Word roots

Question 1

a-

Answer 1

without (amoral, amorphous, asexual)

Question 2

ambi-

Answer 2

on both sides (ambidextrous, ambivalent)

Question 3

ante-

Answer 3

before or in front (antecedent - something that logically precedes another, antedate - precede in time)

Question 4

bene-

Answer 4

good (beneficial, benediction, benevolent)

Question 5

cede/ceed

Answer 5

go or yield (precede, exceed, recede)

Question 6

contra-

Answer 6

against or opposite (contraception, controversy)

Question 7

de-

Answer 7

reduce or remove (decelerate, defenestrate)

Question 8

dict

Answer 8

speak or say (dictator, prediction, contradiction)

Question 9

dox

Answer 9

belief (orthodox, paradox)

Question 10

du-, duo-

Answer 10

two (dual, duology)

Question 11

em-, en-

Answer 11

into, in (embrace, enclose)

Question 12

esce

Answer 12

becoming (coalesce, adolescence, obsolescent, tumescent - becoming swollen)

Question 13

fid/e

Answer 13

faith (bonafide, fidelity, confide)

Question 14

gram

Answer 14

writing, letters (epigram, diagram, grammar)

Question 15

hyper-

Answer 15

excessive (hyperactive, hyperbole)

Question 16

hypo-

Answer 16

under, below (hypothermia, hypocrite, hypoglycemic)

Question 17

inter-

Answer 17

between (interceded, interlude)

Question 18

intra-/intro-

Answer 18

inside, within (introvert, intramural, intravenous)

Question 19

mal, male

Answer 19

bad, evil (malediction, malice, malignant)

Question 20

ob-

Answer 20

against or before (obdurate, obfuscate)

Question 21

omni-

Answer 21

all, everything (omnipotent, omniscient, omnivore)

Question 22

phil

Answer 22

love or affinity (bibliophile, philanthropy)

Question 23

pro-

Answer 23

before or forward (proceed, prologue)

Question 24

tort

Answer 24

twist (tortuous, contortion)

Question 25

ast(er)

Answer 25

star (asteroid, astronomy)

Question 26

chrono

Answer 26

time (chronic, chronicle)

Question 27

dyna

Answer 27

power (dynasty, dynamite)

Question 28

gno

Answer 28

to know (agnostic, acknowledge)

Question 29

log

Answer 29

thought (logic, apologize, analogy)

Question 30

narc

Answer 30

sleep (narcolepsy, narcotic)

Question 31

photo

Answer 31

light (photograph, photon)

Question 32

tele

Answer 32

far (telescope, telepathy, television)

Question 33

acer, acri

Answer 33

bitter (acrid, acrimony, exacerbate)

Question 34

gen

Answer 34

to birth (gene, generate, generous)

Question 35

manu

Answer 35

hand (manual, manipulate)

Question 36

mis, mit

Answer 36

send (missile, transmit)

Question 37

pac

Answer 37

peace (pacify, pacifist)

Question 38

tim

Answer 38

to fear (timid, timorous)

Question 39

vac

Answer 39

empty (vacuum, vacate)

Question 40

epi

Answer 40

on, by, near, against, among (epidermis, epigene - taking place near surface of earth, epitome)

Question 41

belli

Answer 41

war (belligerent, antebellum - before the war, bellicose)

Question 42

-nym

Answer 42

name (pseudonym, patronymic - name derived from father, eponymous - the thing that something else is named after)

Question 43

nom

Answer 43

name (misnomer, nomenclature, nominal)