English Vocab 6 Roots

Question 1

BIO

Answer 1

from then Greek word for “life”

Question 2

GEN

Answer 2

from the Greek genus, meaning birth

Question 3

FUNCT

Answer 3

from the latin verb fungi, “to perform carry out”

Question 4

MUT

Answer 4

from the Latin mutate, “to change”

Question 5

FRACT

Answer 5

comes from the Latin verb frangere, “to break or shatter”

Question 6

TELE

Answer 6

“distant” or “at a distance”

Question 7

PHIL

Answer 7

from the Greek word meaning “love”

Question 8

NEG

Answer 8

prefix of the Latin verb negare, meaning to say no

Question 9

DEC

Answer 9

from both Greek and Latin, meaning “ten”

Question 10

CENT

Answer 10

from the Latin centrum, meaning “one hundred”