Express Yourself
I just performed a one act play, and you were in the audience. What word with the root feli- might you do next?
What is felicitate?
The Greek or Latin root has to do with the atmosphere, or the air.
What is aero?
Root word meaning one of something.
That is not possible!
What is impossible?
The study of life.
What is biology?
Easily frightened, scared, or shy.
What is timid?
A word you could use to describe the temperature of Antarctica, or someone moving really slowly.
What is glacial?
Botany time! A seed with with TWO cotyledons is also referred to as a ...
What is dicot?
Not normal, different than is what is expected.
What is atypical?
A science that deals with the history of the earth and its life especially as recorded in rocks.
What is geology?
Your friend has just heard some sad news, if you provide them comfort you are providing... (Hint: a character in the Percy Jackson series has this word as a last name, and it is very fitting for that character's profession).
What is solace?
Another word for fireworks.
What are pyrotechnics?
Something that contains two things or parts- often used in relationship with gender or coding.
What is binary?
Antonym of understandable.
What is incoherent?
A science that deals with the location of living and nonliving things on earth and the way they affect each other.
What is geography?
If someone has a tendency to get angry easily, they can be described as...
What is irascible?
Having to do with rising heat
What is thermal?
What is pentagon?
A severe loss of memory.
What is amnesia?
Create 3 nonsense words using any of our Greek and Latin roots that have to do with studying something or researching something. Define them in a way that makes sense for the roots used.
(Answers will vary)
Define this nonsense word: infelicitable.
What is not capable of feeling extreme happiness?
Uh oh, I am driving on a raining day and suddenly I lost control of the breaks. I am ______________
What is hydroplaning?
We studied a dilemma in this unit, what is a trilemma?
A choice you have to make between three equally possible options.
Define this nonsense word: anluminous
Not very bright.
The study of the effects of light on living organisms.
What is photobiology?