A
definition of the prefix bio
What is life?
The exact meanings of both the prefix pre and the prefix post.
before and after
The prefix un- means this
What is not (or the opposite of)?
The prefix mis- means this.
What is wrongly or badly?
There are 100 of these in a dollar
cent
The person who studies living things
What is biologist?
The prefix cent- represents this specific number.
What is 100?
If you are "not happy," you are
unhappy
The study of Earth and places is called
geography
To get ready before something happens is to
prepare
To play something again
replay
To hear something the wrong way
mishear
Precaution means?
What is something done before to stay safe?
The teacher gave a pretest before the lesson. What does pretest mean?
What is test before learning?
To say what will happen before it happens is to
predict
insect with almost 100 legs is a
centipede
The period after a war is known as the
postwar
“Please don't misunderstand me; I like your drawing, I just think it needs more color!” Explain what it means to misunderstand someone.
What is to take or understand something the wrong way?
If a game is scheduled for after the regular season is over, it is called this kind of game.
What is a postseason game?
A 100th anniversary celebration is a
centennial
If geo means "Earth" and -logy means "the study of," this is the science science class where you study rocks, layers of the Earth, and earthquakes.
Geology
Because the map was drawn poorly, it began to mislead the hikers into the deepest part of the woods.” Define mislead based on its structure.
What is to guide or lead someone in the wrong direction?
Authors sometimes add a short section at the very end of a book to explain what happened to the characters later on. This section is called a postscript (or P.S.). What does the root script mean if the whole word means "written after"?
Authors sometimes add a short section at the very end of a book to explain what happened to the characters later on. This section is called a postscript (or P.S.). What does the root script mean if the whole word means "written after"?
If a referee makes a bad call or a scientist makes an error during an experiment, they are said to have made a miscalculation. What is the base verb of this word?
What is calculate?
To hear something incorrectly is to
mishear