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Root to the Word
Word in Context
🌀 “Go in Circles” (Root: cycl)
⚙️“All Around” (Root: circum)
“Center of Attention” (Root: centr/center)
100

I’m a storm that spins around a central area of low pressure.
💬 What word am I?

Cyclone

100

  1. The _______ of the racetrack measured exactly two miles.

→ Answer: Circumference

100

A series of events that repeats again and again.What is a cycle?

What is a cycle?

100
The distance around a circle.







What is circumference?

100
Located in the middle or main area.

What is central?

200

I describe something that happens again and again in a repeating pattern.
💬 What word am I?

→ Answer: Cyclical

200

  • The city built _______ roads that looped around the downtown area.

→ Answer: Concentric

200

A storm that spins rapidly around a calm center.

What is a cyclone?

200
To go around an obstacle instead of straight through it.

What is circumvent?

200
Having circles or shapes with the same center.

What is concentric?

300

  • I mean “the distance around a circle.”
    💬 What word am I?

→ Answer: Circumference

300

  • Because of the rainy ________, the outdoor concert was moved inside.

→ Answer: Circumstances

300

A pattern that happens in regular intervals, like the seasons.

What is cyclical?

300
A complete path that loops around and connects back to itself—like electricity flowing.







What is a circuit?

300
A person who acts strangely or “off-center.”

What is eccentric?

400

  • I mean “to go all the way around something.”
    💬 What word am I?

→ Answer: Circumvent

400

  • The electricity flowed through the _______ to light up the bulb.

→ Answer: Circuit

400

This root means “circle” or “wheel.”

What is cycl?

400
The conditions or facts surrounding an event.

What are circumstances?

400
This root means “middle.”

What is centr or center?

500

I describe the very middle point of something.
💬 What word am I?

→ Answer: Central

500

The inventor’s ideas were creative but a little _______ — no one else thought like he did!

→ Answer: Eccentric

500

A repeating series of events—like the water cycle—is an example of this kind of pattern?

What is a cyclical process?

500
The Latin root circum means this.


What is “around”?

500
When two objects share the same center but different sizes, they are called this.


What are concentric circles?