Root Meanings
Definitions
Syllables
Homophones
Prefixes
100
sound
What is the meaning of the root "phono"?
100
a person who appreciates anything related to technology
What is a technophile?
100
"megaphone" broken into syllables
What is meg - a - phone ?
100
the homophone for pier
What is peer?
100
meaning of pre-
What is before?
200
star or outer space
What is the meaning of the root "astro"?
200
the process or skill of making maps
What is cartography?
200
"astronomy" broken into syllables
What is as - tron - o - my ?
200
the homophone for presents
What is presence?
200
meaning of mis-
What is wrong or bad?
300
life
What is the meaning of the root "bio"?
300
located under the ground
What is subterranean?
300
as - tro - dome marked with syllable types
What is as - tro - dome ? C O VCE
300
the homophone for kernel
What is colonel
300
meaning of prehistoric
What is before written history?
400
"tele"
What is the root that means "distance"?
400
the study of sound patterns within a language
What is phonology?
400
"pathogen" broken into syllables AND marked with syllable types
What is path - o - gen C O C
400
the homophone for bizarre
What is bazaar?
400
definition of misjudge
What is to judge wrongly or unfairly?
500
"tech"
What is the root that means skill, or way of doing something?
500
pleasing or sweet sounding
What is euphonious?
500
"injustice" broken into syllables and marked with syllable types
What is in - jus - tice C C VCE(exception)
500
homophone for stationary
What is stationery?
500
meaning of dismantle
What is to take apart?
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