Greek and Latin Roots, Grades 3–5: Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: port

This vocabulary list features words with the Latin root port which has multiple meanings from "harbor and gate" to "carry, bring, pass, and convey."
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  1. deport
    expel from a country
  2. deportation
    the expulsion of a non-citizen from a country
  3. export
    sell or transfer abroad
  4. exporter
    a businessperson who transports goods abroad
  5. import
    bring in from abroad
  6. important
    significant in effect or meaning
  7. importation
    the commercial activity of buying goods from another country
  8. opportunity
    a possibility from a favorable combination of circumstances
  9. passport
    a document allowing a citizen to travel abroad
  10. port
    where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
  11. portable
    easily or conveniently transported
  12. portal
    a grand and imposing entrance
  13. porter
    a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
  14. portfolio
    a large, thin case for loose papers or drawings or maps
  15. porthole
    a window in a ship or airplane
  16. report
    to give an account or representation of in words
  17. support
    the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
  18. supportive
    furnishing assistance
  19. teleport
    travel by dematerializing and assembling at another point
  20. transport
    move something or somebody around
  21. transportation
    the act of moving something from one location to another
Created on Thu May 02 23:10:39 EDT 2024 (updated Mon Aug 19 14:01:39 EDT 2024)

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