COMPLETE FIRST SEMESTER LATIN ROOTS

Question 1

consort:

Answer 1

a close relationship with one or more people, organizations, etc.

Question 2

deplete:

Answer 2

to empty or lessen greatly

Question 3

disburse:

Answer 3

to spread out according to a plan

Question 4

infer:

Answer 4

to figure out based on known information

Question 5

preposition:

Answer 5

a function word that indicates direction, locational relationship, etc.

Question 6

prodigious:

Answer 6

an impressive amount or skill

Question 7

recompense:

Answer 7

paying what is owed (for damages, services, etc.)

Question 8

retrofit:

Answer 8

to add on or update with newer parts

Question 9

succumb:

Answer 9

to yield to something else, physically or figuratively

Question 10

acerbate:

Answer 10

to annoy to the point of anger or irritability

Question 11

equivocate:

Answer 11

to use words with dual, uncertain meanings in order to deceive

Question 12

agrarian:

Answer 12

related to field or farm life

Question 13

animosity:

Answer 13

dislike verging on violence

Question 14

per annum:

Answer 14

in or for a year

Question 15

apparition:t

Answer 15

a ghostly or inexplicable sigh

Question 16

aqueous:

Answer 16

related to water

Question 17

arbitrary:

Answer 17

up to personal opinion and not set rules or expectations

Question 18

arduous:

Answer 18

difficult or strenuous

Question 19

artifice:

Answer 19

clever skill, often seen as deceptive

Question 20

Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263).

Answer 20

MLA formatting for citations

Question 21

Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.

Answer 21

MLA formatting for works cited pages