Root Word Review #2

-ology (biology, zoology, numerology, psychology, sociology)

• subjects in school

• the study of

• animal life

• college subjects

ben-/bene- (beneficial, benefactor, benign, benefit)

• bad/evil

• money/finance

• good/helpful

• medical/health

Click BOTH root words that correspond to family members

• pater-/patri-

• lun-/luna-

• poli-/-polis

• mater-/matri-

lun-/luna- (lunatic, lunar, lunarscape)

• earth

• light

• moon

• stars

-graph (photograph, autograph, lithograph, phonograph, graph, homograph, seismograph)

• record/capture

• chart

• measurement

• marks on paper

therm-/thermo- (thermometer, thermal, thermos, geothermal, thermodynamics)

• Temperature

• Measurement

• Hot

• Heat

Click the two root words that are OPPOSITES of each other.

• inter-

• hypo-

• anni-/enni

• hyper-

• -cracy, -crat

anni-/enni- (anniversary, millenium, centennial, biannual)

• every year

• time

• year

• celebration

mal- (malignant, malign, malevolent, malicious, malice)

• bad/evil

• good/helpful

• terrifying

• hurtful

aster-/astro (astrology, astronaut, asteroid, asterisk, astronomer)

• space/stars

• planets

• symbols

• light