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Question 1

mikros

Answer 1

small

Question 2

microbe

mikros - small

Answer 2

(n.)
bios - life

An organism invisible to the naked eye, especially on that causes disease.

Malaria is cause by a microbe that can be transmitted by the bite of certain mosquitoes.

Question 3

microcosm

mikros - small

Answer 3

(n.)
cosmos - universe

A miniature world; something that resembles something else on a very small scale.

A school community is a microcosm of the whole society in which it exists.

Question 4

minuo

Answer 4

to lesson

Question 5

minuere

Answer 5

to lesson

Question 6

minui

Answer 6

to lesson

Question 7

minutum

Answer 7

to lesson

Question 8

minus

Answer 8

to less

Question 9

minuscule

Answer 9

(adj.)

Extremely small.

The dollhouse was furnished in every detail, including minuscule silverware and napkin rings.

Question 10

minutia

Answer 10

(n.)

A small or trivial detail.

A seemingly insignificant minutia - like a fragment of bone or a pottery chip - can yield important information at an archeological site.

Question 11

tenuo

Answer 11

to make thin

Question 12

tenuare

Answer 12

to make thin

Question 13

tenuavi

Answer 13

to make thin

Question 14

tenuatum

Answer 14

to make thin

Question 15

tenuis

Answer 15

thin

Question 16

attenuate

Answer 16

(tr. v.)
at = ad - to or toward

To make slender or small.

Famine had attenuated the population of the village to a few dozen people.

(tr. v.)

To weaken; to reduce in force or value.

The forest of tall trees attenuated the force of the gale before it hit the town.

Question 17

tenuous

Answer 17

(adj.)

Thin in form.

The spider spun a web of tenuous threads.

(adj.)

Flimsy; having little substance or validity.

Most students have only a tenuous grasp of economics.

Question 18

satis

Answer 18

enough

Question 19

satiate

satis - enough

Answer 19

(tr. v.)

To satisfy and appetite fully; to gratify to excess.

During out stay in Italy we satiated ourselves on art, opera, and pasta.

Question 20

impleo

Answer 20

to fill

Question 21

implere

Answer 21

to fill

Question 22

implevi

Answer 22

to fill

Question 23

impletum

Answer 23

to fill

Question 24

plenus

Answer 24

full

Question 25

comply | impleo - to fill

Answer 25

(intr. v.) com = cum - intensifier To do as one is asked or ordered. May historians believe the civil rights movement began in earnest when Rosa Parks refused to comply with the law requiring black people to sit in the back of the bus.

Question 26

implement | impleo - to fill

Answer 26

(n.) im = in - intensifier A tool or utensil. Inventor Cyrus McCormick's implement for harvesting grain, the "McCormick reaper," revolutionized nineteenth-century agriculture. (tr. v.) To carry out; to put into effect. Using old newspapers and yearbooks, we were able to implement our project to trace the history of our school.

Question 27

replete | impleo - to fill

Answer 27

(adj.) re - again Well-stocked or abundantly supplied. I like a novel replete with suspense and danger. (adj.) Completely filled; utterly satisfied. Replete with Thanksgiving dinner, we agreed to postpone doing the dishes.

Question 28

expletive | impleo - to fill

Answer 28

(n.) ex - out An exclamation or oath, often obscene. Although we couldn't speak their language, we could tell they were uttering angry expletives at us.

Question 29

copia

Answer 29

plenty

Question 30

copious | copia - plenty

Answer 30

(adj.) Plentiful; in large amounts. The copious correspondence of Madame de Sevigne written to her daughter gives a vivid picture of her life in the court of Louis XIV.