Unit 4

Question 1

deca

Answer 1

Definition: ten
Examples: decade, decalogue, decathlon, decahedron

Question 2

dem

Answer 2

Definition: people
Examples: democracy, demography, epidemic

Question 3

dent, dont

Answer 3

Definition: tooth
Examples: dental, denture, orthodontist, periodontal

Question 4

derm

Answer 4

Definition: skin
Examples:hypodermic, dermatology, epidermis,
taxidermy

Question 5

dict

Answer 5

Definition: say, speak
Examples: dictation, dictionary, dictate, dictator,
Dictaphone, edict, predict, verdict, contradict,
benediction

Question 6

doc, dokein

Answer 6

Definition: teach
Examples: doctrine, indoctrinate, document, dogma,
dogmatic

Question 7

domin

Answer 7

Definition: master
Examples: dominate, dominion, predominant, domain

Question 8

don

Answer 8

Definition: give
Examples: donate, condone

Question 9

dorm

Answer 9

Definition: sleep
Examples: dormant, dormitory

Question 10

dox

Answer 10

Definition: opinion, praise
Examples: orthodox, heterodox, paradox, doxology

Question 11

drome

Answer 11

Definition: run, step
Examples: syndrome (run together), hippodrome (place
where horses run)

Question 12

duc, duct

Answer 12

Definition: lead
Examples: induce, seduce (lead aside), produce, reduce

Question 13

dura

Answer 13

Definition: hard, lasting
Examples: durable, duration, endure

Question 14

dynam

Answer 14

Definition: power
Examples: dynamo, dynamic, dynamite, hydrodynamics

Question 15

endo

Answer 15

Definition: within
Examples: endorse, endocardial, endoskeletal,
endoskeleton, endosperm