Essential Greek and Latin Roots for Sixth Grade Students: scrib, scribe (write)

Learn these words derived from the Latin verb scribere, meaning "write."
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  1. ascribe
    attribute or credit to
  2. circumscribe
    draw a geometric figure around another figure
  3. describe
    give a statement representing something
  4. indescribable
    defying expression
  5. inscribe
    carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
  6. prescribe
    issue commands or orders for
  7. proscribe
    command against
  8. scribble
    write down quickly without much attention to detail
  9. scribe
    someone employed to make written copies of documents
  10. subscribe
    pay as a contribution to a charity or service
  11. transcribe
    write out, as from speech or notes
  12. transcriber
    someone who makes a written version of spoken material
  13. unsubscribe
    cancel an online membership, usually by removing one’s email
Created on Mon Jun 02 11:24:24 EDT 2025 (updated Fri Jun 06 16:34:09 EDT 2025)

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