Definition
Where's the Root?
ABC
Made-Up Words
What's the Root?
100

This root word means "to hear."

What is AUD?

100

Identify the vocabulary word that has a root word in the following sentence. The students used the dictionary to look up the unknown word.

What is "dictionary"?

100

Root meaning "star"

What is "ASTER/ASTR"?

100

This is the definition of the made-up word "Credbioaster"

What is "to believe in life in space"?

100

asterisk

What is "ASTR/ASTER"?

200

This root word means "to believe or trust"

What is CRED?

200

The biology professor has made studying plants his life's work. 

What is "biology"?

200

This root means "book"

What is "BIBL/BIBLIO"?

200

This is the definition of the made-up word "Ceeddict"

What is "to wait to speak"

200

bibliophile

What is "BIBLIO"?

300

This root word means "write/record/draw"

What is GRAPH?

300

During the summer, I was treated for dehydration at the hospital. 

What is the "dehydration"?

300

This root means "time"

What is "CHRON/CHRONO"?

300

This is the definition of the made up word "Hydroform"

What is "to shape water"?

300
geology

What is "GEO"?

400

This root word means "uncertain"

What is DUB or DOUBT?

400

The police officers were asked to show their credentials before they could enter the crime scene. 

What is "credentials"?

400

A root that means "self"

What is "AUT/AUTO"?

400

This is the definition of the made-up word "Demaster"

What is "people in space"

400

accessible

What is "CESS"?

500

This root word means "to yield"

What is CESS or CEED?

500

A dubious accolade goes to the nearby city of Durham.

What is "dubious"?

500

This root means "life"

What is "BIO"?

500

This is the definition of the made-up word "autogeoform"

What is "self-shaping earth"?

500

synchronize

What is "CHRON"?

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