Giant Word Root Quiz!

The process of resolving differences

Treatment of neurosis, requiring a patient to be under the influence of a hypnotic drug

A condition whereby experiences are believed to be original, but are actually based on memories of forgotten events

An estate inherited from one’s father or ancestor

An invertebrate animal having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell

A collection of numerical data, facts

The branch of botany that studies ferns

A person skilled in the art of healing

Not capable of being appeased or pacified

Like a bird’s wind in form

Eating of dry food

An interruption; literally, “to be left hanging”

A branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of reality

Hanging loosely or swinging freely

The process of being or covering with masses of ice

Substance that counteracts oxidation

The killing of a father by his own child

Covered with leaves; leafy

One who argues in favor of something; advocate

Repetitive non-meaningful speech

An oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule

Expert in the formation, movements, etc. of glaciers

The pigment in green plants that absorbs light and controls dormancy, flowering, and the germination of seeds

The study of plants; botany

A specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)

The process of making something look bigger than it really is

Short winged

Someone who no longer lives in his or her own country

A skating rink with a floor of artificial ice

An extinct variety of fishlike marine reptiles of the Mesozoic period

Having attributes of a plant

Fish-eating

Pardon; literally “forgetting a crime”

Related to seeing an image in correct and normal proportion

A washing of the body, especially as a religious ceremony

Related to the systematic description and classification of rocks using microscopic examination

Sleepwalker

To leave something without protection; to reveal something hidden

A brownish-black pigment found in skin, hair, and other tissues

To edit, to censor

A person of high rank, power, influence, etc. in a specific field

The part of the digestive tract that connects the throat to the stomach (medical)

Numbness experienced upon awakening

The quality or state of being clean

Something that has a softening or soothing effect

A state of stupor or greatly reduced activity produced by a drug or other element

Loftiness of spirit; the quality of being noble and generous

A sudden and uncontrollable expression of emotion

Something done or said to reassure; an inert medication that is actually ineffective

Willfully obstinate

Total or mass destruction

An alphabetical list of specialized words with their definitions, usually at the back of a book

Spelling in accord with accepted usage

Enclosed or nearly enclosed with land

Inflammation of the tongue

The branch of the biological sciences that deals with the functioning of organisms

Condition of being swollen or enlarged

A plant that can live or grow on snow or ice

Crude oil that occurs naturally in sedimentary rocks and consist mainly of hydrocarbons

The study of the origin, formation, and composition of rocks