Spring Words

Question 1

neg

Answer 1

deny

negation denial
renege deny, go back on one’s word
renegade turncoat, traitor

Question 2

nomen

Answer 2

name

nomenclature act of naming, terminology
nominal in name only (as opposed to actual)
cognomen surname, distinguishing nickname

Question 3

nov

Answer 3

new

novice beginner
renovate make new again
novelty newness

Question 4

omni

Answer 4

all

omniscient all knowing
omnipotent all powerful
omnivorous eating everything

Question 5

oper

Answer 5

to work

operate work
cooperation working together

Question 6

pac

Answer 6

peace

pacify make peaceful
pacific peaceful
pacifist person opposed to war

Question 7

pass

Answer 7

feel

dispassionate free of emotion
impassioned emotion-filled
impassive showing no feeling

Question 8

pater, patr

Answer 8

father

patriotism love of one’s country (fatherland)
patriarch male ruler of a family, group, or state
paternity fatherhood

Question 9

path

Answer 9

disease, feeling

pathology study of diseased tissue
apathetic lacking feeling; indifferent
antipathy hostile feeling

Question 10

ped, pod

Answer 10

foot

impediment stumbling-block; hindrance
tripod three-footed stand
quadruped four-footed animal

Question 11

ped

Answer 11

child

pedagogue teacher of children
pediatrician children’s doctor

Question 12

pel, puls

Answer 12

to drive

compulsion a forcing to do
repel drive back
expel drive out, banish

Question 13

pet, petit

Answer 13

to seek

petition request appetite craving, desire
compete vie with others

Question 14

phil

Answer 14

love

philanthropist benefactor, lover of humanity
Anglophile lover of everything English
philanderer one involved in brief love affairs.

Question 15

pon, posit

Answer 15

to place

postpone place after
positive definite, unquestioned (definitely placed)

Question 16

port, portat

Answer 16

to carry

portable able to be carried
transport carry across
export carry out (of country)

Question 17

poten

Answer 17

able, powerful

omnipotent all-powerful
potentate powerful person
impotent powerless

Question 18

psych

Answer 18

mind

psychology study of the mind
psychosis mental disorder
psychopath mentally ill person

Question 19

put, putat

Answer 19

to trim, to calculate

putative supposed (calculated)
computation calculation
amputate cut off

Question 20

quer, ques, quir, quis

Answer 20

to ask

inquiry investigation
inquisitive questioning
query question

Question 21

reg, rect

Answer 21

rule

regicide murder of a ruler
regent ruler
insurrection rebellion; overthrow of a ruler

Question 22

rid, ris

Answer 22

to laugh

derision scorn
risibility inclination to laughter
ridiculous deserving to be laughed at

Question 23

rog, rogat

Answer 23

to ask

interrogate question
prerogative privelege

Question 24

rupt

Answer 24

to break

interrupt break into
bankrupt insolvent
rupture a break

Question 25

sacr

Answer 25

holy sacred holy sacrilegious impious, violating something holy sacrament religious act

Question 26

sci

Answer 26

to know science knowledge omniscient knowing all conscious aware

Question 27

scop

Answer 27

watch, see periscope device for seeing around corners microscope device for seeing small objects

Question 28

scrib, script

Answer 28

to write transcribe make a written copy script written text circumscribe write around, limit

Question 29

sect

Answer 29

cut dissect cut apart bisect cut into two pieces

Question 30

sed, sess

Answer 30

to sit ``` sedentary inactive (sitting) session meeting ```

Question 31

sent, sens

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

Question 32

sequi, secut, seque

Answer 32

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

Question 33

solv, solut

Answer 33

to loosen absolve free from blame dissolute morality tax absolute complete (not loosened)

Question 34

somn

Answer 34

sleep insomnia inability to sleep somnolent sleepy somnambulist sleepwalker

Question 35

soph

Answer 35

wisdom philosopher lover of wisdom sophisticated worldly wise

Question 36

spec, spect

Answer 36

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

Question 37

spir

Answer 37

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

Question 38

string, strict

Answer 38

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

Question 39

stru, struct

Answer 39

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

Question 40

tang, tact, ting

Answer 40

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

Question 41

tempor

Answer 41

time contemporary at same time extemporaneous impromptu temporize delay

Question 42

ten, tent

Answer 42

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

Question 43

term

Answer 43

end interminable endless terminate end

Question 44

terr

Answer 44

land terrestrial pertaining to earth subterranean underground

Question 45

therm

Answer 45

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

Question 46

tors, tort

Answer 46

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

Question 47

tract

Answer 47

drag, pull ``` distract pull (one's attention) away intractable stubborn, unable to be dragged attraction pull, drawing quality ```

Question 48

trud, trus

Answer 48

push, shove intrude push one's way in protrusion something sticking out

Question 49

urb

Answer 49

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

Question 50

vac

Answer 50

empty vacuous lacking content, empty-handed evacuate compel to empty an area

Question 51

vad, vas

Answer 51

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

Question 52

veni, vent, ven

Answer 52

to come intervene come between prevent stop convention meeting

Question 53

ver

Answer 53

true veracious truthful verify check the truth verisimilitude appearance of truth

Question 54

verb

Answer 54

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

Question 55

vers, vert

Answer 55

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

Question 56

via

Answer 56

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

Question 57

vid, vis

Answer 57

to see vision sight evidence things seen vista view

Question 58

vinc, vict, vanq

Answer 58

to conquer invincible unconquerable victory winning vanquish defeat