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100
The stem meaning water
What is 'aqua'?
100
A light bluish green color
What is 'aquamarine'?
100
'Circum' means this
What is 'around'?
100
Something which clamors is making a lot of this
What is 'noise'?
100
If 'miss' means 'send', then the word 'dismiss' literally means this'
What is 'send away'?
200
The stem 'scrib' is usually related to this
What is 'write' or 'writing'?
200
The classroom is often audible, or _____, from the hallway.
What is 'able to be heard'?
200
The stem 'post' (as in 'posterior') means this
What is 'at the back' or 'later'?
200
'Sublime' means this
What is 'deep' or 'profound'?
200
If 'mar' means 'sea', what is the simple definition of a 'submarine' using its two roots?
What is 'something that goes under the sea'?
300
Concede, proceed, recede, and secede all contain a stem which means this
What is 'go'?
300
The politician conceded the race. He did this
What is 'surrendered' or 'admitted defeat'?
300
In the word 'equitable', 'equi' means this
What is 'fair' or 'impartial' (not taking sides)?
300
A clumsy person can be described with this word:
What is 'maladroit'?
300
The students helped each other study for the test in a symbiotic arrangement. The arrangement or situation was, in other words, this
What is 'mutually beneficial' or 'good for both'?
400
The stem 'cise', used in words like concise, incised, and excised, often means this
What is 'cut'?
400
The design of this pot is __________ into the clay
What is 'incised'?
400
A 'semi-' anything is how much of that thing?
What is 'half'?
400
Something which is superannuated is this
What is 'outdated', or 'obsolete'?
400
I bought a prodigious amount of candy, but it turned out to be superfluous': the two vocabulary words mean this
What is 'large' and 'extra' (or 'unnecessary')?
500
The word 'excise' contains two stems, 'ex' and 'cise.' So the word 'excise' probably means this
What is 'cut out'? (Similar answers are ok)
500
Something which is an interdict is something which is this
What is 'proscribed'?
500
An intergalactic war, in simpler words, would be:
What is a 'war between galaxies'?
500
A monster which has a grotesque, odious countenance has, in simpler words
What is 'a distorted, hateful face'?
500
'His profound sadness was manifest on his countenance' can be translated more simply to:
What is 'His deep sadness was obvious on his face'?