Greek and Latin Test 1

The first "i" in the word recipient is really standing in for the letter _______ of the original stem.

"a"

The first "i" in the word recipient is really standing in for the letter _______ of the original stem. (cip)

"a"

Greek prefix to negate

A-

The letter "a" at the beginning of the word "aggressive" is an example of the "alpha privative." True or False

False

Latin prefix to negate

In-

Which of the following is not an acronym? a)Nasa b)Scuba c)Nascar d)NAACP

NAACP

The fish is the symbol for Jesus Christ because ___________.

The greek word for "fish" is an acronym for "Jesus Christ Son of God Savior"

The "a" at the beginning of the word "anarchist" is an example of the "alpha privative." True or False.

True

The "a" in the word anonymous is an example of the alpha privative. True or False?

True

The first "a" in the word "abysmally" is an example of the "alpha privative." True or False?

True

Cephalalgia is a technical term for one of these. (Cephalalgia)

What is a head-ache?

Stewart wrote in his short concurrence that "pornography" was hard to define, but that "I know it when I see it." Having taken my class, you know it when you see it because you know that it must involve ___________. (porno)

a prostitute

An amphitheater has seats _________. (amphi)

all around

An octagon has eight __________. (gon)

angles

An anachronism is something that takes place _______ time. (ana)

back in

An anachronism is something that takes place _________ time. (ana)

back in

fer-ferre-latum

bear,carry

A clinical study must involve ________ if it is true to its Greek root. (clin)

beds

His ameliorative comments made me feel ___________. (melior)

better

The ramifications of her actions __________ out everywhere she went. (ram)

branched

When I told her that the "onus of the situation was on me," I was telling her I was ready to accept the _________. (onus)

burden

voco-vocare-vocatum

call

They entered into a covenant when they ___________ together. (ven)

came

When the ball is intercepted, a player from the other team jumps in between the passer and the receiver and literally _________ the ball. (cept)

catches

The mutability of the situation made him aware that things could __________ at any time. (muta)

change

venio-venire-ventum

come

When scientists named it the atom, they thought at the time that it was too small and could not be __________. (tom)

cut

I took drastic measures because it was clearly time to ___________. (dra)

do something

ago-agere-actum

do,drive

She wrote the dates on the blackboard for her students who were, of course, _________ to learn. (stud)

eager

An icthyphagist likes to ___________. (icthyphag)

eat fish

The Iniquity of my situation told me I was not ______ for the task. (iqu)

equal to

Your diet is effected by what you eat ____________. (die)

every day

When you support something you carry it ____________. (sup)

from the bottom

do-dare-datum

give

The data have been __________ you. (data)

given to

According to its greek root, You can only really feel nostalgic when you _________. (nost)

go home

cedo-cedere-cessum

go,yield

A misoped is someone who _________. (misoped)

hates children

audio-audire-auditum

hear

An audition allows an actor to be ___________. (audit)

heard

teneo-tenere-tentum

hold

Her sanctimonious words told me that she thought she was ______ than I. (sanct)

holier

The hieroglyphic alphabet of the ancient Egyptians was a system of writing that was considered ____________. (hiero)

holy

The words nascent, senescent, adolescence, and fluorescence are examples for a(n) __________. (sc)

inchoative

duco-ducere-ductum

lead

I'm an amateur at this sport. I do it because I ___________. (amat)

love it

His pejorative remark ___________. (pejor)

made me feel worse

facio-facere-factum

make

A significant event ___________ a mark on history. (fic)

makes

A polygamist believes in having many __________. (gam)

marriages

A polygamist believes in having many ___________. (gam)

marriages

Ochlocracy means rule by the __________. (Ochlo)

mob

Your muscles are so named because they resemble a little __________. (mus)

mouse

moveo-movere-motum

move

Her sudden outbreak of emotion ___________ me. (mot)

moved

According to its Greek root, in a gymnasium, people should be ___________. (gymn)

naked

The term anhedonia means a state of having _________. (anhedonia)

no fun

Gerontology is the study of _________. (geron)

old people

A sinister omen is one that happens __________. (sinister)

on your left

An analgesic will take away the __________ of the wound. (alg)

pain

A myth is a story that has been _________. (myth)

passed around by the oral tradition

A myth is a story that has been ________. (myth)

passed by oral tradition

When in Rome, what kind of person orders the penne marinara? (mar)

piscivorous

pono-ponere-positum

put,place

If you are granted amnesty, then the powers that be will not _______ what you have done. (mne)

remember

Hierarchy

ruled by holy things

Gerontocracy

ruled by old people

Patriarchy

ruled by the father

Matriarchy

ruled by the mother

Gynecocracy

ruled by women

Our word salary derives from the Latin word for _________ because it was used as the first form of payment. (sal)

salt

dico-dicare-dictum

say,speak

video-videre-visum

see

mitto-mittere-missum

send

When I read the sign that said "court is in session" I knew that inside the chamber they were all ___________. (sess)

sitting

A miracle is a ________ wonder. (cle)

small

loquor-loqui-locutum

speak

sto-stare-statum

stand

A lithologist studies ________. (lith)

stone

Because he was xenophobic, I kept him away from _________. (xeno)

strangers

If I agonize over a decision, I am _________ to decide what to do. (agon)

struggling

If you are incompatible with your spouse, you are unable to _________ with him. (pat)

suffer

When you emancipate someone, you literally __________ him out from under the hand of someone else. (cip)

take

capio-capere-captum

take

A captive is one who has been ________. (capt)

taken

The "a" at the beginning of the word apathy is an example of __________.

the alpha privative

When she enrolled in a class about etiology I knew she wanted to study ___________. (etio)

the causes of things

According to its Latin root, your reputation only involves what people __________ about you.

think

verto-vertere-versum

turn

Because my friend was averse to physical labor, she _________ and walked away. (ver)

turned

The inundation of work came in __________. (unda)

waves

In a plutocracy the __________ rule. (pluto)

wealthy

Be careful if you enlist in the infantry, no one will care ___________. (fa)

what you say

The anatomical term testicle really means little __________. (test)

witness

A polygynist believes in having many ___________. (gyn)

wives

According to its greek root, only __________ can become hysterical. (hyster)

women

scribo-scribere-scriptum

write

An epic poem is one that has been ___________. (ep)

written down

An epic poem is one that has been ____________. (epi)

written down

If you're doing it according to its Latin root, masturbation must involve _________ in some way. (mas)

your hand

In a gastrocracy what has power over you? (gastro)

your stomach