Root Words
Prefixes
Suffixes
Decode the Word 1
Trivia
100
dent
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teeth
100
re-
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again
100
-ly
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makes an adverb out of an adjective
100
incredible
in-
cred (creed)
-ible
not able to be believed
too extraordinary and improbable to be believed
100
What is an eight-sided shape called?
an octagon
200
dict
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say or speak
200
micro
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small or one millionth
200
-ful
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“full of,” “characterized by” ( shameful; beautiful; careful; thoughtful ); “tending to,” “able to” ( wakeful; harmful ); “as much as will fill” ( spoonful ).
200
disrespectfully
dis-
respect (from Latin respectus, literally, act of looking back, from respicere to look back, regard, from re- + specere to look )
-ful
-ly
to behave with a lack of respect
200
Weighing around eight pounds, this is the human body's largest organ.
the skin
300
scope / scop
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examine, inspect, look to or into, consider
300
contra- / counter-
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against or opposite
300
-able / -ible
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“capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to,” associated in meaning with the word able
300
miscommunication
mis-
communicate (Latin communis common, munus service, gift )
-tion
a failure to communicate clearly
300
Which soft drink once contained cocaine as one of its original ingredients?
Coca Cola
400
derm
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skin
400
co-
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with, together, jointly
400
-ment
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a suffix of nouns, often concrete, denoting an action or resulting state ( abridgment; refreshment ), a product ( fragment ), or means ( ornament ).
400
nonbiodegradable
non-
bio-
degrade ( from Late Latin degradare, from Latin de- + gradus step, grade )
-able
not capable of being broken down by the action of living organisms : not biodegradable
400
How old was Queen Elizabeth II when she was crowned the Queen of England?
27
500
cred
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believe
500
hypo-
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beneath, below
less than normal
500
-ness
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When you add "-ness" to an adjective, it becomes a noun. The suffix "-ness" means "state : condition : quality" and is used with an adjective to say something about the state, condition, or quality of being that adjective. For example, redness is a red quality, and redness means "the quality of being red."
500
indistinguishable
in-
distinguish (from Latin distinguere, literally, to separate by pricking, from dis- + -stinguere )
-able
: not distinguishable: such as
a: lacking identifying or individualizing qualities seemingly indistinguishable alternatives: not clearly recognizable or understandable indistinguishable differences: indeterminate in shape or structure indistinguishable forms in the mist
500
The unicorn is the national animal of which country?
Scotland