Elements and Senses
This Greek root means water and is found in a word used to describe being very thirsty.
What is hydr?
This Greek root suffix means the study of.
What is ology?
This root means time, found in a word meaning to write things in time-order.
What is chron?
The root onym means name. This word describes a book or letter written by a person whose name is unknown or hidden.
What is anonymous?
This root means light, found in a word meaning "to write with light.
What is photo?
This root means to hear or listen; make sure your answer can be heard.
What is aud?
This root means to drag or pull, found in a word for a farm tool that can do both.
What is tract?
The root circ/circum means around. This word means to sail all the way around the world.
What is circumnavigate?
The roots hosp/host deal with guests and hosts. This word describes a place where people receive medical care, originally a place of hospitality for travelers.
What is a hospital?
These two roots mean many, one originating from Latin and the other from Greek.
What are multi (Latin) and poly (Greek)?
The Latin root mar/mer means sea or pool. This word describes a soldier trained to fight on both land and sea.
What is a marine?
The root sci means to know. This 10-letter word describes a person who has a moral awareness of right and wrong ("knowing with oneself").
What is a conscience?
The root loc means place. This verb means to assign or set apart a specific place or share of money for a purpose.
What is to allocate?
These twin Latin roots mean to write, found in scribble and prescription.
What are scrib and script?
The Greek root phil means love. This word describes a person who loves humanity and gives a lot of money to good causes.
What is a philanthropist?
The Greek root phon means sound. This word literally translates to "harsh or bad sound.
What is a cacophony?
The roots tend/tens/tent mean to stretch or strain. This word describes the tight, strained feeling of stress or worry.
What is tension?
This root means circle or wheel. It gives us the name of a severe, spinning storm that rotates around an eye.
What is a cyclone?
The root graph/gram means to write or draw. This word describes a carved or written symbol that stands for a word or phrase, like an emoji or a hieroglyphic.
What is a pictograph?
The root mem means mindful or recalling. This word refers to a souvenir kept to remind you of a specific place or event.
What is a memento?
This root means middle or center. This word describes someone who deviates from the norm, literally translated as being "out of the center."
What is eccentric?
This vocabulary word combines dict (to speak) with a suffix to mean a formal, authoritative announcement or law spoken by a ruler.
What is an edict?
This word combines the Greek root for life with a root meaning write to form a word meaning the written story of a person's life.
What is biography?