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A Greek root that means “water.”

What is Hydr?

100

A Latin root that means “say, declare.”

What is dict?

100

A word with the root “hydr” which means “to lose water or moisture”

What is “dehydrate?”

100

A word with the root “onym” which means “not named or identified.”

What is “anonymous?”

100

A word with the root “bio” which means “capable of being broken down by natural process.”

What is “biodegradable?”

200

A Latin root that means “water.”

What is aqua/aqu?

200

A Latin root that means “study.”

What is ology?

200

A word with the root “sci” which means “the part of mind that tells you which actions are right and wrong.”

What is “conscience?”

200

A word which ends in the root “ology” which means, “the scientific study of The Earth.”

What is geology?

200

A word with the root “dict” which means “an official order given by a person with power.”

What is “edict?”

300

A Latin root that means “write.”

What is scrib/script?

300

A Greek root that means “life.”

What is bio?

300

A word with the root “gram” which means “a message sent by telegraph then delivered in written or printed form.”

What is “telegram.”

300

A word with the root “ology” which means “the study of human races, origins, societies, and cultures.”

What is “anthropology?”

300

A word with the root “aqua” which means “living in or taking place in water.”

What is “aquatic?”

400

A Greek root that means “nature.”

What is phys?

400

A latin root that means “sea.”

What is mer/mar?

400

A word with the root “phys” which means “a medical doctor.”

What is “physician?”

400

A word with the root “graph” which means “described or shown in a very clear way.”

What is “graphic?”

400

A word that begins in the root “sci” which means “the study of the natural world based on facts”

What is science?

500

A Greek root that means “to know”

What is sci?

500

A Greek root that means “write, draw, describe, record.”

What is graph/gram?

500

A word which has the root “ology” which means “the study of the origin of words throughout history”

What is etymology?

500

A word with the root “script” which means “words that have been cut or etched into a surface.”

What is “inscription?”

500

A word with the root “hydr” which means “an upright pipe with a spout or nozzle, used as a source of water.”

What is “hydrant?”

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