Aqua
Aqua is a root word meaning.....
What is WATER
Bio is a root word meaning...
What is LIFE
Mater (or matr) is a root word meaning...
What is MOTHER
Gen is a root
What is BIRTH
Spec is a root word meaning..
What is LOOK or SEE
Aqualung is a cognate of aqua. Define "aqualung".
What is a breathing device used to breath under water.
A biography is defined as...
What is the story of a person's life written by someone else.
Maternity is a cognate of "mater". What does maternity mean?
What is the state or quality of being a mother.
A generation is defined as...
What is a group of individuals born and living during the same time period.
A spectator is defined as...
What is a member of an audience or person who watches
Complete this sentence with the correct cognate of "aqua":
When I visited the ___________________ I saw many colorful species of fish.
What is aquarium.
Malcolm X wrote his ___________________ and it quickly sold millions of copies.
What is an autobiography.
I visited my _________________, Fordham University, and I was impressed with the new auditorium they built.
What is alma mater
The action movie _____________________ over a billion dollars in profits this weekend.
What is generated.
Following the parade, Maria's customers took to Instagram to share pictures of the adorable ________________.
What is spectacle.
The tourist forgot to bring his _______________ on the day trip, therefore he could not go scuba diving that day.
What are aqualungs
"Bio" means life. What does "logy" mean in the word "biology"?
What is "the study of"
Ms. Henry is a very _______________ person; she always shows care and concern for her students.
What is maternal.
Many Americans are the ____________________ of immigrants.
What is progeny.
In __________________________, I should have followed my teacher's advice.
What is retrospect.
The hotel had multiple lounge areas, and—best of all—a geometric, _________________tinted pool on the rooftop.
What is aquamarine.
Which word BEST fits in the following sentence: Biologists warned that the predator could destroy the island’s unique___________________, which includes species of animals found nowhere else in the world.
a. bionics
b. biomedical
c. biodiversity
What is biodiversity.
Which word BEST fits in the following sentence. My grandmother is the ______________ of our family.
a. matrimony
b. matriarch
c. matrix
What is matriarch
Which word BEST fits in the following sentence. The mature debate between the two men __________________________ into a screaming and shouting match.
a. generalized
b. genocide
c. degenerated
What is degenerated.
Which word BEST fits in the following sentence. At this point in the investigation, the detective could only _________________about the suspect's motives.
a. specter
b. spectate
c. speculate
What is speculate.