Latin Roots
Which Latin root means "to order, command" and appears in the word "mandate"?
What is "mand"?
Which Greek root means "life" and is found in the word "biology"?
What is "bio"?
The prefix "mal-" means "bad" or "evil." Which common word meaning "bad diet or broken conditions" uses this prefix?
"malfunction" or malnutrition"
The suffix "-ly" often turns adjectives into adverbs. Change "quick" into an adverb using this suffix.
"quickly"
Which vocabulary word means "a written account of a person's life written by that person"?
"autobiography"
The Latin root "min" is related to making smaller or less.
What is uses "minmize"?
The Greek root "gen" means "birth" or "origin." Which word means "descendants or offspring" and uses this root?
What is "progeny"?
The prefix "para-" can mean "beside" or "beyond." Which word meaning "a protective cover placed beside or over something" uses this prefix?
"parasol" or "parachute"
The suffix "-est" is used to form the superlative. Turn "small" into its superlative form with this suffix.
"smallest"
Which vocabulary word means "children or descendants of a person or animal"?
"progeny"
The Latin root "neg" means "no" or "not." Which English word meaning "to refuse or say no" contains this root?
What is "negate"?
The Greek root "therm" relates to heat. Which device that measures temperature uses this root?
What is "thermostat"?
The prefix "en-" often means "to make" or "to put into." Which word meaning "to cause to happen" uses this prefix?
"enable" or "encourage"
The suffix "-able" means "capable of" or "able to be." Which word meaning "able to be read" uses this suffix?
"readable"
Which word uses the base "help" and means "one who gives help"?
"helper"
The Latin Root related to where something begins.
What is "origin"?
The Greek root "chrono" means time. Which word meaning "study of historical time order" uses this root?
What is "chronology"?
The prefix "un-" means "not" or the opposite. Which word meaning "not likely to happen" uses this prefix?
"unlikely"
The suffix "-ful" means "full of." Which word meaning "full of joy" uses this suffix?
"joyful"
Which vocabulary word names "a device that regulates temperature"?
"thermostat"
The Latin root "trib" is related to giving or assigning. Which word meaning "a payment or giving of something (often to support a cause)"
What is "contribute"?
The Greek root "tele" means "far" or "distance." Which word meaning "to send images over a distance" uses this root?
What is "telephoto" or "telegraph"
The prefix "re-" means "again" or "back." Which word meaning "to do again" uses this prefix?
"redo" or "replay"
The suffix "-ity" turns adjectives into nouns meaning a state or quality. Which noun meaning "the quality of being active" uses this suffix?
"activity"
Which vocabulary word means "an instrument that records an image" (or relates to taking photos)?
"Photograph" or "photographic"