Latin root for head
This Latin root means "head."
What is cap?
his Latin root means "health.
What is san?
This Greek root means "love."
What is phil?
This Latin root means "row" or "rank."
What is ord?
This Latin root means "short."
What is brev?
This person is the leader who "runs the ship."
Who is a captain?
A person who is mentally healthy is described by this word.
What is sane?
This Pennsylvania city is famously known as the "City of Brotherly Love."
What is Philadelphia?
Numbers like first, second, and third that show rank are called these.
What are ordinal numbers?
Mr." is a short form of a longer word, also known as this.
What is an abbreviation?
Washington, D.C. is this type of city for the United States.
What is a capital?
This is the opposite of sane, describing someone with a severe mental illness
What is insane?
This is a person who "loves wisdom" and seeks to understand the nature of life.
Who is a philosopher?
This word describes something that is not special or has no special rank.
What is ordinary?
This curved symbol is used to indicate a short-vowel sound.
What is a breve?
This is the name for the stone at the top of a wall or building.
What is a capstone?
These crews pick up trash to keep the streets clean and the town healthy.
What are sanitation crews?
These people show their love for humanity by supporting charities and good works.
Who are philanthropists?
Something that is out of the ordinary or extra-special is called this.
What is extraordinary?
This quality is the "soul of wit," meaning one should use few, well-chosen words.
What is brevity?
To perform this action is to remove the head.
What is decapitate?
A salad bar uses this type of shield (or sneeze-guard) to keep food clean
What is a sanitary shield?
People who attend these types of performances appreciate good music.
What is a philharmonic?
To follow rules, a class might line up and file out in this specific manner.
What is an orderly manner?
In the Latin idiom "Ars longa, vita brevis," this is the meaning of "vita brevis."
What is "life is short"?