1st Semester Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes

Question 1

POLI or URB (metropolis, urban)

Answer 1

city, civilization

Question 2

OVER- (overeat, overdo)

Answer 2

too much, above

Question 3

EX- (exclude, exhale)

Answer 3

remove from, out

Question 4

SUPER- (superhuman)

Answer 4

above, over, beyond

Question 5

MIS- (mistake)

Answer 5

wrongly

Question 6

RE- (rewrite)

Answer 6

back or again

Question 7

NON- or UN- (nonstop, unhappy)

Answer 7

not, opposite of, without

Question 8

A-, AB-, ABS- (abnormal, amoral, absent)

Answer 8

away, off, not

Question 9

UNDER- (undercooked)

Answer 9

below, not enough

Question 10

TETRA or QUAD (Tetris, quadrant)

Answer 10

four

Question 11

BI or DU (bicycle, duo)

Answer 11

two

Question 12

-FUL (colorful)

Answer 12

full of

Question 13

SUB- (submarine)

Answer 13

below, under

Question 14

IN-, IL-, IM-, IR (incomplete, illegal, impossible, irresponsible)

Answer 14

not

Question 15

-Y (salty)

Answer 15

made of, full of

Question 16

PENTA or QUIN (pentagon, quintuplets)

Answer 16

five

Question 17

FORE- or PRO- (foreshadow, prophet)

Answer 17

before, in front of

Question 18

EPI (epidermis, epicenter)

Answer 18

on top of

Question 19

AQUA or HYDR (aquarium, hydrate)

Answer 19

water

Question 20

DIA or TRANS (diagonal, transfer)

Answer 20

across, through

Question 21

GEO, or TERRA (geography, terrain)

Answer 21

earth, land

Question 22

MANIA (maniac)

Answer 22

madness, insanity

Question 23

MULTI or POLY (multiply, polygon)

Answer 23

many

Question 24

SOL (solo)

Answer 24

alone

Question 25

PHOBIA (arachnophobia)

Answer 25

fear

Question 26

SOPH (sophisticated)

Answer 26

wisdom

Question 27

CENT (century)

Answer 27

hundred

Question 28

DUR (durable)

Answer 28

harden, lasting

Question 29

MICRO or MIN (microscopic, miniature)

Answer 29

small

Question 30

GRAPH, GRAM, SCRIB, SCRIPT (photograph, scribble, script, grammar)

Answer 30

draw or write

Question 31

HYPER (hyperbole, hyperactive)

Answer 31

too much

Question 32

HEPT or SEPT (heptagon, septuplets)

Answer 32

seven

Question 33

LITH or PETRA (lithograph, petrified)

Answer 33

stone

Question 34

GON (polygon)

Answer 34

angle

Question 35

IGN, PYRO, THERM (ignite, pyromaniac, thermal)

Answer 35

fire, heat

Question 36

LOG (logic)

Answer 36

word, reason

Question 37

MECH (mechanic)

Answer 37

machine

Question 38

FORM or MORPH (transform, metamorphic)

Answer 38

shape, form

Question 39

-IED (studied)

Answer 39

already happened (past tense)

Question 40

-LY (loudly)

Answer 40

in a certain way (makes an adverb)

Question 41

-OR or -ER (instructor, teacher)

Answer 41

someone who

Question 42

-ER (colder)

Answer 42

more than

Question 43

-TION, -ITION, -ATION, -ION (graduation, action, addition, union)

Answer 43

act of, state of

Question 44

-HOOD (childhood)

Answer 44

condition or state of

Question 45

-LESS (toothless)

Answer 45

without

Question 46

-ISH (ticklish)

Answer 46

having the qualities of

Question 47

-ABLE (movable, erasable)

Answer 47

able to be; causing; suitable for

Question 48

-NESS (sadness)

Answer 48

the condition of (makes a noun)

Question 49

-LOGIST (archeologist)

Answer 49

one who studies

Question 50

-SHIP (leadership)

Answer 50

the condition of

Question 51

-WARD (upward)

Answer 51

in the direction of

Question 52

ANTI or CONTRA (antisocial, contradict)

Answer 52

against, or opposite

Question 53

AUTO or EGO (automatic, egotistical)

Answer 53

self

Question 54

PHYS (physical, physics)

Answer 54

body or natural science

Question 55

AMBUL (able, ambulance)

Answer 55

walk or move

Question 56

SENSE or SENT (sensitive, sentiment)

Answer 56

feeling, emotion

Question 57

OMNI or PAN (omniscient, panorama)

Answer 57

all or everything

Question 58

THEO (theology, atheist)

Answer 58

god or religion

Question 59

MONO or UNI (monotone, unicycle)

Answer 59

one

Question 60

NEO or NOV (innovate, neolithic)

Answer 60

new

Question 61

MENT or PSYCH (mental, psychic)

Answer 61

mind

Question 62

PHYLL (chlorophyll, chloroplasts)

Answer 62

green, leaf, or plant

Question 63

PATH (pathogen, empathy)

Answer 63

sickness, suffering, feeling

Question 64

INTER- (interrupt, intercept)

Answer 64

between