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General Knowledge
Returning to the Roots
Prefixes
Suffixes
Vocabulary Week One
100
Words or word parts from which other words "grow".
What are root words?
100
Latin for "hear"
What is audi?
100
Not or without PLUS to or towards
What is a-?
100
This word ending helps to turn a verb into a noun. Think of teachers, dancers, and lawyers.
What is -er?
100
The study of the stars and planets
What is astrology?
200
The languages from which most root words are derived
What are Greek and Latin?
200
Latin for "good"
What is bene?
200
This prefix means "change into" or "increase".
What is ad-?
200
One who studies the field of science
What is a scientist?
200
The study of the earth
What is geography?
300
These are the smallest meaningful units in the grammar of a language,
What are morphemes?
300
Greek for "write"
What is graph?
300
This prefix describes a moment when a person is doing themost.org.
What is extra?
300
When you walk in the hallways silently, the -tion ending is a part of this word.
What is transition?
300
Mrs. Thomas
What is a dictator?
400
Prefixes and suffixes are two types of these.
What are affixes?
400
Greek for "far off"...Think of the movie "Back to the Future".
What is tele?
400
You see this prefix every time you go out of a door.
What is ex-?
400
This suffix means "capable of being".
What is -able?
400
Assemblies and concerts are held here
What is an auditorium?
500
These are responsible for changing the meaning of a word, but they are also "powerful" enough to change the part of speech of a word.
What are suffixes?
500
Latin for "order"
What is mand?
500
I am excessively happy!!!!!! Which prefix describes the excessive part of my happiness?
What is over?
500
This suffix describes one who is characterized by something. Think of the seven dwarfs.
What is -y?
500
Having full decision-making powers that rely on one's "self"
What is autonomy?