ELA

Question 1

What does the root ‘act, ag, ig’ mean?

Answer 1

To do, to move, to drive

Examples: activate, agitate, navigate, transaction, agency, litigation

Question 2

What does the root ‘ali, alter’ mean?

Answer 2

Another, other

Examples: alias, alien, alibi, alternative, alternation, alter ego, alternator

Question 3

What does the root ‘am (at)’ mean?

Answer 3

To love

Examples: amateur, amour, amorist, amatory, enamored, amity, paramour

Question 4

What does the root ‘anim’ mean?

Answer 4

Life, spirit, soul

Examples: animal, animation, animosity, animus, animadversion

Question 5

What does the root ‘anni, annu, enni’ mean?

Answer 5

Year

Examples: anniversary, semiannual, biennial, bicentennial, annuity

Question 6

What does the root ‘aqua, aque’ mean?

Answer 6

Water

Examples: aquatic, aqueduct, aquarium, aqualung, subaqueous, aquamarine

Question 7

What does the root ‘arm’ mean?

Answer 7

Arm, weapon

Examples: army, alarm, disarm, armaments, armory, armor, armipotent

Question 8

What does the root ‘art’ mean?

Answer 8

Art, craft, skill

Examples: artistic, artificial, inarticulate, artmobile, article, artificer

Question 9

What does the word ‘amiable’ mean?

Answer 9

Generally pleasant, friendly, and nice to be around

Question 10

What does the word ‘equanimity’ mean?

Answer 10

Calmness or evenness

Question 11

What does the word ‘inalienable’ mean?

Answer 11

That which cannot be taken away or transferred to someone else

Question 12

What does the word ‘magnanimous’ mean?

Answer 12

Showing a kind of nobleness of mind and spirit; high-minded; free from pettiness

Question 13

What does the word ‘reactionary’ mean?

Answer 13

Characterized by ideas suggesting a desire to move backward, especially in matters related to politics; a person with such ideas

Question 14

What does the word ‘amorous’ mean?

Answer 14

Suggestive of love, lovemaking, or sexual desire

Question 15

What does the word ‘aqueous’ mean?

Answer 15

Life, of, or formed by water; watery

Question 16

What does the word ‘armature’ mean?

Answer 16

Equipment or clothing for battle, or any protective covering; an armlike extension

Question 17

What does the word ‘artifice’ mean?

Answer 17

Cunning ingenuity, clever or sly trickery

Question 18

What does the word ‘armistice’ mean?

Answer 18

A temporary suspension of hostilities by mutual agreement, as a truce preliminary to a peace treaty

Question 19

What does the word ‘artisan’ mean?

Answer 19

A person skilled at a craft, usually a handicraft

Question 20

What does the word ‘superannuated’ mean?

Answer 20

Worn out, or retired, from age and years of use or hard work; obsolete or outdated

Question 21

What does the root ‘aud(it)’ mean?

Answer 21

To hear

Examples: audience, auditorium, audition, audiovisual, audiophile, audible

Question 22

What does the root ‘avi’ mean?

Answer 22

Bird

Examples: aviation, aviculture, aviatrix, avifauna, aviator

Question 23

What does the root ‘bell(i)’ mean?

Answer 23

War

Examples: rebellion, rebel, belligerent, postbellum, bellicosity

Question 24

What does the root ‘ben(e)’ mean?

Answer 24

Good, well

Examples: benefit, benevolent, benediction, benefice, benison, beneficial

Question 25

What does the root 'bon, boun' mean?

Answer 25

Good ## Footnote Examples: bonus, bounty, bountiful, bonify, boon, bon voyage, bonhomie

Question 26

What does the root 'capit, capt' mean?

Answer 26

Head, chief, leader ## Footnote Examples: capital, captain, capitalize, decapitate, per capita, capitol

Question 27

What does the root 'carn(i)' mean?

Answer 27

Flesh, meat ## Footnote Examples: carnal, carnality, carnival, carnation, carnify, carnivore, chili con carne

Question 28

What does the root 'ced(e), ceed, cess' mean?

Answer 28

To go, to yield ## Footnote Examples: recede, proceed, success, concede, exceed, procession, unprecedented

Question 29

What does the word 'antebellum' mean?

Answer 29

Before the war, especially the American Civil War; typical of how things were before any war

Question 30

What does the word 'audit' mean?

Answer 30

To attend a class only as a listener, not for credit; to check or examine a company’s financial records; the process of making an examination of or attending a class in order to examine it

Question 31

What does the word 'bellicose' mean?

Answer 31

Eager to fight or quarrel; hostile

Question 32

What does the word 'belligerency' mean?

Answer 32

The condition of warlike hostility; a hostile action

Question 33

What does the word 'benign' mean?

Answer 33

Not malignant; gracious and kindly; good-natured

Question 34

What does the word 'benefactor' mean?

Answer 34

A person who gives another (financial) help; a patron

Question 35

What does the word 'accession' mean?

Answer 35

The attainment of a certain rank or dignity; an increase by means of something added; the act of becoming joined

Question 36

What does the word 'capitulation' mean?

Answer 36

A surrendering, usually upon prearranged terms or conditions; a final giving up

Question 37

What does the word 'bona fide' mean?

Answer 37

In good faith; genuine

Question 38

What does the word 'incarnate' mean?

Answer 38

Literally, in the flesh; in bodily form; personified; flesh-colored

Question 39

What does the word 'intercede' mean?

Answer 39

To act on another’s behalf; to mediate

Question 40

What does the word 'recapitulation' mean?

Answer 40

An act or instance of summarizing and restating the main points of something