Root List 3

Question 1

numer (enumerate, numeral, numerous, numerology)

Answer 1

number

Question 2

fort (fortitude, fort, fortify, comfort, forte, fortissimo, pianoforte)

Answer 2

strong

Question 3

osteo (osteopath, osteology, osteoblast, osteocyte)

Answer 3

bone

Question 4

ornith (ornithology, ornithologist, ornithopeter, ornithosis)

Answer 4

bird

Question 5

polis (metropolis, megalopolis, police, polite, policy, acropolis, necropolis, politics)

Answer 5

city

Question 6

fus (transfusion, infusion, refuse, fusillade, fusion, infuse, confusion)

Answer 6

pour

Question 7

ego (egomaniac, egocentric, egotistical, egotist, egoism, alter ego)

Answer 7

I

Question 8

spir (inspire, respiration, perspiration, expire, spirit, aspire, conspire)

Answer 8

breathe

Question 9

dia (diagonal, diameter, dialogue, dialect, diatribe, diaphanous, dialectic)

Answer 9

across

Question 10

culp (culprit, culpable, exculpate, inculpate, exculpatory)

Answer 10

blame

Question 11

zo (zoo, protozoa, zoophilious, zodiac, zoophagous, Mesozoic)

Answer 11

animal

Question 12

per (perception, perforation, percolate, perambulate, perform)

Answer 12

through

Question 13

pac (pacify, pacifist, pacifier, pacifism, Pax Romana, Pacific, pacification)

Answer 13

peace

Question 14

brev (brevity, abbreviation, breve, breviary, brief)

Answer 14

short

Question 15

necro (necropolis, necromancer, necrophobia, necrotic, necrobiosis)

Answer 15

death

Question 16

urb (urban, urbane, suburbs, urbanite, urbanologist, urbanism)

Answer 16

city

Question 17

pugn (pugnacious, repugnant, pugilist, impugn, oppugn, inexpugnable)

Answer 17

fight

Question 18

ecto (ectoderm, ectozoa, ectomorph, ectothermic, ectoplasm, ectoparasite)

Answer 18

outer

Question 19

plasto (plastic, dermoplasty, rhinoplasty, plaster, plasticity, plastid)

Answer 19

molded

Question 20

agog (demagogue, pedagogue, synagogue, pedagogy)

Answer 20

leader

Question 21

cle (molecule, corpuscle, follicle, miniscule, ventricle, particle, vesicle)

Answer 21

small

Question 22

il (illegitimate, illiterate, illegal, ill-mannered, illogical, illegible, illiberal)

Answer 22

not

Question 23

sed (sedentary, sediment, sedan, sedative, sedate, supersede, assiduous, insidious)

Answer 23

sit

Question 24

anim (equanimity, animal, animated, animosity, magnanimous)

Answer 24

mind