The latin root meaning "to stretch" found in the word, tend.
What is tend, tendere, tetendi, tensum? (Any one okay)
100
The __________ of spoons against the table let the chef know that diners were ready for food.
What is percussion?
100
Distort or Contort: To make something false.
What is to distort?
100
The hare from the tortoise and the hare.
What is dilatory?
200
Paired with "annus" meaning year this word means lasting an indefinitely long time or continuing regularly.
What is perennial?
200
Noun meaning "purpose."
What is intent?
200
When Bush Middle School Girls Soccer beat Forest Ridge nine to zilch, the team experience this feeling (derived from the Latin "datum" to bring, bear or carry).
What is elation?
200
Torturous or Tortuous - Deceitfully roundabout; tricky.
What is tortuous?
200
Shakespeare's beautiful, intricate sonnets could never be considered _________.
What is prosaic?
300
Adjective meaning concentrating or dedicated to an idea or action.
What is intent?
300
Writing that is not poetry or verse.
What is prose?
300
Retort or subvert - To upset, overthrow or ruin
What is to subvert?
300
Facing hardships and ____________ from multiple directions, Lyra from The Golden Compass found ways to _________.
What is adversity and persevere?
400
To penetrate through space AND spread throughout is the definition for this word.
What is to permeate?
400
When considering the Latin roots, this word literally means "with" "to stretch" and can mean to engage in a quarrel or to put forward an argument.
What is contend?
400
This word comes from the Latin verso "to turn" and "a" or "ab" away from.
What is avert?
400
Defer or Infer - To yield respectfully to the opinion or will of another.
What is to defer?
400
Refusing to yield and submissive, Bartleby the Scrivener refuses to be __________ .
What is subservient?
500
The correct definition for persevere when choosing between the following: To keep something for a long time or to hold fast to a task despite hardships?
What is hold fast to a task despite hardships?
500
Daily Double
Use at least 3 out of the 4 meanings of contend and intent, correctly, in a single sentence.
500
Defer or Dilatory: Verb, To postpone or delay.
What is to defer.
500
Nursery rhymes in which shoe-dwelling children are beaten, queens are locked up towers and players are turned to "ashes, ashes" demonstrate a ___________ sense of fun and humor.