Root Word
opinion
What is dox?
believe
What is cred?
to return to a previous step (or worse)
HINT: gress
_ _ gress
What is regress?
the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom
HINT: zoo
zoo _ _ _ _
What is zoology?
normal way of doing things or normal accepted standards
HINT: dox
HINT: ortho = straight or normal way
What is orthodox?
to step or move
What is grad/gress?
animal
What is zoo?
an area is what the “earth” or “land” is like there
HINT: terra
terra _ _
What is terrain?
relating to the sea - OR - a sailor, serving on shipboard
HINT: mar
mar _ _ _ _
What is marine?
a clear container used for growing plants or keeping small animals
HINT: terra
HINT: arium (Latin) = a place or container
terra _ _ _ _
What is a terrarium?
earth
What is terra?
sea
What is mar?
of or relating to sailors, navigation, or ships
HINT: nau
nau _ _ _ _ _
What is nautical?
of or relating to a year
HINT: ann
ann _ _ _
What is annual?
a place where creatures of water (aquatic animals) are kept
HINT: aqua = water
HINT: arium = a place or container
aqua _ _ _ _
What is aquarium?
ship
What is nau?
year
What is ann/enn?
of or relating to the moon
HINT: lun
lun _ _
What is lunar?
a period of 1000 years
HINT: enn
_ _ _ _ enn _ _ _
What is millennium?
a single-celled microscopic animal such as an amoeba; protozoan
HINT: zoo
HINT: proto = “first,” “foremost,” “earliest form of,”
HINT: proto _ _ _n
What is protozoon?
(They live in a wide variety of moist habitats including fresh water, marine environments and the soil.)
moon
What is lun(a)?
stone
What is lith?
“worthy to be believed"
HINT: cred
cred _ _ _ _
What is credible?
a single great stone often in the form of a column
HINT: lith
HINT: mono = one
_ _ _ _ lith
What is a monolith?
relating to the interval between old and new moon when the moon is invisible
HINT: lun(a)
HINT: inter = between
What is interlunar