Action & Motion
If you use a pencil to mark words on paper, or if a doctor gives you a prescription, you are using this root that means "to write."
What is scribe?
This root means "very small," just like the organism you view under a lab lens.
What is micro?
When you are thirsty after gym class, you need to drink water because of this root.
What is hydr?
Volcanoes do this when they burst open, and rude people do this when they break into a conversation.
What is rupt?
Both of these roots—one Latin and one Greek—mean "many." (Name either one!)
What is multi or poly?
Watching TV or looking through a telescope lets you see things from far away because of this root.
What is tele?
You need this root meaning "carry" to describe suitcases, passports, or moving goods across the ocean.
What is port?
Someone who can write equally well with both their right and left hand is ambidextrous. This is what ambi means.
What is both?
If you arrange historical events in the order of time they happened, you are using this root.
What is chron?
Put on your glasses or look closely! This root means "to look" or "to see."
What is spect?
This root powers up words like dynamite and dynamic.
What is dyna?
Feeling empathy or sympathy for a friend means you are sharing this root's core meaning of "feeling."
What is path?
Found in words like autograph and paragraph, this root also means "write."
What is graph?
A 2D geometric shape with many straight sides (like a pentagon or octagon) uses this specific Greek root.
What is poly?
Vampires and gods are described as immortal because they can never face this outcome.
What is mort?