Example Words
heroic
What does the suffix -ic mean?
Has qualities of
If you take biology, what science are you studying?
life science
The prefix un- (as in unhappy) means
not, opposite of
the root -bio- means
example words: biology, biography
life
Suffix means: can be done
What's the word?
Flammable
What word uses the prefix for "before" and the root for "speak" and means to tell something before it happens?
predict
If you study geology what science are you studying?
earth science
The suffix -less (as in hopeless or careless) means
without
The root -sol- means
Example words: solo, solstice
sun or one
Root means to bend, suffix means can be done
What's the word?
Flexible
factory, manufacture, fiction
What does the root -fac/fic- mean?
make
If -baro- means pressure, what do you do with a barometer?
measure pressure
-able
-ible
The root -jud- means
Example words: judicial, judgement
to judge
root means circle, suffix means more than one
What's the word?
Cycles
video, vision, evidence
What does -vid-/-vis- mean?
see
What common piece of farm equipment contains the root for "drag"?
tractor
Example words: antagonist, antifreeze
against
The root -punct- means
Example words: punctuation, puncture
point
1st root means heat, second means measure
What's the word?
Thermometer
mobile, motion, movie
What does the root -mob-/-mot-/-mov- mean?
to move
The word "progress" can be broken down into a prefix and a root.
What are they and what do they mean?
pro: forward
gress: step or move
What is the difference in meaning between -er and -est?
Example words: taller, tallest
er-more
est-most
Example words: telescope, microscope
to see
First root means: people, next root means: rule by AND the suffix means having qualities of
What is this word?
Democratic