Friday Fun - Root words, prefixes

Look at these words: carnivore, omnivore, herbivore, frugivore.

What does the suffix -vore mean?

• to eat

• to listen

• to crave

• to hunt

Look at these words: polytheistic, polysaccharide, polygon, polychromatic.

What does the prefix poly- mean?

• One

• Many

• Shape

• Religion

Look at these words: monosaccharide, monotheism, monomial, monarchy.

What does the prefix mono- mean?

• Some

• Many

• Three

• One

If script means "to write", what would be the word for a work written by hand rather than typed.

• scribe

• autograph

• manuscript

• subtraction

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) One

,

(b) Two

,

(c) Many

• Monotheism

• Bicycle

• Disaccharide

• Monomial

• Polygon

• Polytheism

• Binomial

• Multifaceted

• Unison

Look at the words: decagon, decade, deciliter.

What does the prefix dec-, deca-, or deci- mean?

• one hundred

• ten

• shape

• volume

If dict means "say, speak", which word is to assert the contrary or opposite?

• verdict

• contradict

• oppose

• antithesis

Look at these words: abiotic, atypical, amoral, atheist.

What does the prefix "a-" mean?

• In addition to

• to live

• Not, without

• one

Look at the words: biology, biography, bioethics, biodiversity.

What does the prefix "bio" mean?

• Life

• Study of

• To write

• Two

Look at the words: latitude, quadrilateral, equilateral, collateral.

What is the meaning of "lat"?

• line, side

• shape

• equal

• four