Name that Root!
ANNUITY
ANN/ENN
ANN/ENN
YEAR
CENTENARIAN
A PERSON WHO IS AROUND A HUNDRED YEARS OLD
ANTIQUE
A COLLECTIBLE OBJECT THAT HAS A HIGH VALUE BECAUSE OF ITS CONSIDERABLE AGE
CONTRA/ANTI
AGAINST, OPPOSITE
Examples: contraband, contradictory, contrary
Examples: antisocial, anticlimax, antibiotic
CENTIGRAM
CENT-
CENT
HUNDRED
ANTIQUARY
A COLLECTOR
ANNIVERSARY
THE DATE ON WHICH AN EVENT TOOK PLACE IN A PREVIOUS YEAR
BIO
LIFE
Examples: biology (study of life), auto/biography (book about someone's life)
CIRCUMVENT
CIRCUM-
ANTIQUUS
OLD OR ANCIENT
CIRCUMSCRIBE
RESTRICT WITHIN LIMITS
CENTURY
A PERIOD OF 100 YEARS
MAL
BAD
Examples: malicious, malevolent, malign
ANTIQUATE
ANTIQUUS
CIRCUM
AROUND, ABOUT
ANTIQUATE
TO MAKE OBSOLETE, OLD FASHIONED, OUT OF DATE
ANNUAL
OCCURRING ONCE EVERY YEAR
TRI
THREE
BENEVOLENT
BENE
BENE
GOOD
CIRCUMENN
AROUND/ABOUT + YEAR
CIRCUMFERENCE
THE DISTANCE AROUND SOMETHING---- LIKE IN MATH
POLY
MANY
Examples: polygon, polynomial, polytheistic