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This Greek root comes from a word meaning "strength and power"

What is "dyn"?

100

This vocabulary word means "a success or win over an enemy or opponent"

What is "victory"?

100

This vocabulary word best completes the following sentence: "To _ his parents to buy him a new bike, Rafael created a presentation."

What is "convince"?

100

This vocabulary word is an antonym of the word "regular"

What is "irregular"?

100

Cinco de Mayo is a celebration of this country's victory over France

What is "Mexico"?

200

This Latin root can mean either "master" or "house" depending on the context

What is "dom"?

200
This vocabulary word means "a mixture of chemicals that explodes when lit"

What is "dynamite"?

200

This vocabulary word best completes the following sentence: "Our basketball team hopes to _ our opponents 63-0."

What is "dominate"?

200

This vocabulary word is a synonym for the word "persuade"

What is "convince"?

200

Dynamite will not explode until is exposed to this

What is "heat"?

300

The word "regal" comes from the Latin word "rex," meaning this

What is "king"?

300

This vocabulary word means "unusual" or "happening out of order"

What is "irregular"?

300

This vocabulary word best completes the following sentence: "Every morning, I eat my _ breakfast of toast and eggs."

What is "regular"?

300

A synonym for this vocabulary word is "apartment building"

What is "condominium"?

300

This dinosaur's name literally means "Terrible Lizard King"

What is "Tyrannosaurus Rex"?

400

These are the Latin roots meaning "to conquer" or "to overcome"

What are "vinc/vict"?

400

This vocabulary word means "a series of rulers from the same family"

What is "dynasty"?

400

This vocabulary word best completes the following sentence: "My aunt lives in a _ in West Palm Beach overlooking the ocean."

What is "condominium"?

400

Two antonyms for this vocabulary word are "rare" and "weak"

What is "predominant"?

400

In Spanish and French, verbs that do not follow normal conjugation rules are called these

What are "irregular verbs"?

500

This vocabulary word comes from Latin roots meaning "not able to be conquered"

What is "invincible"?

500

This vocabulary word can be used to describe something that "has great strength" or is "very common"

What is "predominant"?

500

This vocabulary word best completes the following sentence: "Yolanda is a _ person who is always on the move at work."

What is "dynamic"?

500

The antonym of this vocabulary word would be used to describe a peasant

What is "regal"?

500

In Greek mythology, Achilles was a hero who was invincible except for this body part

What is "heel"?

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