Root Words
Fore
Retro
Gen
Cide/Cis
100

Means "in front" or "before"

What is "Fore"

100

A warning or indication (of a future event)

What is Forshadow?

100

directed or moving backward

What is retrograde?

100

a category of artistic composition, such as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter

What is genre?

100

the action of killing a king

Regicide

200

Means birth

What is "Gen"?

200

Predict or estimate (a future event or trend)

What is Forecast?

200

Applying to or taking effect from a date in the past (especially of legislation)

What is Retroactive?

200

a line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor

What is genealogy?

200

giving the relevant or necessary info clearly & in a few words (brief but comprehensive)

What is concise?

300

Means to kill or to cut

What is Cide/Cis

300

A member of the past generation of one's family or people; an ancestor

What is a forefather?

300

Look back at/dealing with past events or situations

What is retrospective?

300

decline or deteriorate

What is degenerate?

300

violence that targets individuals because of their membership in a group and aims at the destruction of a people

What is genocide?

400

Means behind or back 

What is "Retro"?

400

the ability to predict or the action of predicting what will happen or be needed in the future

What is foresight?

400

Daily Double - any Category

to drive out or attempt to draw out (an evil spirit) from a person or place

What is exorcise?

400

an ancestor or founder

What is a progenitor

400

all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively

What is a generation?

500

Means kind or class

What is "Gen"?

500

Prevent or obstruct (an anticipated event or action) by taking action ahead of time

What is forestall?

500

Draw back or withdraw(a statement or accusation) as untrue or unjustified

What is retract?

500

cause or give rise to a (a feeling, situation, or condition)

What is engender?

500

(of a person or mental process) intelligently analytical and clear thinking

What is incisive?