Latin 20 Study Guide

Define The "Word"

100

A "wood worm"

What is a lign-vermi?

200

A "black fire egg".

What is a mela-ign-oo?

300

A "sleepy naked fire leaf".

What is a "narco-gymno-ign-foli"?

400

"to carry a soft, sleepy worm in the place of the wooden tree".

What is the action of "vect-moll-narco-vermi-vice-lign-dendr".

500

"a wooden finger circling vapor while carrying the form of a half egg to his lung."

What is "lign-digit-orb-atom-vect-plasm-hemi-oo-pneumo".

Roots and Meanings

100

Find the latin root and the meaning of this word: "digital". **Reminder** (You could only have one answer for the latin root but multiple meanings)

Root: digit (finger) Meaning #1: manipulated with a finger or the fingertips: example; "a digital switch" Meaning #2: of or pertaining to a digit or finger.

200

Find the latin root and the meaning of this word: "pneumonia". **Reminder** (You could only have one answer for the latin root but multiple meanings)

Root: pneumo (lung) Meaning #1: inflammation of the lungs with congestion.

300

Find the latin root and the meaning of this word: "objurgation". **Reminder** (You could only have one answer for the latin root but multiple meanings)

Root: ob (against) Meaning #1: to reproach or denounce vehemently Meaning #2: upbraid harshly Meaning #3: berate sharply

400

Find the latin root and the meaning of this word: "rectilinear". **Reminder** (You could only have one answer for the latin root but multiple meanings)

Root: lin (line) Meaning #1: forming a straight line Meaning #2: moving in a straight line Meaning #3: characterized by straight lines

500

Find the latin root and the meaning for the word: "lachrymal". **Reminder** (You could have only one answer for the latin root but multiple meanings)

Root: lachry (tear) Meaning: #1: of or pertaining to tears Meaning: #2: characterized by tears; indicative of weeping Meaning: #3: producing tears

The Word Within the Word (Back of the Latin 20 Study Guide)

100

1: Is it bad or good for a person to experience "obloquy"? 2: Why or why not? (Explain in as much detail as possible!)

1: It is bad for a person to experience "obloquy". 2: It is bad for a person to go through this experience because to suffer the obloquy of society is to have everyone talk (loquy) against (ob) you.

200

1: If you are asked to "delineate the options" what shouldn't you do? 2: What should you do then?

1: If you are asked to "delineate the options", don't drag out every fact and detail you know. 2: You should put the lines (lin) down (de) without painting in the minutia.

300

1: What is the "Mollusca? (Be as specific as possible!) What creatures do they include? What word shares the same stem with this word? 2: What would you do if a person has obdurate anger?

1: The Mollusca are a large phylum of invertebrates named after their soft (moll) bodies. The Mollusks include such creatures as smails, squids, and octopi. We also use the same stem in the word "mollify". 2: If a person has fierce anger, or obdurate anger, then we try to make (fy) sort (moll) the anger that has hardended (dur) against (ob) us.

400

1: What can dendrochronology be used for? (Be as specific as possible!) 2: Who typically uses dendrochronology? What can they do with dendrochronology?

1: Dendrochronology: a careful examination of ring patterns has shown that trees (dendro) contain a record of time (chron) that can be used to study (logy) the past. 2: Archeologists studying Indian ruins in the American Southwest. They can often date a site to the exact year by using dendrochronology, or tree ring dating.

500

1: What does "orbital decay" refer to? (Be as specific as possible!) 2: What is the definition of a "orbits"? What is unfortunate about satellites?

1: Orbital decay refers to the gradual slowing and eventual falling of a satellite as a result of friction from the spars molecules in the earth's upper atmosphere. 2: The definition of "orbits" is the circular paths that satellites follow around the earth. What is unfortunate is that a satellite will not permanently follow the path it is placed in.

Misc

100

What is the word for this meaning: " a price that is outrageously high, unrealistic, and completely out of the sphere reason."

Exorbitant

200

What are the Spanish cognates for these following words: 1* vice versa: ? 2* delineate: ? 3* gymnasium: ? 4* oblique: ? 5* hemisphere: ?

1*= vice versa 2*= delinear 3*= gimnasio 4*= obliquo 5*= hemisferio

300

1: What is objurgation? What word is it mostly like? 2: What does it mean to be objurgated?

1: Objurgation is bitterly unpleasant to receive. It is most like the word "obloquy". 2: To be objurgated is to be berated, to be violently denounced, and to be actually sworn (jur) against (ob).

400

What roots best fit the blanks? 1: ___farious 2: ___pterous 3: ___spore 4: ___oid 5: ___odium 6: in___tive

1: multi 2: hemi 3: oo 4: dendr 5: plasm 6: vect

500

1: What is etymology? 2: What are cognates?

1: Etymology is the study if words and their origins. 2: Cognates are two words in different languages that share the same root/stem.