A reporter called the witness's account credible. The root cred means 'believe'. What does credible mean in that sentence?

Fans said the team's comeback was incredible. Using the prefix in- and the root cred, what does incredible mean?

A hospital asks every new nurse to show credentials before starting work. The root cred means 'believe'. What are credentials?

A shop lets regular customers buy on credit and pay at the end of the month. Using the root cred, what idea sits inside the word credit?

The words credible and credentials share the root cred, which means 'believe'.

The magazine rejected the poem. In the word reject, the root ject means 'throw'. Which meaning does the prefix re- add?

A pilot in danger can eject. The root ject means 'throw' and the prefix e- comes from ex-. What does eject mean here?

A nurse injects a flu vaccine. The word inject combines the prefix in- with the root ject ('throw'). What does inject mean?

Cloze: 'The science club used a lamp and a lens to ___ the drawing onto a white sheet so the whole class could see it.' Which word fills the gap?

Reject, eject, inject and project all contain the root ject. What action does that root name?

A museum labels one of its treasures a manuscript. Latin manu- means 'hand'. Using the root script, what is a manuscript?

A court clerk prepares a transcript after a trial. The root script means 'write'. What is a transcript?

Visitors read the inscription on the base of the statue. The root scrib/script means 'write'. What is an inscription?

'Detectives asked the driver to describe the stolen van in as much detail as she could remember.' The root scrib shows that to describe the van is to ___.

Describe, manuscript, transcript and inscription all share the root scrib or script. What does that root mean?

A teacher asks students to list the events of a flood in chronological order. Using the root chron, what does chronological order mean?

Swimmers on a team synchronize their strokes. Using syn- ('together') and chron ('time'), what does synchronize mean?

A doctor calls a patient's cough chronic. Using the root chron, what does chronic mean here?

A monk kept a chronicle of his town for forty years. Using the root chron, what is a chronicle?

In the words synchronize and chronological, the root chron means 'good'.

A benevolent stranger paid for the family's groceries. Using the root bene, what does benevolent mean?

Doctors say daily walking is beneficial. Using the root bene, what does beneficial mean?

'Planting trees along the riverbank brought the village one clear benefit each spring.' The root bene shows that a benefit is a result that is ___.

Benefit, benevolent and beneficial all begin with the root bene. What does that root mean?

Donors kept giving because the charity's yearly spending report was credible. Using its root, what does credible mean here?

The elevator's doors kept opening between floors, and the engineer blamed a malfunction. Using the prefix mal- and the word function, what is a malfunction?

'Aid workers treated children who had lived with malnutrition for months.' The root mal shows that malnutrition is nutrition that is ___.

A newspaper called the online messages malicious. Using the root mal, what does malicious mean?

A hospital runs a mobile clinic for three villages. Using the root mob, what does mobile mean here?

A scientist studies the motion of a pendulum. Using the root mot, what is motion?

A ranger works at a remote weather station. Using the prefix re- and the root mot, what does remote mean?

The council voted to promote a plan for safer bike lanes. Using its prefix and root, what does promote mean here?

After three years the store promoted Ana. Knowing that mot means 'move', what happened to Ana?

Mobile, motion, remote and promote all carry the root mob or mot. What does that root mean?

Only a few seedlings survived the frost. Using sur- ('over') and the root viv, what does survive mean?

A reader praised the writer's vivid description of the harbor. Using the root viv, what does vivid mean here?

Rescuers worked for an hour to revive the swimmer. Using the root viv, what does revive mean here?

Survive, vivid and revive all share the root viv. What does that root mean?

'Two of the town's oldest wooden houses still survive on Mill Street.' Knowing that viv means 'live', what does survive mean in that sentence?

In the word revive, the root viv means 'live'. Which meaning does the prefix re- add?