Phon Root
-er, -or-, -ian, -ist Suffix
Synonyms
Antonyms
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100

a device into which people speak or sing in order to record their voices or to make them sound louder. 

What is a microphone?

100

a person who lives in a colony; a person who helps to create a colony.

who is a colonist?

100

the same

What is a homophone?

100

interviewer

what is a reporter?

100

The lead singer grasped the ___________ as she belted the lyrics.

micropone

200

a word that is pronounced the same as another word but is different in meaning or spelling.

What is a homophone?

200

a person who writes news stories for a newspaper, magazines, etc or who tells people the news on radio or television.

What is a reporter?

200

amplifier

what is a microphone?

200

successor

What is a predecessor?
200

A hard working __________ could create a small farm and make himself independent in two years. 

colonist

300

a method of teaching people to read and pronounce words by learning the sounds of letter letter groups and syllables

what is phonics?

300

a person who plays the piano.

What is a pianist?

300

sounds

what is phonics?

300

patient

What is a physician?

300

The _____ was accompanied by a synchronized light show at their latest concert. 

symphony

400

a long piece of music that is usually in four large, separate sections and is performed by an orchestra or band.

What is a symphony?

400

a person who had a job or position before someone else; something that comes before something else.

What is a predecessor?

400

instrument

what is a saxophone?
400

tone deaf

what is a pianist?
400

The _______ was worried when she began to feel arthritis in her hands; how would she play?

pianist

500

a musical instrument that has a curved metal tube and is played by blowing into a mounthpiece and pressing keys with your fingers. 

What is a saxophone?

500

a medical doctor, especially a doctor who is not a surgeon.

What is a physician?

500

music

What is a symphony?

500

explorer

what is a colonist?

500

Their were several choices of instruments for the sixth graders to try out, including trumpet, flute, ________, and clarinet. 

saxophone

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