Roots & Meanings
Name That Root!
Word Breakdown
100

This Latin root means "judge" or "law."

What is jud?

100

You use this root when talking about a scribble, a manuscript, or an inscription.



What is scrib?

100

A thermometer is an instrument used to measure this.



What is heat (or temperature)?

200
This Greek root means "heat" or "warmth."




What is therm?
200

You use this root when talking about a thermostat, hypothermia or a thermos.

What is therm?

200
Someone with claustrophobia has an intense, irrational fear of these kinds of spaces. 




What are closed / confined spaces?

300
This Greek root means "fear" or "dread."


What is phob?

300

You use this root when talking about an antonym, a pseudonym, or a synonym.




What is nym?

300

A psychologist is someone who studies the science of this.

What is the mind?

400

This Latin root means "to write" or "to draw." 

What is scrib (or script)?

400
You use this root when talking about injustice,  judiciary, or a judgment.


What is jud?

400
To describe something means to do this to its details on paper.

What is to write?

500
These two Greek roots mean "mind/soul" and "form/shape"

What are psych and morph?

500

You use this root when talking about metamorphosis, amorphic, or zoomorphic animals.





What is morph?

500

An anonymous donor is missing this identifying feature. 




What is a name?