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
