Essential Greek and Latin Roots for Sixth Grade Students: mit, miss, List 2 (send)

Your mission? To learn these words derived from the Latin roots mit- and miss-, meaning "to send."
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  1. mission
    an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters
    His mission that month is to keep Lee informed of the movement of the Union Army. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War
  2. missionary
    someone who attempts to convert others to a doctrine
    When I try to picture the future, I can’t see myself as anything but a missionary or a teacher or a farmer, telling others how the Lord helps those that help themselves. The Poisonwood Bible
  3. missive
    a written message addressed to a person or organization
    Raynar Northbrook sat at his table, holding the latest missive from Lady Amelia of the Southern Lands in his eager hands. The Serpent King
  4. omit
    prevent from being included or considered or accepted
    My inclination was to explain the political situation as truthfully and objectively as possible and not omit the accomplishments of the PAC. Long Walk to Freedom
  5. permission
    approval to do something
    His father, Carl Tiflin, insisted upon giving permission for anything that was done on the ranch, whether it was important or not. The Red Pony
  6. permit
    allow the presence of or allow without opposing
    The tiny cups and saucers were memories of Katie’s old girl friends and Francie was never permitted to play house with them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
  7. promise
    make a commitment
    “I promise you. I’m going to win that contest, and we will be rich as Croesus.” Raymie Nightingale
  8. remission
    an abatement in intensity or degree
    And always the optimist, their mother kept battling the disease into remission, convinced she’d beat it right up to the end. Seattle Times (Apr 13, 2018)
  9. remit
    the topic that someone has authority to deal with
    The Cornyn proposal would expand the remit and resources of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. Wall Street Journal (Jun 18, 2018)
  10. submissive
    inclined or willing to give in to orders or wishes of others
    Usually he walked around threatening the men with a strait jacket which he always carried over his arm, and usually they were quiet and submissive in his presence. Invisible Man
  11. submit
    make an application as for a job or funding
    Accordingly, she submitted her query on the official form, and the following day she received a note inviting her to meet the cataloger, Harry Dibdin, in his office at eleven a.m. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage
  12. surmise
    infer from incomplete evidence
    He probably surmised that if he bided his time until August, the Teklanika would subside enough to be crossed. Into the Wild
  13. transmission
    communication by means of sent signals
    But she’d already learned Morse code and a bit about radio transmission as part of her training for her pilot’s “A” license. Code Name Verity
  14. transmit
    transfer to another
    These parasites are transmitted to humans by tsetse flies, resulting in sleeping sickness. The Guardian (Nov 16, 2018)
  15. unremitting
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
    The nature of language is change—relentless, unremitting, remorseless. Wall Street Journal (Jun 6, 2018)
Created on Mon Jun 16 18:05:36 EDT 2025

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