Group 1
“Crops” are defined as plants, often grown in fields or rows.
Based on your knowledge of prefixes, what does the English word “intercrop” mean?
TWO OR MORE CROPS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY
“Annual” means to occur once every year.
Based on your knowledge of prefixes, what does the English word “Semiannual” mean?
OCCURRING TWICE EVERY YEAR
The root word “spect” means to look, observe, or watch over.
Based on your knowledge of prefixes, what does the English word “Retrospect” mean?
TO LOOK BACK IN TIME
A “scope” is an instrument for observing, viewing, or examining.
Based on your knowledge of prefixes, what does the English word “Microscope” mean?
AN INSTRUMENT USED FOR VIEWING SMALL OBJECTS OR ORGANISMS
“Chromatic” is relating to or using a color.
Based on your knowledge of prefixes, what does the English word “Monochromatic” mean?
CONTAINING/USING ONE COLOR
The root word “melia” refers to “extremities” or “limbs.”
Based on your knowledge of prefixes, what does the English word “nanoemelia” mean?
SMALL EXTREMITIES
“Therm” refers to temperature.
Based on your knowledge of prefixes, what does the English word “isotherm” mean?
EQUILIBRIUM OF TEMPERATURE
The root word “crat” refers to government.
Based on your knowledge of prefixes, what does the English word “monocracy” mean?
SINGLE RULE
The root word “Net” refers to a communication network.
Based on your knowledge of prefixes, what does the English word “Intranet” mean?
AN INTERNAL COLLECTION OF NETWORKS/WEBSITES
The Latin word “sedere” means to sit.
Based on your knowledge of prefixes, what does the English word “Supersede” mean?
TO SIT ON TOP OF, TO BE SUPERIOR TO
The root word “dub” means “doubt.”
Based on your knowledge of prefixes, what does the English word “superdubious” mean?
EXTREMELY DUBIOUS/VERY DOUBTFUL
The root word “phila” means “love.”
Based on your knowledge of prefixes, what does the English word “neophilia” mean?
IN LOVE WITH NOVELTY; NEW THINGS
“Pathology” is the study of diseases.
Based on your knowledge of prefixes, what does the English word “paleopathology” mean?
STUDY OF ANCIENT DISEASES
Here, “structure” refers to the arrangement or connection of roads, bridges, etc., within a country.
Based on your knowledge of prefixes, what does the English word “Infrastructure” mean?
STRUCTURE WITHIN/INSIDE OF A COUNTRY
The adjective “scient” means to know.
Based on your knowledge of prefixes, what does the English word “Omniscient” mean?
ALL KNOWING
The root word “lingual” means “relating to the tongue.”
Based on your knowledge of prefixes, what does the English word “retrolingual” mean?
SITUATED NEAR THE BASE OF THE TONGUE
The root word “aces” means “cure.”
Based on your knowledge of prefixes, what does the English word “panacea” mean?
REMEDY FOR ALL DISEASES
A “tectacle” is a canopy or a roof.
Based on your knowledge of prefixes, what does the English word “subtectacle” mean?
SPACE UNDER A ROOF OR DWELLING
“National” relates to a country or nation
Based on your knowledge of prefixes, what does the English word “International” mean?
BETWEEN TWO OR MORE COUNTRIES
“Biology” is the study of living organisms.
Based on your knowledge of prefixes, what does the English word “Paleontology” mean?
THE STUDY OF ANCIENT LIFE (FOSSILS)
The root word “aleiphein” means “To meld or to combine.”
Based on your knowledge of prefixes, what does the English word “synalepha” mean?
BLENDING OF 2 SYLLABLES INTO ONE
The root word “pode” refers to the foot.
Based on your knowledge of prefixes, what does the English word “metapode” mean?
The posterior division of the foot in the Gastropoda and Pteropoda
The ending “itive” can mean doing or being.
Based on your knowledge of prefixes, what does the English word “Primitive” mean?
OF/BELONGING TO AN EARLIER TIME PERIOD
The root “demonium” is Latin for “evil spirit.”
Based on your knowledge of prefixes, what does the English word “Pandemonium” mean?
WILD AND NOISY DISORDER OR CONFUSION; CHAOS
The root “phyte” is Latin for plant or a plantlike structure capable of growth.
Based on your knowledge of prefixes, what does the English word “Neophyte” mean?
A PERSON WHO IS NEW TO A SUBJECT, SKILL, OR BELIEF