Root Definitions
This root means "circular."
What is cycl?
A clown might balance on this one-wheeled vehicle.
Answer: What is a unicycle?
A famous person's signature.
Answer: What is an autograph?
A giant "built" object that people might stare at in awe.
Answer: What is a structure?
To move or control an object skillfully by hand.
Answer: What is manipulate?
To refuse something or "throw" it away.
Answer: What is reject?
his root means "write" or "draw."
Answer: What is graph?
The name for a person who is walking.
Answer: What is a pedestrian?
An instrument used to make sounds in a music store or symphony.
Answer: What is a xylophone?
Farmer Dan uses this to pull his plows through the field.
Answer: What is a tractor?
Bright, "life-like" colors used in a painting.
Answer: What is vivid?
Something that goes on forever and is without an ending.
Answer: What is infinite?
This root means "sound."
Answer: What is phon?
To process bottles and cans so they can be used again in a "circle."
Answer: What is recycle?
In a piece of writing such as a journal or an essay, authors often group their sentences together in...
Answer: What are paragraphs?
A person who helps "build" your knowledge.
Answer: What is an instructor?
To do a task by hand instead of by machine.
Answer: What is manually?
To perform a show to "take" hold of an audience's attention.
Answer: What is entertain?
This root means "foot."
Answer: What is ped?
"-meter" means to measure or count. What is a pedometer?
A device that counts the number of steps your feet take.
"Calli" means beautiful. So what is the meaning of "calligraphy"?
Answer: Beautiful writing or the study of beautiful writing.
The act of tearing down a building or destroying it.
Answer: What is destruction?
"re" means again. What word means To bring someone or something back "to life".
nswer: What is revive?
"de" means back. What does the word "detain" mean"
To take or hold someone back in custody.
This root means "live."
Answer: What is viv?
"Centi-" means on hundred. Which insects name means"one hundred feet."
Answer: What is a centipede?
"Caco" means "unpleasant" or "harsh." What is a "cacophony"?
Answer: A harsh, or unpleasant mixture of sounds.
"Con-" means together. What is "pulling together" an agreement between two parties.
Answer: What is a contract?
"Script" means a document. What is a manuscript?
Answer: A document that was written by hand.
"pro" means forward. Which word means an object that is thrown forward, like a rocket.
Answer: What is a projectile?