Latin Roots
100 Points: What is the Latin root in the word mutate, and what does it mean?
Answer: mut, meaning change.
100 Points: Match mutable with its meaning.
Answer: Subject to change.
100 Points: Identify the root in righteousness and give its meaning.
Answer: rect, meaning right, straight.
100 Points: Define surplus using the root plur/plus.
Answer: More than what is needed.
100 Points: True or False: A laptop is a portable computer.
Answer: True.
200 Points: What is the Latin root in visible, and what does it mean?
Answer: vis, meaning to see.
200 Points: Match visage with its meaning.
Answer: Look or appearance.
200 Points: Identify the root in revenue and give its meaning.
Answer: ven, meaning to come.
200 Points: Define mental using the root ment.
Answer: Relating to the mind.
200 Points: True or False: Migratory birds live in the same area all year.
Answer: False.
300 Points: What is the meaning of the Latin root termin?
Answer: boundary, limit, end.
300 Points: Match corrupt with its meaning.
Answer: To break with the law, to defile.
300 Points: Identify the root in sedate and give its meaning.
Answer: sed, meaning to sit, settle.
300 Points: Define sedate using the root sed.
Answer: To sit or settle; calm.
300 Points: True or False: We had to replace all of the carpeting after the water pipes ruptured.
Answer: True.
400 Points: Name two words that come from the Latin root spec, spect, spic.
Answer: spectator, inspect.
400 Points: Match verisimilitude with its meaning.
Answer: The probability of truth.
400 Points: Identify the root in terminate and give its meaning.
Answer: termin, meaning boundary, limit, end.
400 Points: Define terminate using the root termin.
Answer: To bring to an end or a limit.
400 Points: True or False: The dentist uses drugs to create sensitivity in your mouth.
Answer: False.
500 Points: What is the Latin root in correspondent, and what does it mean?
Answer: respondere, meaning to answer.
500 Points: Match nominal with its meaning.
Answer: In name only, titular.
500 Points: Identify the root in nominee and give its meaning.
Answer: nomen, meaning name.
500 Points: Define spectacle using the root spec, spect, spic.
Answer: A visually striking display.
500 Points: True or False: Without adequate testimony, the court case will be lost.
Answer: True.