Democracy contains a root word. What is it and what does it mean?
What is dem, and it means people.
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I use the key word Science to understand what the root word sci means. Sci means...
What is to know
100
fid means what?
What is faith, trust
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These two roots mean water.
What is aqua and hydro
100
Claustrophobic is a key word for what root word. What is the meaning?
What is clud, clus, claus: to close, to shut
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Race, family and earth both have root words that start with the same letter. What are they?
What is gen and geo.
200
True or false. My feet feel so much better after my manicure. If false, in your answer you need to correct the statement.
What is false, my hands feel better OR my feet feel better after my pedicure.
200
hold, hold on, have, keep is the meaning to what root word?
What is tain/ten/tin
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These two roots mean around.
What is circ/circum and peri
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Give me two key words that remind you of what the root word dur means. Also, give me the meaning.
What is durable, duration, others may be accepted. It means hard, lasting.
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Some words are trickier than others. Don't let them trip you up. Bio, Biblio/bibli, cede/ceed/cess, and cred/creed have given many problems. What do they all mean?
What is life
What is book
What is to go; to yield
What is to believe; to trust
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What is the meaning of the root word spect, spec? Give me two key words that help you understand the meaning.
What is to see, look at, behold. Spectator, spectacle, spectacles, inspect, inspector, other answers may be accepted.
300
Cide/cis means?
Sect means?
What is to kill, cut
What is to cut
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These two roots mean time.
What is chrono and temp
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Combine tele with another root word and explain what it means. Each word you get correct you get 300 points.
What is teleport-carry something a distance away.
What is telegram/telegraph- something that has been written and sent away.
What is telephone- a device that is used to send sounds and voices a distance away.
What is telescope- a device that allows you to see things at a distance.
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True or False, the meaning of jur/jus/judic is law! If false please correct the answer.
What is False. Jur/jus/judic means law, right, judgement.
400
The firewords show was put on by a pryrotechnic. What does pyr mean?
What is fire.
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Empty is a meaning of one of your root words. What is the word and give me two key words that help you remember the word.
What is vac. Vacant, vacany, vacuum, vacate, evacuate, other answers may be accepted.
400
These two roots mean nearly the same thing; to write, draw and to write.
What is graph/gram and scrib/script
400
Explain to me why when a volcano goes off it is called an eruption. Use the meaning of the root word in eruption to explain your answer.
What is the word rupt is in the word because when the magma breaks the surface of the volcano it turns to lava. It is the act of the magma actually coming out or breaking away from below the surface.
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There are two root words that mean very close to the exact opposite thing. What are the two roots, and what do they mean?
What is alt-high and hypo-under, below
500
Root words 6-10 are all root words that begin with the letter m. What do they all mean? meter, metre; micro; mono; morph; mob, mot, mov
What is measure, small, one, form, to move
500
There are 3 different root words that begin with the letter P in the third trimester. Give me the meanings of all three.
What is pend-hang
What is phys- body, nature
What is pon, pos, posit- to place, to put
500
The root word logue/logo means what?
What is idea, reason, word, speech
500
We have school the week of Monday, May 27th. How many days will we be in school that week?
What is 4. We will not be here Monday the 27th because it is Memorial Day.