Roots • Week #5

Question 1

Noun, nun

Answer 1

Declare, state

Examples: announce, denounce, enunciate

Question 2

Nov

Answer 2

New

Examples: innovate, nova, novel

Question 3

Onym

Answer 3

Name

Examples: antonym, homonym, pseudonym

Question 4

Opt (two meanings)

Answer 4

1. Eye
   Examples: optic, optician, optical
2. Best
   Examples:optimal, optimist, optimize

Question 5

Ord

Answer 5

Row, lined up

Examples: extraordinary, order, ordinary

Question 6

Path

Answer 6

Feeling

Examples: antipathy, empathy, sympathy

Question 7

Pel

Answer 7

Drive

Examples: compel, expel, propel, repel