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Essential Greek and Latin Roots for Seventh Grade Students: mit, miss (send) List 1

Your mission? To learn these words derived from the Latin roots mit- and miss-, meaning "to send."
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  1. admission
    the act of letting someone enter
    This was the sticking point in my own little lame march to salvation: admission to heaven is gained by the luck of the draw. The Poisonwood Bible
  2. admit
    declare to be true or accept the reality of
    I don't want to admit that home means as much as it does. What the Night Sings
  3. commission
    place an order for
    To be sure, the Ptolemies did commission massive new temples in the ancient style, largely to help the Macedonian rulers ingratiate themselves with their native subjects. Circumference
  4. commit
    give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
    He realized asking Rishi to commit to an engineering program was like asking him to live in a nicely decorated cage for the rest of his life. When Dimple Met Rishi
  5. committee
    a special group delegated to consider some matter
    Another group was trying to groom one of the younger scythes for a position on the selection committee, so that he might sway gleaning choices when they needed those choices swayed. Scythe
  6. compromise
    arrive at a settlement of differences
    He decided to compromise by breaking the fast on training days and adding a number of fast days after the holiday. Washington Times (Aug 22, 2018)
  7. demise
    the time when something ends
    But the real joke isn’t that the sluggers revealed to me the date of Earth’s demise; it’s that they offered me the choice to prevent it. We Are the Ants
  8. dismiss
    end an encounter with someone by causing the person to leave
    And with that, I am dismissed with the wave of a hand. The Belles
  9. emissary
    someone sent to represent another's interests
    The fast food chains are now imperial fiefdoms, sending their emissaries far and wide. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
  10. emission
    a substance that is released
    Although estimates vary and still carry uncertainties, some experts say wildfires account for up to 20% of total global greenhouse gas emissions. BBC (Nov 15, 2018)
  11. emit
    give off, send forth, or discharge
    He was so pale that he seemed to emit a pearly glow. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
  12. intermittent
    stopping and starting at irregular intervals
    Hazel told Kehaar’s news and a long, disorderly, intermittent discussion began. Watership Down: A Novel
  13. manumission
    the formal act of freeing from slavery
    It was a copy of the manumission document of their ancestor, Simon Fairfax — born into slavery but emancipated by this handwritten deed on June 5, 1798. Washington Post (Jan 27, 2018)
  14. manumit
    free from slavery or servitude
    If they were faithful and hardworking, the master would set them free, manumit them, when he died. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad
  15. missile
    a rocket carrying a warhead of explosives
    Thousands of flying avatars and ships continued to buzz around the shield, occasionally firing bullets, lasers, missiles, and other projectiles at it, all of which impacted harmlessly on the surface. Ready Player One: A Novel
Created on Tue Jun 17 16:56:06 EDT 2025

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