LATIN -DERIVED WORDS
The act of putting something back together
What is reconstruction?
This prefix means "back" or "again"
What is re-?
This phrase means "from beginning to end"
What is ab ovo usque ad mala?
"Unbeatable" or "impossible to overcome"
What is invincible?
After the earthquake, workers began the ___________ of the damaged bridge.
To block of fill with obstacles
What is obstruct?
This root means "to build"
What is struct?
This phrase means "for this purpose"
What is ad hoc?
"The action or process of building"
What is construction?
The fallen tree created an ____________ in the road.
What is obstruction?
The process of pulling or drawing something back
What is retraction?
This prefix can mean "out", "away" or "from"
What is ex-?
This phrase means "seize the day"
What is carpe diem?
"An underlying framework of a system"
What is infrastructure?
The scientist used a tool to ____________ the sample from the rock.
What is extract?
To persuade someone through argument or evidence
What is convince?
This suffix means "able to be"
What is -ible?
This phrase describes a defense claiming that someone was elsewhere when a crime occurred
"An obstacle put up against something else"
What is obstruction?
The witness decided to ___________ her earlier statement.
What is retract?
Able to be pulled or drawn out
What is extractible?
This root means "to draw," "pull," or "drag"
What is tract?
This phrase means "art for the sake of art"
What is ars gratia artis?
"The act of destroying" or "a state of damage"
What is destruction?
The engineers worked together to ____________ a safer building.
What is construct?