The MorphQuest cast
Each friend shows you one idea by how they act. Meet them all and see how the ideas fit together.
-
Radix Root (radix) — every long word is built around a small root that carries its core meaning; find the root and the word tells you what it means -
Morph Shape / change (morph) — the shapeshifter; a morpheme changes a word's form and the job it does -
Chrono Time (chrono) — the time-morpheme; fuse it in and a word becomes about time -
Phage Eat (-phage) — the devouring suffix that turns a word into an eater of something -
Aqua Water (aqua / hydro) — every water-word carries this morpheme -
Bio Life (bio) — the life-morpheme that makes a word about living things -
Tele Far / distant (tele) — stretches a word's reach across a distance -
Scope See / look / examine (-scope) — the seeing suffix, an instrument for looking -
Phobia Fear / strong dislike (-phobia) — the fear suffix, gentle and never distressing -
Ology The study of (-ology) — turns any topic into a field of study (the scholar)