Vocabulary Review: Latin Root Fer

 


Greetings! Today's lesson helps you strengthen your vocabulary. There are many layers to most words—prefixes, suffixes, roots. When you learn more about these layers, you can often know the meanings of new words (or at least come close to a definition) by breaking down the word and knowing what each layer means. 

This lesson gives you a chance to learn the Latin root fer/ferre which mean "to bring" or "to carry." 
Write a definition for each word using your dictionary. Note if the word can be both a noun and a verb. Also write a sentence using each word correctly. 

  1. Aquifer

  2. Conifer

  3. Ferry

  4. Inference

  5. Prefer

  6. Reference

  7. Transfer

  8. Vociferous

  9. Circumference

  10. Fertile

  11. Confer



The Greek root with a similar meaning is: pher/phor/pherein. These roots also mean "to carry" or "to bear." Define these words and write a sentence using each one. 

  1. metaphor
  2. periphery
  3. phosphorus
  4. semaphore
  5. pheromone
  6. euphoric
  7. chromophore


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