Weeks 1-2
This is one of the two roots that means "water."
What is aqua or hydr?
This root means mindful or recall.
What is mem?
Dictation software makes speech to text possible on phones and computers. The root dict means this:
What is "say" or "declare?"
This farm equipment is used to pull a plow and uses this Latin root meaning "pull, draw."
The word "cat" made plural would be "cats." The root plur means this:
What is "more?"
This Latin root means sea.
What is mer/mar?
The middle of an area is called this, which is why this Greek root means middle.
What is centr/center?
This many-meaning root can mean to write, draw, describe or record- which is why Insta is such a popular online platform.
What is gram? (and also graph!)
Synonyms and antonyms both use the root (affix!) -onym which means this.
What is "name?"
An antibiotic is a medicine intended to cure or recover an infection or illness, even though it seems to mean "anti" (against) this meaning of the root bio.
What is "life?"
To imagine something may also be this word, using the Latin root for "see" or "look."
What is visualize? (vis/vid)
This word ending meaning "study of" is the ending for many classes you may take in school, especially science classes.
What is -ology? (Biology, Geology)
These two roots (Greek and Latin) both share the meaning "time".
What are temp and chron?
Something that is stretched too thin may be stressed, or may have a high amounth of this word using the root meaning "stretch" or "give."
What is tension? (tens/tend/tent)
The word photophilic combines two roots to describe a living thing that thrives in a bright environment, and literally means this.
What is "light lover?"
Photophilic: of or relating to an organism or plant that seeks or thrives in light.
The telephone uses the root "phon" which means this.
What is "sound?"
What is "around?"
What is a scribe? (scrib/script)
Motivation may not seem to connect to the meaning of it's Latin root- but "motor" may help you remember mot's meaning.
What is "move?"
(mob/mot)
Something of extreme size may use this Greek root meaning million, great, or large.
What is mega?
A group of people listening to a performance would be called this- using the Latin root for "hear."
What is an audience? (aud)
Your conscience is the part of your brain that helps you sort right from wrong. The meaning of the root "sci" is not "science" but this:
What is to know?
The is the way bats and dolphins navigate their environment contains this Latin root that means "place."
What is loc such as in the word echolocation?
The two Latin roots host and hosp are only one letter apart, but their meanings are nearly opposite. Which root typically bears a more negative connotation?
What is host?
means "stranger" or "enemy" such as hostage or hostile
hosp = guest
These two Greek roots for "many" are used in math when you complete the opposite of division, or have to identify many sided figures.
What are multi and poly?