Greek & Latin Root
The story of a person's life.
What is biography.
This Greek root means speak or declare.
What is dict.
To speak or give orders with authority.
What is dictate.
This Greek root means pull or draw out.
What is tract.
This Greek root means sound or voice.
What is phone.
A decision or judgement, literally a "truth spoken" by a jury or judge.
What is verdict.
To speak against; to say the opposite of something someone else has said.
What is contradict.
To pull or take away apart from the whole.
To pull something back or in.
What is retract.
Words that sound the same but have different meanings or spellings.
What is homophone.
A device that regulates temperature by automatically adjusting the heating or cooling system.
What is a thermostat.
The science that studies life and living organisms.
What is biology.
Relating to heat or temperature.
What is thermal.
The variety of life in the world or in a certain habitat or ecosystem.
What is biodiversity.
A container that maintains the temperature of the contents, either keeping them hot or cold.
What is a thermos.
A ruler who speaks with total authority, often in a autocratic manner.
What is a dictator.
An instrument used to measure heat or cold.
What is a thermometer.
The branch of physical science that deals with the relations between heat and other forms of energy.
What is thermodynamics.
A long piece of music for an orchestra, literally "sounds that go together."
What is a symphony.
A large community of plants and animals, such as a forest or desert, defined by the life forms (plan or animals species) that live there.
What is biome.
Relating to or produced by the internal heat of the earth.
What is geothermal.
Able to be broken down and decomposed by living organisms like bacteria and enzymes.
What is biodegradable.
A harsh discordant mixture of sounds.
What is cacophony.
A device that amplifies sound, making it louder or able to carry further.
What is a megaphone.
to pull attention in different directions.
What is distract.