roots

Question 1

sed, sess

Answer 1

to sit
sedentary -> inactive (sitting)
session -> meeting

Question 2

sent, sens

Answer 2

to think, to feel
consent -> agree
resent -> show indignation
sensitive -> showing feeling

Question 3

sequi, secut, seque

Answer 3

to follow
consecutive -> following in order
sequence -> arrangement
sequel -> that which follows
non sequitur -> something that does not follow logically

Question 4

solv, solut

Answer 4

to loosen
absolve -> free from blame
dissolute -> morally lax
absolute -> complete (not loosened)

Question 5

somn

Answer 5

sleep
insomnia -> inability to sleep
somnolent -> sleepy
somnambullist -> sleepwalker

Question 6

soph

Answer 6

wisdom
philosopher -> lover of wisdom
sophisticated -> worldly wise

Question 7

spect, spect

Answer 7

to look at
spectator -> observer
aspect -> appearance
circumspect -> cautious (looking around)

Question 8

spir

Answer 8

breathe
respiratory -> pertaining to breathing
spirited -> full of life (breath)

Question 9

string, strict

Answer 9

bind
stringent -> strict
constrict -> become tight
stricture -> limit, something that restrains

Question 10

stru, struct

Answer 10

build
constructive -> helping to build
construe -> analyze (how something is built)

Question 11

tang, tact, ting

Answer 11

to touch
tangent -> touching
contact -> touching with, meeting
contingent -> depending upon

Question 12

tempor

Answer 12

time
contemporary -> at same time
extemporaneous -> impromptu
temporize -> delay

Question 13

ten, tent

Answer 13

to hold
tenable -> able to be held
tenure -> holding of office
retentive -> holding -> having a good memory

Question 14

term

Answer 14

end
interminable -> endless
terminate -> end

Question 15

terr

Answer 15

land
terrestrial -> pertaining to earth
subterranean -> underground

Question 16

therm

Answer 16

heat
thermostat -> instrument that regulates heat
diathermy -> sending heat through body tissues

Question 17

tors, tort

Answer 17

twist
distort -> twist out of true shape or meaning
torsion -> act of twisting
tortuous -> twisting

Question 18

tract

Answer 18

drag, pull
distract -> pull (one’s attention) away
intractable -> stubborn, unable to be dragged
attraction -> pull, drawing quality

Question 19

trud, trus

Answer 19

push, shove
intrude -> push one’s way in
prostrusion -> something sticking out

Question 20

urb

Answer 20

city
urban -> pertaining to a city
urbane -> polished, sophisticated (pertaining to a city dweller)
suburban -> outside of a city

Question 21

vac

Answer 21

empty
vacuous -> lacking content, empty-headed
evacuate -> compel to empty an area

Question 22

vad, vas

Answer 22

go
invade -> enter in a hostile fashion
evasive -> not frank; eluding

Question 23

veni, vent, ven

Answer 23

to come
intervene -> come between
prevent -> stop
convention -> meeting

Question 24

ver

Answer 24

true
veracious -> truthful
verify -> check the truth
verisimilitude -> appearance of truth

Question 25

verb

Answer 25

word verbose -> wordy verbiage -> excessive use of words verbatim -> word for word

Question 26

vers, vert

Answer 26

turn vertigo -> turning dizzy revert -> turn back (to an earlier state) diversion -> something causing one to turn aside

Question 27

via

Answer 27

way deviation -> departure from the way viaduct -> roadway (arched) trivial -> trifling (small talk at crossroads)

Question 28

vid, vis

Answer 28

to see vision -> sight evidence -> things seen vista -> view

Question 29

vinc, vict, vanq

Answer 29

to conquer invincible -> unconquerable victory -> winning vanquish -> defeat