Question

Use the sentence to complete the activity. Our neighbor’s trees have started to encroach onto our property. In 3 sentences, define encroach, explain its word parts (prefix and root word), and show how the context clues helped you discover the words meaning.

Answer 1

Encroach means to gradually intrude or trespass upon someone else's space or territory without permission. The word "encroach" consists of the prefix "en-" meaning "in" or "on" and the root word "croach" meaning "to creep or move stealthily." In the given sentence, the context clue of the neighbor's trees invading or moving onto the speaker's property indicates that the trees are crossing the boundary without permission, thus suggesting the meaning of encroach as an act of gradual intrusion.