverse      convert      divert      version ROOT = ............. MEANING:...............	12. submit      remit      transmit      missionary ROOT = ............. MEANING:...............

Key to TASK 1