6th. Grade Spelling List No. 12              

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ROOTS            The Latin root mit means "to send, to let go." 

                        The Latin root medi means "middle, between."

1.        emit                        to give off v.

2.        remittance           money sent by mail n.

3.        admit                     to say is true; to allow to enter v.

4.        submit                   to yield or surrender to another v.

5.        commit                  to perform (a crime); to record to memory for preservation v.

6.        omit                       to leave out v.

7.        intermittent         stopping (leaving off), then starting again adj.

8.        medieval              pertaining to the Middle Ages adj.

9.        Mediterranean     a large sea between Africa, Asia, and Europe n.

10.        mediocre          ordinary adj.

PREFIXES    The prefix be- originally meant "about."  It now has several meanings. 

                      The prefix ana- means "up, back."

11.        belated               too late adj.

12.        begrudge           to envy v.

13.        belittle                to make someone seem small or unimportant v.

14.        bestow             to give as a gift v.

15.        befriend             to act as a friend to v.

16.        besieged         made a long, continual attack v.

17.        beguiled          deceived v.

18.        bedraggled     wet and dirty adj.

19.        befuddled       confused v.

20.        analysis            an examination of the parts of something n.

 

21.        anatomy           the study of the structure of animals and plants n.

22.        anagram          word or phrase formed by arranging the letters of another word or phrase n.

23.        analogy            a similarity between things which are otherwise unlike n.

SUFFIXES       The suffix -fy means "to do, to make."

24.        nullify                to make of no effect or value v.

25.        clarify              to make clear v.

26.        terrify                to frighten greatly v.

27.        specify             to name definitely; to identify v.

28.        dignify            to make noble or proper v.

29.        testify               to give evidence; to bear witness v.

30.        simplify          to make plainer or easier v.

31.        rectify             to make right; to correct v.

32.        intensify         to make stronger or greater v.

33.        liquefy              to cause to be become a liquid v.

34.        glorify             to worship or praise v.

35.        mystify             to puzzle or bewilder v.