Root Words
This stem means OVER.
What is super?
This word describes a person who suffers or dies for their beliefs.
What is martyr?
sadness, dejection, gloominess, despair
What is melancholy?
The study of life.
What is biology?
A personality trait that means someone doesn't give up on their goals and work hard for them.
What is determined?
This stem means GOOD.
What is bene?
This word means to respect someone deeply.
What is venerate?
hateful, detestable, repugnant, disgusting, atrocious
What is odious?
A book about one's own life.
What is an autobiography?
This is what we call food that we didn't eat at dinner and lunch but bring home with us to put it in the refrigerator to eat later.
What are leftovers?
This stem means AWAY.
What is dis?
This word can be a verb that means to speak clearly, or it can be an adjective that describes someone who speaks well.
What is articulate?
quivery, shivering, shaky, edgy, anxious
What is tremulous?
A creature who walks on two legs
What is a biped?
This is a place where Muslim people go to pray.
What is a mosque?
This stem means BELIEVE.
What is cred?
This word is an adjective meaning skeptical or unbelieving.
What is incredulous?
common, crude, in bad taste, unrefined, indecent
What is vulgar?
This is the action of drawing someone's attention away.
What is distract?
When you finish writing a book, this is what you do to put it into print and send it to bookstores.
What is publish?
This stem means TIME.
What is chrono?
These are TWO adjectives that mean "calm."
What are serene and placid?
ideal, perfect, heavenly, above everything
What is sublime?
This word means warlike, wanting to fight.
What is bellicose?
This is what happens when two people are talking and a third person talks over them and stops their conversation with his own.
What is an interruption?
This stem means TEN.
What is dec?
This verb means "spread throughout." It is often used metaphorically.
What is pervade?
bare, strict, grim, plain, severe
What is austere?
A beginner
What is a novice?
This is the word we use when a fruit is ready to be eaten.
What is ripe?