Latin Root Meanings
Greek Root Meanings
Prefixes and Suffixes
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Using One to Guess Another
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The meaning of scrib/script

What is "to write"?

1

The meaning of "hydr"

What is "water"?

1

The meaning of the prefix for "irregular"?

What is "not"?

1

The root used in the word "multimedia" and a definition using the root's meaning

What is "multi" and "many different kinds of media"?

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The meaning of "bi" in the word "biped," as in "humans are a type of biped"

What is "two"?

2

The meaning of "fac"

What is "to make"?

2

The meaning of "pod/ped"

What is "foot"?

2

The meaning of the prefix for the word "impress"

What is "in or on"?
2

The root used in the word "triangle" and a definition using the root's meaning

What is "tri" and "a three sided shape"?

2

The meaning of "cycle" in the word "tricycle"

What is "circle" or "wheel"?

3

The Latin root meaning "shape"

What is "form"?

3
The Greek root meaning "light"

What is "photo/phos"?

3

The suffix used when describing "most"

What is "est"?

3

The root used in the word "erupt" and a definition using the root's meaning

What is "break" and "to break out of something (like a volcano)"?

3

The meaning of "inter" in the word "interrupt"

What is "between" or "into"?

4

The Latin root meaning "bad"

What is "mal"?

4

The Greek root meaning "fake"

What is "pseudo"?

4

The meaning of the suffix in the word "lighten"

What is "made"?

4

The root used in the word "antonym" and a definition using the root's meaning

What is "name" and "the name of the opposite"?

4

The meaning of "ab" in the word "abduct"

What is "away"?

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The meaning of the root "aud," as in "auditory" or "audience"

What is "to hear"?

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The meaning of the root "logy," as in "biology" or "archeology"

What is "the study of"?

5

The meaning of the prefix in the word "impulse"?

What is "in or on"?

5

The root used in the word "revoke" and a definition using the root's meaning

What is "voc" and "to call back" or "to use your voice to undo"?

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The meaning of "circum" in the word "circumscribe," as in "she circumscribed the misspelled words"

What is "circle" or "around"?