Unit 9

Question 1

Cardinal numbers

Answer 1

Most common kind of number in Latin and English. Answers questions like “how many fingers am I holding up?

Question 2

Ordinal number

Answer 2

First, second, third, fourth, …

Question 3

Latin Cardinal Numbers

Answer 3

{uni}=1
{du/bi}=2
{tri}=3
{quadru/quadri/quadr}=4
{quinqu/quinque}=5
{sex}=6
{sept/Septem}= 7
{octo/Octi}=8
{nov/Novem}=9
{dec/deci/decem}=10
{cent/centi}=100
{mill/milli}=1000

Question 4

Greek {pleg}

Answer 4

Paralysis

Question 5

Latin {digit}

Answer 5

Finger

Question 6

Latin {foli}

Answer 6

Leaf

Question 7

Greek {cycle}

Answer 7

English wheel

Question 8

Latin {Anni/enni}

Answer 8

Year

Question 9

Latin {pare/pari/para}

Answer 9

Produce children

Question 10

{later}

Answer 10

Side

Question 11

Latin {pede/ped}

Answer 11

Foot

Question 12

Latin ordinal numbers

Answer 12

{primo}=1st
{second}=2nd 
{terti}=3rd
{quart}=4th 
{quint}=5th
{sext}=6th
{sept}=7th
{octav}=8th
{non}=9th
{decim/deci}=10th
{centi}=100th
{milli}=1000th

Question 13

Curie

Answer 13

Unit used to measure radioactivity named after Marie curie

Question 14

Name of a fever that has a nine day cycle?

Answer 14

Nonane

Question 15

Name of the custom of leaving all the estate to the eldest son?

Answer 15

Primogeniture

Question 16

6th part of a circle

Answer 16

Sextant

Question 17

An accent that is weaker than a secondary accent

Answer 17

Tertiary

Question 18

Greek {cephal}

Answer 18

Head

Question 19

Hedron

Answer 19

Solid figure

Question 20

Decalog

Answer 20

10 commandments given to Moses

Question 21

Ennead

Answer 21

Greek Muses who presided over literature and the arts and sciences. There were 9.

Question 22

4-day cycle used by some Greek athletic trainers

Answer 22

Tetrad

Question 23

Hecto

Answer 23

100

Question 24

Henotheism

Answer 24

People who believe/worship one god but concede that others exist.

Question 25

{duo/dy}

Answer 25

2

Question 26

{hept/hepta}

Answer 26

7

Question 27

{heno}

Answer 27

1

Question 28

{hexa/hex}

Answer 28

6

Question 29

{octo}

Answer 29

8

Question 30

{ennea/ennead}

Answer 30

9

Question 31

{pent/penta}

Answer 31

5

Question 32

{kilo}

Answer 32

1000

Question 33

{hecto}

Answer 33

100

Question 34

{tri}

Answer 34

3

Question 35

{tetra/tetrad}

Answer 35

4

Question 36

{deca}

Answer 36

10

Question 37

2 Greek ordinals that occur in English

Answer 37

{prot/proto}=first | {deuter/deutero}=second

Question 38

Greek {gam}

Answer 38

Marriage

Question 39

Greek {nom}

Answer 39

Law

Question 40

Greek {mono}

Answer 40

Single

Question 41

Latin {multi}

Answer 41

Many

Question 42

Greek {olig/oligo}

Answer 42

Few

Question 43

Greek {pan}

Answer 43

All

Question 44

Greek {orama}

Answer 44

Sight

Question 45

Greek {hemi}

Answer 45

Half

Question 46

Greek {argon}

Answer 46

Contest, competition

Question 47

Greek {pol}

Answer 47

Sell

Question 48

Alumnus

Answer 48

Latin for Foster son

Question 49

Alumna

Answer 49

Latin for foster daughter or girl pupil

Question 50

Latin word for staff, rod, or spoke of a wheel

Answer 50

Radius

Question 51

Stratum

Answer 51

Horizontal layer of sedimentary rock

Question 52

Datum

Answer 52

Single isolated fact

Question 53

Memoranda

Answer 53

Things that should be remembered

Question 54

Latin {seque}

Answer 54

Follow

Question 55

Sequel

Answer 55

Doctors use this word to describe a diseased condition that was caused by some injury or disease

Question 56

Latin {lac}

Answer 56

Lake, hole, or void Plural: lacunae

Question 57

Lacuna

Answer 57

Small cavities in bone that are filled with bone cells

Question 58

Gladiator

Answer 58

Latin gladiolus meant small sword | Today, the shape of the leaves gives a name to the showy flowers we call gladioli

Question 59

Climactic/climatic

Answer 59

Greek base {climac/climax}=ladder, climbing, climax Climax is the highest point on something. Climatic is the adjective of climate; contain Greek root {clima}=region/zone. The modern meaning of the climate is the average of the weather conditions in a given zone.

Question 60

Extant/Extinct

Answer 60

Extant (Latin {ex}+{stant}=stand) the modern meaning is “still standing up” or still existing. Extinct (Latin base {stingu/stinct}=to put out (a fire), to destroy. No longer existing.

Question 61

Official/officious

Answer 61

Latin officium meaning “duty or office.” Official: 1. Noun. A person put in some position of authority. 2. An adjective. The official statement. Officious: originally meant “ready to be of service” but today it refers to someone who offers unnecessary help and unwanted services.

Question 62

Mirabile dictu

Answer 62

Wonderful to say

Question 63

Inter nos

Answer 63

Between us

Question 64

Corpus delicti

Answer 64

Body of the offense/crime. Before someone is charged with a crime you need evidence or information about the corpse.

Question 65

Habeas corpus

Answer 65

Writ requiring a person to be brought before a court. Permission for an accused to be free before his examination.

Question 66

Nota Bene

Answer 66

Make careful note or observation.