Body Parts
Prefixes
Actions
Suffixes
Hodge-Podge
100
The derivative of "decapitate" this root means head.
What is capit or cap?
100
Dis, im, un, and il
What is not or wrong?
100
Both vis and scope require you to do this?
What is look or watch.
100
er, or, ar, ist
What is one who does something?
100
Some people fear centipedes more than spiders. Unlike spiders which have 8 legs, centipedes have these many legs.
What is 100?
200
Bilabial sounds are made by pressing together these two things.
What are the lips?
200
Easy as uni or mono, bi, and tri
What is one, two, three?
200
If you scribble your homework, your teacher might ask you to do re-scribe.
What is write it again?
200
What is make or cause to be?
-ize or -fy
200
-ous and -ry
What is full of?
300
The derivative of "manuscript," you write with these.
What are hands?
300
pro
What is for?
300
Some say descending a mountain is easier than ascending.
What is climb up or climb down?
300
-less
What is without or lacking?
300
In the United States, polygamy--which is this--is illegal.
What is marriage with more than one person?
400
If you are using binoculars, you are using these.
What are your eyes?
400
A choreographer often counts the dance down in this way..."penta, hexa, hepta, oct..."!
What is five, six, seven, eight?
400
When it comes to drugs and weapons, you will be likely be arrested for "carrying across" state or national lines.
What is transport?
400
-ion or -tion
What is state of being, act of?
400
If you wanted to go to college to study how the mind works, you would pursue a degree in this program.
What is psychology?
500
If you have post-nasal drip, you better wipe this.
What is your nose?
500
One word that is derived from the prefix for "far"?
What is telephone, telecommunications or telegraph.
500
Besides do homework and watch TV, this is what you will do in your college dormitory.
What is sleep?
500
-lets
What is small?
500
If you wanted to go to college to study diseases of the skin, you would pursue a degree in this program.
What is dermatology?