Prefixes
"Aristo" is the prefix meaning "the best people" and so this word means "rule by best people".
What is ARISTOCRACY?
It's when an author uses hints or clues to indicate events that will occur in a story.
What is FORESHADOWING?
You know this Root meaning to know.
What is COG?
A final decision by a jury or judge; what they say about the accused’s guilt.
What is the VERDICT?
If someone isn't on your side, you shouldn't kill him. If you did, there might be use for this suffix.
What is CIDE?
Using the prefix CON, it's when two things are happening at the same time.
What is CONCURRENT?
It's the central point or message in a literary work.
What is THEME?
This root means "Color".
What is CHROMA?
In math, it's the distance around something, like a circle.
What is the CIRCUMFERENCE?
Please don't do this to me: deny the truth of my statement, especially by saying the opposite.
What is CONTRADICT?
Because of the Prefix "In", this word means "not able to be denied or disputed".
What is INCONTROVERTIBLE?
This term refers to a contrast between appearance and reality.
What is IRONY?
This Root Word happens to mean "happen".
What is CUR?
It's an adjective that means able to be interpreted two ways.
What is AMBIVALENT?
Because the Suffix "Vent" means a "way", CIRCUMVENT means this.
What is "find a way around an obstacle"?
I'm against using this Prefix meaning "against".
What is CONTRA?
It's a reference in a literary work to any person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature.
What is an ALLUSION?
PRO FIDE AT PATRIA! This word means to kill one's father.
What is PATRICIDE?
Super fat.
What is CORPULENT?
From the same origin as "crat", it's the suffix meaning "Rule" or "Government".
What is CRACY?
Adding the Prefix "Pre" to this Root and a "T" at the end gives us the word for "to tell the future in advance".
What is DIC?
It's a contrast or opposition between two things (like "Fire and Ice").
What is ANTITHESIS?
This root for Time comes from the name of the Ancient Greek Titan of Time.
What is CHRONO?
This term is used to describe a person who loves books.
What is a BIBLIOPHILE?
Because this word meaning "disguised or concealed" comes from Italian, it has the letter "O" as its Suffix.
What is INCOGNITO?