Roots I
The king was _____(vict) in battle.
victorious
"Don't ______(fract/fring/frang) on my personal space, bro!"
infringe
compels
"I drove my Chevy to the levee, and then I continued driving over the _____(via) into town."
viaduct
"I just can't ______(vid/vis) us being together. I hope we can still be friends."
envisage
A man lived on the tenth floor of a building. Every day he took the elevator down to the ground floor to go to work or to go shopping. When he returned, he took the elevator to the seventh floor and then walked up the stairs to reach his apartment on the tenth floor.
The man is too short to reach the 8,9,10 buttons in the elevator.
Stop tapping your foot against my chair. It is not _____(duc) to my learning process.
conducive
His behavior was so toxic, I eventually _____(cis) him from my life.
excised
Every time I sneeze, I ______ (pel,puls) millions of droplets from my mouth and nose. I'm basically a mess.
expel
Clarissa had previously been an excellent student, but her grades had started to ______(via) from A's.
deviate
"Begone, you ghostly _____(pari)! I am not afraid of you or your chains!"
apparition
A woman enters a large metal tube. She is overcome with fear and clenches her husband’s hand tightly. She is visibly shaken. Her husband gently rubs her arms and speaks softly to her, but is unaffected himself. A few hours later, the woman’s husband tells her that it’s time to go and her torment ends. What was happening to the woman?
The woman is terrified of flying, but must travel to see a dying relative; this adds to her emotional turmoil. Her husband does his best to comfort her during the few hours of the flight.
I was so unwilling to change my mind, that my friends starting calling me ____(tract).
intractable
Presenters must always consider the _______(dic) between their own experience and the audience's experience.
dichotomy
conjecture
"I'd like to ______(fer) that question to my lawyer so I don't get myself in trouble."
defer
If you believe whatever he says, even when he's obviously lying, you're a _____(phan).
sycophant
Jimbo’s dad could not stop his son from playing video games. As soon as he wasn’t watching Jimbo, he would be playing again. Jimbo’s dad decided to fix the problem permanently. He grabbed his hammer and solved the problem. Jacob could not play anymore, however, Jimbo’s dad could do so. What did Jimbo’s dad do?
Jimbo’s dad used the hammer to install a shelf high up on the wall. He placed the video game console and the controllers up on the shelf out of Jimbo’s reach; however, Jacob’s dad could still reach them.
Little Billy flew into a rage again. I'm not sure what the ____(pet) was for that anger. He's so _____(pet) these days.
impetus
impetuous
Todd is the ______(tom) of a well-behaved student, and he would never ______(fract/fring/frang) upon another student's rights.
infringe
The recurring _____(mot,mov) of the Moon in House Made of Dawn ______(pel,plus) the reader to think about exposure and alternative power.
motif
compels
infer
Maria's dull, blank _____(vid/vis) gave no indication she was capable of such ______(spec) decisions.
visage
perspicacious
A family had a chicken coop for their one dozen, egg-producing hens. Late one night, a terrible storm came through their area and killed all but eight chickens. How many chickens did the family have the next morning?
The family still had twelve chickens, four dead and eight alive.
Can we ______(duc) from the uproar in the newspapers, that the congressman has refused to ______(tract) his inane statements?
deduce
retract
For her _______(cis) intelligence and _______(punc) attention to detail, Jessica was nominated for valedictorian.
incisive
punctilious
I've been _____(mit/mis) in practicing the piano for so long that my mother is ____(mit/mis) of my dreams to become a famous concert pianist.
dismissive
Karen's employer said that Karen's ______(port) was not appropriate to the situation and that she did not show ______(fer) to her superiors.
comportment
deference
"Ray, the ectoplasm ______(phan) leads me to believe we have a Type VI _______(pari) on our hands."
apparition
On a hot Saturday afternoon, a woman was walking slowly through the savannah when she spotted a tiger in the distance. Instead of turning around, hiding, or seeking help, the woman began to run towards where the tiger was. Why wasn’t she afraid and why didn't she run away?
The woman was visiting a zoo.