Prefixes
This word means "not friendly" and includes the prefix "anti-".
What is "antisocial"?
What is another word that starts with "anti-"?
This word means to do later, or once something has already finished and includes the suffix "-ward".
What is "afterwards"?
In music, what comes afterwards: a prelude or a postlude?
This word means "the study of life."
What is "biology"?
[bio] + [ology]
What is another "study of" we encounter in school?
This is the definition of "dissect".
What is "to cut something into smaller pieces"?
[dis/apart + secare/to cut]
What's another word that starts with "dis-"?
This is the meaning of the Spanish word "disgusto."
What is "disgusting"?
[dis-/ not] + [gusto/ taste or good]
What's the English meaning of "mucho gusto"?
This word means "to cause understanding" and includes the prefix "en-".
What is "enlighten"?
What's another word that starts with "en-" and means to cause something?
This suffix means "the study of something."
-ology (as in: biology, paleontology, etc.)
What does an "etymologist" study?
Hint: the Greek word etymon means "the literal meaning of a word."
This word means "to write with photographs."
What is "photograph"?
[photo/pictures] + [graph/to write]
What does a choreographer do?
Hint: the Greek word 'khoreia' was a circular dance featuring a chorus of dancers.
This is the definition of "commemorate".
What is "to mark or remember, to call to mind"?
[co-/ together + mem/ mind + orate]
What's another word that uses mem?
This is the Haitian Creole term for "no".
What is "non"?
What's an English word that starts with "non-"?
This word means "to pause, or not finish" and includes the prefix "dis-".
What is "discontinue"?
What's another word that starts with "dis-"?
This word refers to "the process of gradually weathering away" and includes the suffix "-sion".
What is "erosion"?
What's an example of erosion?
This word means "to give someone else directions in a way overly attentive to small details".
What is "micromanage"?
[micro/small] + [manage]
What's another word that starts with "micro"?
This math term refers to points that are equally distant from one another.
What is "equidistant"?
[equi/ equal + distans/ stand apart]
What's another math word that uses the root "equa-"?
This is the meaning of the Latin word "etcetera".
What is "and other similar things, and so forth."
[et/and] + [cetera/others]
What's another Latin word or phrase we use in English all the time?
This is the meaning of "irreversible."
[irr-] + [reversible]
What is "permanent, or not able to be undone"?
What is another word that starts with "irr"?
This word means "the feeling of not wanting to continue (maybe because you feel like you won't be able to), and contains the suffix "-ment".
What is "discouragement"?
Use "discouragement" in a sentence.
This type of animal lives on both land and in water.
What is an "amphibian"?
[amph/both] + [bian/one who lives]
What's an example of an amphibian?
This is the definition of "autonomously".
What is "to do independently, or without instruction".
[auto-/ ones self + nomos/ law or custom]
What are two words that could mean "one's self writing"?
This is the term in basketball for "movement of the ball up and down from a player's hand to the floor."
What is "dribble" or "dribbling"?
How does this usage of the word connect to another meaning of "dribble"?
This word means "perfect or without flaw" and contains the prefix, "im-".
What is "impeccable" or "immaculate"?
What is another word that contains the root "imm-"?
This word means "a position held by something whose word is essentially law", and contains the suffix "-ship."
What is "dictatorship"?
What's an example of a dictatorship that you might have learned about in history class?
This math term refers to lines the exist alongside one another but never meet.
What is "parallel"?
[para/beside + allelon/ one another]
What's another word that uses the root "para-"?
This is the definition of "anonymously."
What is "of unknown authorship"?
[an- without] + [onoma-/name] + ly/ related to]
What's an example of something written anonymously?
The French word "anomalie" most likely means this.
What is "an anomaly, or a strange exception"?
[an-/ not + homos/ the same]
Use "anomaly" in a sentence.