PREFIXES
PEOPLE, BELIEFS & IDEAS
NATURE & SCIENCE
DESCRIPTIVE ROOTS
LANGUAGE & LEARNING
100

This root means between.

What is INTER?

100

This root means people.

What is DEMOS?

100

This root means bird.

What is AVI? 

100

This root means good.

What is BENE? 

100

This root means write.

What is GRAPH?

200

This root means out.

What is EX?

200

This root means belief.

What is CREDO?

200

This root means star.

What is ASTER?

200

This root means ten.

What is DEC?

200

This root means book.

What is BIB?

300

Which root means under in hypodermic?

What is HYPO?

300

Which root means people in democracy?

What is DEMOS?

300

Which root means color in chromatic?

What is CHROM?

300

Which root means ancient in archaeology?

What is ARCHA?

300

Which root means body in corpuscle?

What is CORPUS?

400

Which root means across in dialogue?

What is DIA?

400

Which root means belief in credible?

What is CREDO? 

400

Which root means hidden in cryptic?

What is CRYPTO? 

400

Which root means both in ambidextrous?

What is AMBI?

400

Which root means war in belligerent?

What is BELL?

500

Explain the difference between inter- and ex- using example words.

INTER = between, like international or interstate

EX = out, like export or exit

500

Create a word using cred- and explain its meaning.

What is credible = able to be believed?

500

Create a science word using chrom- or aster- and explain it.

What is asteroid = star-like object (or chromosome = colored body in cells)?

500

Explain how bene- changes the meaning of a word.

What is: bene- adds the meaning “good” or “well” (e.g., beneficial = producing good results)?

500

Create a word using graph- or bib- and explain it.

What is biography = writing about a life?

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