Week 1 Roots
The definition of the root -muni- as used in the word communicate.
What is function?
The root that means "take hold/seize."
What is -ceiv/cip/cept-?
The definition of the root -capit/capt- as used in the word captain.
What is head?
Use your knowledge of root words to define the underlined word: The gemstone in her necklace was a precious keepsake that had been in her family for years.
What is valuable/priceless?
Use your knowledge of root words to define this made-up word: queronym
What is to ask someone his/her name?
The definition of the root -preci- as used in the word depreciate.
What is price/value?
The root that means "ask/seek."
What is -quer/ques-?
The root the means "heart."
What is -cardi-?
Use your knowledge of root words to define the underlined word: He was having chest pains, so he made an appointment with his cardiologist.
What is a "heart doctor?"
Use your knowledge of root words to define this made-up word: captimobility
What is the ability to move your head?
The definition of the root -claim/clam- as used in the word proclaim.
What is call-out or declare?
The root that means "lead/bring."
What is -duc/duct-?
The definition of the root -corp- as used in the word corpse.
What is body?
Use your knowledge of root words to define the underlined word: After her fall in the woods, her friends made a splint to immobilize her leg until help arrived.
What is to keep from moving?
Use your knowledge of root words to define this made-up word: manusert
What is to join hands?
The definition of the root -onym/onom- as used in the word synonym.
What is name?
The root that mean "wander."
What is -migr-?
The root that means "hand."
What is -man/manu?
Use your knowledge of root words to define the underlined word: Until I rode in my grandpa's old car, I had never used a crank to manually roll down a window.
What is by hand?
Use your knowledge of root words to define this made-up word: migra-ped
What is to wander around on foot?
The definition of the root -sert- as used in the word insert.
What is join/bind/put?
The root that means "move."
What is -mob/mot/mov-?
What is foot?
Use your knowledge of root words to define the underlined word: In the Middle Ages, criminals could be put to death by being decapitated with a guillotine.
What is having their heads cut off?
Use your knowledge of root words to define this made-up word: cardioception
What is to take hold of the heart?