Word Parts
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Act 2
Act 3, Scene 1
Act 3, Scene 2
100

This root fits anything acting entirely by itself.

What is auto-?

100

Flippant or irreverent behavior.

What is saucy?

100

A person’s face or outward appearance.

What is visage?

100

To try to gain favor through flattery.

What is fawn?

100

A cloak.

What is a mantle?

200

Choose this root when something involves a large number of parts.

What is poly-?

200

Lacking honor; shameful.

What is base?

200

To scold or lecture.

What is chide?

200

Ill will or spite.

What is malice?

200

To lessen the seriousness of something.

What is extenuate?

300

This root fits any act of carrying from one place to another.

What is port-?

300

An oppressive burden.

What is a yoke?

300

A professional interpreter of omens.

What is an augurer?

300

Powerful or mighty.

What is puissant?

300

The public treasury.

What are coffers?

400

Use this root when two things are exactly the same in amount.

What is equ-?

400

Omens or signs of disaster.

What are prodigies?

400

The range of what someone can know.

What is cognizance?

400

Freedom from political control.

What is enfranchisement?

400

An ancient Greek silver coin.

What is a drachma?

500

This root applies whenever something is written or made of letters.

What is -graph or -gram?

500

Thoughts or reflections.

What are cogitations?

500

Envy or ambition to equal or surpass others.

What is emulation?

500

To plead or request earnestly.

What is beseech?

500

The act of ripping or splitting.

What is rent?