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100

Dormitory, Dormant, Dormer, Dormancy

What is dorm, to sleep?

100

Complete the italicized word in the sentence with the correct root: "A passenger train's (...itory) car has sleeping facilities for the train's crew."

What is dormitory?

(dorm = to sleep)

100

To call or speak

What is voc/vok?

100

The holidays tend to have unordinary and beyond expectations?

What is extraordinary? 

100

If something is chronological, it is organized by?

What is time?

200

Chronic, Chronicle, Chronological

What is chron/chrono meaning time?

200

Complete the italicized word in the sentence with the correct root: "The chorus line was so wonderfully (syn...ized)---the dancers kept perfect time, seeming to move as one person."

What is synchronized? 

(chron/chrono = time)

200

Sleep

What is dorm?

200

Family gatherings may awaken (...ant) feelings.

What is dormant?

200

You must pay money before receiving a service. Which root means before?

What is ante/anti?

300

vocabulary, vocation, vocal

What is voc, or vok meaning voice, or call?

300

Complete the italicized word in the sentence with the correct root: "In the refining process, white rice and white bread lose much of their (...amin) content. For this reason, they are less nutritious than brown rice and whole-wheat bread.

What is vitamin?

(vit = life)

300

Time

What is chron/chrono?

300

Tensions and sadness greatly remove or (...ract) from the enjoyment of the winter holidays. 

What is detract?

300

A country celebrates the day it gained independence from colonial rule. Which root connects to the freedom it gained?

What is liber/liver?

400

extraordinary, extraneous, extracurricular

What is extra meaning beyond?

400

Complete the italicized word in the sentence with the correct root: "Ventriloquists must be able to (pro...) their voices while keeping their lips closed. This act of "throwing the voice" creates the illusion that the words are being spoken by someone else.

What is project?

(ject = to throw)

400

Kill, Killing, Killed

What is -cide?

400

Don't speak up or (e...e) sad feelings. 

What is evoke?

400

The opposite of ordinary.

What is extraordinary?

500

Vitality, Revitalize, Vivacious, Revive, Survivor 

What is vit meaning life?

500

Complete the italicized word in the sentence with the correct root: "Airplane passengers used to be let off outdoors. Now they usually (...plane) onto a ramp that leads directly into the terminal.  

What is deplane?

(de = to remove)

500
Beyond

What is extra?

500

Unfortunately, holiday pressures can sometimes mount up causing individuals to commit this final act of (sui...) against themselves. 

What is suicide? 

500

Your school offers activities outside of the regular academic curriculum, such as student government, sports, and drama club. These activities are called __________ activities.

What is extracurricular activities?

600

Reject, Project, Dejected

What is ject meaning to throw?

600

Complete the italicized word in the sentence with the correct root: "A clever saying warns us not to (...cipate) trouble before it happens" "Worrying casts tomorrow's clouds over today's sunshine."  

What is anti?

(anti/ante = before)

600

To throw

What is ject?

600

The (...cipation) before family gatherings can sometimes awaken dormant and stressful feelings. 

What is to anticipation? 

600

A student is described as vivacious because she brings energy and excitement into every room. Which word is most closely related in meaning?

A. Lifeless
B. Energetic
C. Exhausted
D. Uninterested

What is B, energetic?

700

liberated, liberty, liberal?

What is liber meaning freedom?

700

Complete the italicized word in the sentence with the correct root: "Amir studies hard for his classes, be he's also involved in (...curricular)activities, including soccer and chess. 

What is extracurricular? 

(extra = beyond)

700

Before

What is ante/anti?

700

During the holidays, this adverb partially describes individuals who feel down all the time. 

What is chronically?

700

If vital information is missing from a report, what does that suggest about the missing information?

A. It is unnecessary.
B. It is essential.
C. It is outdated.
D. It is confusing.

What is b, essential?

800

antechamber, anteroom, anticipate

What is ante- or anti- meaning before?

800

Complete the italicized word in the sentence with the correct root: " (Geno...) isn't simply the murder of a number of people. It's the intentional killing of a particular racial, cultural, or political group. 

What is genocide?

(cide = to kill)

800

To remove

What is de?

800

Be sure to throw some happiness into your holidays! 

What is to inject?

800

If you throw away someone's proposal, you are __________?

What is rejecting it?

900

Deduct, Deport, Defrost, Deplane

What is de meaning to remove?

900

Complete the italicized word in the sentence with the correct root: "Freddy is very (...al) with his advice. He constantly tells all his relatives and friends how they should run their lives.

What is liberal?

(lib/liv = free/freedom)

900

Life

What is vit/viv?

900

Bringing life back into old or forgotten relationships can sometimes lift our spirits. 

What is revitalizing?

900

A person is ____ated from captivity. 

What is liberated?

1000

pesticides, herbicide, regicide

What is -cide meaning to kill?

1000

Complete the italicized word in the sentence with the correct root: "Leah has an amazing(...abulary) for a two-year-old. She was just telling me the difference between "Mr. Crocodile" and "Mr. Alligator."   

What is vocabulary?

(voc/vok = voice)

1000

Freedom

What is liber/liver?

1000

It is my hope that we will all free ourselves of any holiday blues. 

What is liberate?

1000

An attorney calls upon the Constitution during a court case. What is the attorney doing?


What is invoking the constitution? 

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