Unit 3

Question 1

Latinate

Answer 1

Having an excessive use of Latin derivatives.

Question 2

Prepositions

Answer 2

Word that shows a relationship between nouns or pronouns and some other words in a sentence. (Ex: of, by, etc).

Question 3

Conjunctions

Answer 3

Link together words, phrases, or clause. (For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).

Question 4

{ion}

Answer 4

makes a noun out of a verb

Question 5

{con/com}

Answer 5

together with

Question 6

{tend/tent/tens}

Answer 6

stretch, to exert oneself

Question 7

{ive}

Answer 7

makes an adjective out of a verb; can also be a noun

Question 8

{al}

Answer 8

makes an adjective

Question 9

Antonyms

Answer 9

denoted as ant; words that have opposite meanings

Question 10

Synonyms

Answer 10

denoted as syn; words that have similar meanings

Question 11

LME

Answer 11

late middle english

Question 12

MFr

Answer 12

middle french

Question 13

pp.

Answer 13

past principle

Question 14

emulation

Answer 14

rivalry, particularly involving imitation

Question 15

adulation

Answer 15

excessive display of admiration

Question 16

council

Answer 16

an assembly or advisory group of people

Question 17

counsel

Answer 17

(n) advice; (n) lawyer, legal advisor; (v) to advise

Question 18

consul

Answer 18

official at a consulate; top roman officer

Question 19

salutary

Answer 19

healthful

Question 20

saluatatory

Answer 20

welcoming

Question 21

apprehensive

Answer 21

fearful

Question 22

reprehensive

Answer 22

scolding

Question 23

inflection

Answer 23

a change in word form that affects the word’s function without changing its class (ex: bake, bakes, baked)

Question 24

deflection

Answer 24

turning aside

Question 25

idiot

Answer 25

Origin: Greek Etymology: private person, layman, person lacking skill or expertise Modern: an utterly foolish or senseless person

Question 26

Serendipity

Answer 26

Origin: Arabic/Persian fairytale Etymology: whose heroes were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of. Modern: Discovery by fortunate accident

Question 27

Trivial

Answer 27

Origin: Latin Etymology: crossroads or street (a commonplace). Modern: not important, minor; ordinary, commonplace.

Question 28

Sarcasm

Answer 28

Origin: Greek Etymology: to rend the flesh Modern: a sharp, bitter, or cutting expression or remark

Question 29

Assassin

Answer 29

Origin: Arabic; hashishiyyin Etymology: hashish users Modern: a murderer of an important person in a surprise attack for political or religious reasons.

Question 30

raise

Answer 30

to elevate; to build

Question 31

raze

Answer 31

to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out; flatten

Question 32

prone

Answer 32

lying face down; likely to do something

Question 33

supine

Answer 33

lying face upward; failing to act because of moral weakness

Question 34

martial

Answer 34

warlike, fond of fighting; relating to war, the army, or military life; property of war

Question 35

marital

Answer 35

of or pertaining to marriage

Question 36

modus operandi

Answer 36

method of working

Question 37

dramatis personae

Answer 37

persons of drama

Question 38

non sequitur

Answer 38

does not follow; a remark that doesn't fit with what went before

Question 39

dues ex machina

Answer 39

god from a machine/god of machinery

Question 40

summum bonum

Answer 40

greatest/highest good

Question 41

{eu}

Answer 41

good,well

Question 42

{ote}

Answer 42

single example of/single

Question 43

{kary(o)}

Answer 43

nucleus

Question 44

{gam}

Answer 44

marriage

Question 45

{myc}

Answer 45

fungi

Question 46

{cyt(o)}

Answer 46

vessel, cell

Question 47

{gen}

Answer 47

produce, make

Question 48

{sis}

Answer 48

process

Question 49

{ly}

Answer 49

break up

Question 50

{phag(o)}

Answer 50

eat

Question 51

{chlor(o)}

Answer 51

green

Question 52

{phyl(o)}

Answer 52

leaf

Question 53

{melan(o)}

Answer 53

black

Question 54

{prot(o)}

Answer 54

first

Question 55

{kerat}

Answer 55

horn

Question 56

{hal(o)}

Answer 56

salt (Greek)

Question 57

{cyan(o)}

Answer 57

blue, greenish blue

Question 58

{ethyr(o)}

Answer 58

red

Question 59

{poie}

Answer 59

produce

Question 60

{blast}

Answer 60

bud or sprout

Question 61

{ine} and {in}

Answer 61

suffixes used to name chemicals, {ine} : ending given to all halogen chemicals {in} : neutral substances

Question 62

principal

Answer 62

first or most important (adjective); noun: teacher, dancer

Question 63

principle

Answer 63

theory or standard or an important rule/guideline

Question 64

{ion}

Answer 64

makes nouns

Question 65

{ive}

Answer 65

makes adjectives