Red Hot Roots #2

hyperbole (n)

• Additional charge or tax

• An intentional statement of exaggeration

• More than what is needed

• Oversee

superimpose (v)

• High temperature

• Extreme tension; high blood pressure

• Lay one item atop another

• Of the highest order; best; greatest

hypercritical (adj)

• Excessively critical

• Beyond the laws of nature

• High temperature

• An intentional statement of exaggeration

superlative (adj)

• Lay one item atop another

• Beyond the laws of nature

• Extreme tension; high blood pressure

• Of the highest order; best; greatest

surcharge (n)

• Lay one item atop another

• Excessively critical

• Additional charge or tax

• Oversee

hypertension (n)

• Of the highest order; best; greatest

• More than what is needed

• High temperature

• Extreme tension; high blood pressure

supernatural (adj)

• Beyond the laws of nature

• Excessively critical

• An intentional statement of exaggeration

• High temperature

surplus (n)

• Oversee

• Beyond the laws of nature

• More than what is needed

• Lay one item atop another

hyperthermia (n)

• Additional charge or tax

• An intentional statement of exaggeration

• High temperature

• Extreme tension; high blood pressure

Match the following prefixes

Groups:

(a) above, over, more

,

(b) across, over

,

(c) below, under

• super

• hyper

• trans

• sub