Greek
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Latin
Roots
Jeopardy
100

The meaning of the root, "bio-".

What is life? (E.g. biography, biology)

100

The meaning of the root word, "de-".

What is from/away from? (E.g. descend, deletion)

100

The meaning of the root, "cre-".

What is make? (E.g. creature, create)

100

The meaning of the root, "cycl-".

What is circular? (E.g. bicycle, cycle)

100

The meaning of the root word, "dict-".

What is to say? (E.g. dictate, predict)

200

The meaning of the root word, "dys-".

What is badly/ill? (E.g. dysfunctional)

200

The meaning of the root word, "ego-".

What is self? (E.g. ecocentric)

200

The meaning of the root word, "fel-".

What is cat? (E.g. feline)

200

The meaning of the root word, "gram-".

What is writing? (E.g. grammar)

200

The meaning of the root word, "hemi-".

What is half? (E.g. hemisphere)

300

The meaning of the root word, "gen-"

What is race/kind/birth? (E.g. genocide)

300

The meaning of the root word, "gust".

What is to taste? (E.g. disgust, gusto)

300

The meaning of the root, "corpor-".

What is body? (E.g. corporation, corpse)

300

The meaning of the root word, "herb-".

What is grass? (E.g. herbicide)

300

The meaning of the root word, "juven-".

What is young/youth? (E.g. juvenile)

400

The meaning of the root word, "kudo-".

What is glory? (E.g. kudos)

400

The meaning of the root word, "pneu-".

What is air/lung? (E.g. pneumatic)
400

The meaning of the root word, "lingu-".

What is language/tongue. (E.g. bilingual, linguistic). 

400

The meaning of the root word, "myri-".

What is countless? (E.g. myriad)
400

The meaning of the root word, "phyto".

What is plant? (E.g. phytoplankton)

500

The meaning of the root word, "scoli-".

What is crooked? (E.g. scoliosis) 

500

The meaning of the root word, "spir-"?

What is to breathe? (E.g. respiration)

500

The meaning of the root word, "miss-".

What is send? (E.g. transmission, missionary).

500

The meaning of the root word, "salv-".

What is to save? (E.g. salvation).

500

The meaning of the root word, "tempor-".

What is time? (E.g. temporary)

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