Amlit Vocab Lessons 7-9

Question 1

arch/arche

Answer 1

root
means first, chief, rule

Question 2

crac

Answer 2

root
means government, rule

Question 3

glyp

Answer 3

root
means carve

Question 4

hier/hiero

Answer 4

root
means sacred

Question 5

olig

Answer 5

root
means few

Question 6

typ(e)

Answer 6

root
means model, impression

Question 7

-ics

Answer 7

suffix
means science, system, related to

Question 8

-y

Answer 8

suffix
means state of, quality, act; body group

Question 9

oligarchy

Answer 9

rule by a few

Question 10

hierorcracy

Answer 10

government by clergymen

Question 11

hierarch

Answer 11

a religious leader in a position of authority

Question 12

archetype

Answer 12

an original model on which something is patterned; prototype

Question 13

hieroglyphics

Answer 13

the picture script of the ancient Egyptian priesthood

Question 14

hierarchy

Answer 14

a system in which people or things are arranged according to their rank or status

Question 15

anti-

Answer 15

prefix
means against, opposite

Question 16

co-

Answer 16

prefix
means with, together

Question 17

aort

Answer 17

prefix
means lift, raise

Question 18

arct

Answer 18

prefix
means to press together

Question 19

thes/thet

Answer 19

prefix
means to place, to put

Question 20

-ate

Answer 20

suffix
means to make, to actl one who, that which

Question 21

-ation

Answer 21

suffix
means an action or process

Question 22

-ia

Answer 22

suffix
means condition

Question 23

-ic

Answer 23

suffix
means like, related to

Question 24

-is

Answer 24

suffix
means thing which

Question 25

coarctate

Answer 25

pressed together; closely connected

Question 26

antithesis

Answer 26

the exact opposite, contrast

Question 27

thesis

Answer 27

the central idea in a piece of writing

Question 28

aortactia

Answer 28

narrowing of the aorta

Question 29

antithetic

Answer 29

directly contrasting or opposite

Question 30

coarctation

Answer 30

a narrowing or constriction

Question 31

dis-

Answer 31

prefix means apart, opposite of

Question 32

ex-

Answer 32

prefix means out, away, from

Question 33

per-

Answer 33

prefix means through, very

Question 34

asper

Answer 34

root means rough

Question 35

turb

Answer 35

root means commotion, agitation

Question 36

-ance

Answer 36

suffix means state, quality, act

Question 37

-ation

Answer 37

suffix means an action or progress

Question 38

-ul-ence

Answer 38

suffix means state, quality, act

Question 39

-ine

Answer 39

suffix means thing which; like, related to

Question 40

-id-ity

Answer 40

suffix means state, quality, act

Question 41

exasperation

Answer 41

annoyance and frustration

Question 42

turbulence

Answer 42

a state of confusion and disorder

Question 43

asperity

Answer 43

harshness or severity of matter or tone

Question 44

disturbance

Answer 44

an interruption of a state of peace or quiet

Question 45

perturbation

Answer 45

action of agitating, anxiety

Question 46

turbidity

Answer 46

muddiness created by stirring up sediment or by having foreign particles suspended

Question 47

turbine

Answer 47

a machine for producing power in which a wheel is made to revolve by a fast-moving flow of water, steam, gas, or air