Vocabulary Jeopardy!

Greek Roots

100

This Greek root refers to the voice.

What is "voc"?

200

bio-

What is "life"?

300

-ology

What is "the study of"?

400

-ist

What is "one who is involved with"?

500

This Greek root means "city" and is related to a root meaning "citizen".

What is "polis"?

Latin Roots

100

liber-

What is "free"?

200

This root comes from the Latin for "to break". 

What is "fract"?

300

civ-

What is "citizen"?

400

This Latin root is shared with Spanish and means "sea".

What is "mar"?

500

acu-

What is "point"?

Bonus Vocab

100

spir-

What is spirit?

200

This root comes from the name of the Roman god of war and refers to conflict. 

What is "mar"?

300

This Latin root means love.

What is "philo"?

400

This root is homonymous with the Spanish word for "with". 

What is "con"?

500

This root comes from the Latin motto of the Marine Corps and means "faithful".

What is "fid"?

Paired Roots

100

The roots "jud" and "jur" share this meaning.

What is "law"?

200

These paired roots both mean "star".

What are "aster" and "astro"?

300

These two root words each mean "step".

What are "gres" and "grad"?

400

These roots share the meaning "foot".

What are "ped" and "pod"?

500

The shared root "ped" has these different meanings in Latin and Greek.

What are "child" and "foot"?

Define the Word

100

audible

What is "to be able to be heard".

200

culprit

What is one who is to blame?

300

geologist

What is one who is involved in the study of the earth?

400

confidence

What is with faith?

500

chronometer

What is something which measures time?