Prefixes
"Aristo" is the prefix meaning "the best people" and so this word means "rule by best people".
What is ARISTOCRACY?
It's a form of storytelling using only music
What is OPERA?
You know this Root meaning to know.
What is COG?
A final decision by a jury or judge; what they say about the accused’s guilt.
What is the VERDICT?
If someone isn't on your side, you shouldn't kill him. If you did, there might be use for this suffix.
What is CIDE?
Using the prefix CON, it's when two things are happening at the same time.
What is CONCURRENT?
He wrote the Opera AKHENATEN.
Who is PHILIP GLASS?
This root means "Color".
What is CHROMA?
In math, it's the distance around something, like a circle.
What is the CIRCUMFERENCE?
Please don't do this to me: deny the truth of my statement, especially by saying the opposite.
What is CONTRADICT?
Because of the Prefix "In", this word means "not able to be denied or disputed".
What is CONTRADICT?
Anthony Roth Costanzo is one of these highest male singing voices.
What is a COUNTERTENOR?
This Root Word happens to mean "happen".
What is CUR?
It's a noun that means a mixed breed dog (or Mutt).
What is CUR?
Because the Suffix "Vent" means a "way", CIRCUMVENT means this.
What is "find a way around an obstacle"?
I'm against using this Prefix meaning "against".
What is CONTRA?
Name any two of the three traditional men's voice types.
What are BASS / BARITONE / TENOR?
PRO FIDE AT PATRIA! This word means to kill one's father.
What is PATRICIDE?
Super fat.
What is CORPULENT?
From the same origin as "crat", it's the suffix meaning "Rule" or "Government".
What is CRACY?
Adding the Prefix "Pre" to this Root and a "T" at the end gives us the word for "to tell the future in advance".
What is DIC?
It's the Opera term that describes the same woman's voice type as an Alto.
What is MEZZO-SOPRANO?
This root for Time comes from the name of the Ancient Greek Titan of Time.
What is CHRONO?
He's credited as being the first European to CIRCUMNAVIGATE the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
Because this word meaning "disguised or concealed" comes from Italian, it has the letter "O" as it's Suffix.
What is INCOGNITO?