Root Words
Means "in front" or "before"
What is "Fore"
A warning or indication (of a future event)
What is Forshadow?
directed or moving backward
What is retrograde?
a category of artistic composition, such as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter
What is genre?
the action of killing a king
Regicide
Means birth
What is "Gen"?
Predict or estimate (a future event or trend)
What is Forecast?
Applying to or taking effect from a date in the past (especially of legislation)
What is Retroactive?
a line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor
What is genealogy?
giving the relevant or necessary info clearly & in a few words (brief but comprehensive)
What is concise?
Means to kill or to cut
What is Cide/Cis
A member of the past generation of one's family or people; an ancestor
What is a forefather?
Look back at/dealing with past events or situations
What is retrospective?
decline or deteriorate
What is degenerate?
violence that targets individuals because of their membership in a group and aims at the destruction of a people
What is genocide?
Means behind or back
What is "Retro"?
the ability to predict or the action of predicting what will happen or be needed in the future
What is foresight?
Daily Double - any Category
to drive out or attempt to draw out (an evil spirit) from a person or place
What is exorcise?
an ancestor or founder
What is a progenitor
all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively
What is a generation?
Means kind or class
What is "Gen"?
Prevent or obstruct (an anticipated event or action) by taking action ahead of time
What is forestall?
Draw back or withdraw(a statement or accusation) as untrue or unjustified
What is retract?
cause or give rise to a (a feeling, situation, or condition)
What is engender?
(of a person or mental process) intelligently analytical and clear thinking
What is incisive?