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Gram-Graph-Form Voc

This document discusses Greek and Latin roots that are commonly found in English words. It provides examples of 10 words containing roots relating to "form" and "write/written", along with their definitions. These words cover topics including biographies, handwriting, spelling, rearranging letters, choreographing, witty sayings, uniformity, distortion, nonconformity, and formations.

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Gram-Graph-Form Voc

This document discusses Greek and Latin roots that are commonly found in English words. It provides examples of 10 words containing roots relating to "form" and "write/written", along with their definitions. These words cover topics including biographies, handwriting, spelling, rearranging letters, choreographing, witty sayings, uniformity, distortion, nonconformity, and formations.

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Greek and Latin Roots

-form
(shape)

-graph/gram(write/written)

1. biography (b--gr-f ) an account of someone's life


written by someone else.
2. calligraphy (k-li-gr-f) fair or elegant penmanship.
3. orthography (or-th-gr-f) the conventional spelling
system of a language.
4. anagram (a-n-gram) a word, phrase, or name formed
by rearranging the letters of another, such as cinema,
formed from iceman.
5. choreograph (kor---graf) to compose the sequence
of steps and moves for (a performance of dance or ice
skating); plan and control (an event or operation).
6. epigram (e-p-gram) a saying or remark expressing an
idea in a clever and amusing way.
7. uniform (y-n-form) not changing in shape or
character; having the same shape or size.
8. deform (di-form) - to distort the shape or form of; make
misshapen.
9. nonconformist (nn-knfor-mist) a person whose
behavior or views do not conform to (agree with) common
ideas or practices.
10. formation (for-m-shn)- something that is created (the
cloud formation); an orderly arrangement or group of
people, ships, or airplane often used after in (The
soldiers were marching in formation.)

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