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Week #

Word Parts

Meaning

“Wit’s End” word choices

Week 1 

Sept. 15

scrip, scrib

write, writing

inscribe, inscription, prescription, transcribe, scribe

Week 2

Sept. 22

ced, cede, ceed, cess

go, separate, withdraw

access, accessible, accessory, cessation, concede, concession, intercede, intercession, precede, precedent, proceed, procedure, procession, processional, recede, recess, recession, recessional, recessive, succeed, success, secede, secession

Week 3

Sept. 29

sect

cut

bisect, dissect, intersect, intersection, section, sector, transect, trisect

Week 4

Oct. 6

sphere

sphere

atmosphere, biosphere, hemisphere, sphere, spherical, spheroid, stratosphere

Week 5

Oct. 13

graph, gram

write, writing

autograph, biography, grammar, graphic, graphite

Week 6

Oct. 20

duc

lead

educate, conducive, deduction, induce, seduce

Week 7

Oct. 27

form

shape, form

conform, conformity, deform, formal, format, formative, formula

Week 8

Nov. 3

loc, log, loqu

speak, talk

dialogue, elocution, eloquent, epilogue, eulogy, loquacious, monologue, soliloquy, ventriloquist

Week 9

Nov. 10

cid, cis

cut

scissors, decide, concise, decisive, incisor, incise, decidedly, excise, homicide, incision

Week 10

Nov. 17

pli, ply, plex

fold

complex, implicit, imply, multiply, plexiglass, pliable, pliant, pliers, ply, plywood, replica, reply