Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes (Set 2)

Select ALL words built using the base that means "time":

• Chronology

• Chronometer

• Chronodonut

• Chronoscope

Select the base that means "around" (select ALL that apply):

• cire

• cirr

• circum

• circ

Given this word family, what do you think the base cred means?

Credible, Credit, Credibility

• to be a good friend

• to be able to go around

• to believe, trust

• to be able to live

Which base means "people"?

• bio

• pedo

• spect

• dem

Which base means "tooth"?

• dent

• fin

• luc

• hypo

What root word means "to speak", "to say", or "to assert"?

• act

• dic, dict

• dur

• fac, fact

Select the base that means "lead":

• dict

• Duc, duct

• gen

• germ

The base "dur" as in the words duration, durable, and endurance means:

• time, order

• lead, time

• hard, lasting

The word "finite" containing the base "fin", means something that has a limit or end. What would be the OPPOSITE of the word "finite"?

• infinite

• finish

• final

Select all of the possible meanings for the base "gen" (i.e. genealogy, general, generation):

• race

• family

• kind

• earth