1What does the root ego mean?
I
2What is an egoist?
person who is self-interested
3What does egotist mean?
selfish person
4What does egocentric mean?
revolving about self
5What do the roots erg, urg mean?
work
6What does energy mean?
power
7What is ergatocracy?
rule of the workers
8What is metallurgy?
science and technology of metals
9What does the root err mean?
to wander
10What is an error?
mistake
11What does erratic mean?
not reliable, wandering
12What is a knight-errant?
wandering knight
13What does the root eu mean?
good, well, beautiful
14What does eupetic mean?
having good digestion
15What does eulogize mean?
praise
16What is a euphemism?
substitution of a pleasant way of saying something blunt
17What do the roots fac, fic, fec, fect mean?
to make, to do
18What is a factory?
place where things are made
19What is fiction?
manufactured story
20What does affect mean?
cause to change
21What do the roots fall, fals mean?
to deceive
22What does fallacious mean?
faulty
23What does infallible mean?
not prone to error, perfect
24What does falsify mean?
lie
25What do the roots fer, lat mean?
to bring, to bear
26What does transfer mean?
bring from one place to another
27What does translate mean?
bring from one language to another
28What does coniferous mean?
bearing cones, as pine trees
29What does the root fid mean?
belief, faith
30What does infidel mean?
nonbeliever, heathen
31What does confidence mean?
assurance, belief
32What does the root fin mean?
end, limit
33What does confine mean?
keep within limits
34What does finite mean?
having definite limits
35What does the root gam mean?
marriage
36What is monogamy?
marriage to one person
37What is bigamy?
marriage to two people at the same time
38What is polygamy?
having many wives or husbands at the same time
39What do the roots gen, gener mean?
class, race
40What is a genus?
group of animals with similar characteristics
41What does generic mean?
characteristic of a class
42What is gender?
class organized by sex
43What do the roots graph, gram mean?
writing
44What is an epigram?
pithy statement
45What is a telegram?
instantaneous message over great distance
46What is stenography?
shorthand (writing narrowly)
47What does the root greg mean?
flock, herd
48What does gregarious mean?
tending to group, together as in a herd
49What does aggregate mean?
group, total
50What does egregious mean?
out of the group, wicked