Question

sort the words according to the meanings of their shared roots. detoxify aquamarine intoxicate nonaquatic semiaquatic toxicology poison water

Explanation:

• detoxify: The root "tox" means poison. "De - " is a prefix meaning remove. So it relates to poison.
• intoxicate: The root "tox" means poison. "In - " is a prefix. It means to affect with poison (in a sense of being influenced by a substance like alcohol which was once thought of in terms of poisoning the system in a less literal way now).
• toxicology: The root "tox" means poison. " - logy" is the study of. So it is the study of poisons.
• aquamarine: The root "aqua" means water. It is a blue - green color like water (marine also relates to sea/water).
• nonaquatic: The root "aqua" means water. "Non - " is a prefix meaning not. So it means not related to water (in terms of living in water).
• semiaquatic: The root "aqua" means water. "Semi - " is a prefix meaning half. So it means half - related to water (living partly in water).

Answer:

• poison: detoxify, intoxicate, toxicology
• water: aquamarine, nonaquatic, semiaquatic