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Based on your knowledge of roots and prefixes, what English word most closely means “capable of bending easily without breaking?”
Flexible
Based on your knowledge of roots and prefixes, what English word most closely means “a piece of equipment or furniture that is fixed in position in a building or vehicle?”
Fixture
Based on your knowledge of roots and prefixes, what English word most closely means “having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep?”
Dormant
Based on your knowledge of roots and prefixes, what English word most closely means “able to withstand wear, pressure, or damage; hard-wearing?”
Durable
Based on your knowledge of roots and prefixes, what English word most closely means “a force that stimulates change or progress within a system or process?”
Dynamic
Based on your knowledge of roots and prefixes, what English word most closely means “deny the truth of (a statement) by asserting the opposite?”
Contradict
Based on your knowledge of roots and prefixes, what English word most closely means “a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease?”
Pathogen
Based on your knowledge of roots and prefixes, what English word most closely means “to provide or strengthen (a place) with defensive works as protection against attack?”
Fortify
Based on your knowledge of roots and prefixes, what English word most closely means “taking place or progressing slowly or by degrees?”
Gradual
Based on your knowledge of roots and prefixes, what English word most closely means “a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding, especially to avoid arrest or persecution?”
Fugitive
Based on your knowledge of roots and prefixes, what English word most closely means “a written message that is sent using wires that carry electrical signals and then printed out?”
Telegram
Based on your knowledge of roots and prefixes, what English word most closely means “to accept and allow (behavior that is considered morally wrong or offensive) to continue?”
Condone
Based on your knowledge of roots and prefixes, what English word most closely means “a belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a Church, political party, or other group?”
Doctrine
Based on your knowledge of roots and prefixes, what English word most closely means “a social science concerned with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services; financial considerations (the economics of buying a house)?”
Economics
Based on your knowledge of roots and prefixes, what English word most closely means “a phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone?”
Epitaph
Based on your knowledge of roots and prefixes, what English word most closely means “the control of territory belonging to a sovereign or government?”
Dominion
Based on your knowledge of roots and prefixes, what English word most closely means “a tip given to a waiter, taxicab driver, etc?”
Gratuity
Based on your knowledge of roots and prefixes, what English word most closely means “the practice or state of being married to one person at a time?”
Monogamy
Based on your knowledge of roots and prefixes, what English word most closely means “the process of increasing or enlarging, possibly the sound volume, especially using an amplifier?”
Amplification
Based on your knowledge of roots and prefixes, what English word most closely means “a gathering or collection of people, animals, or things?”
Congregation
Based on your knowledge of roots and prefixes, what English word most closely means “a person with whom one shares a secret or private matter, trusting them not to repeat it to others?”
Confidante
Based on your knowledge of roots and prefixes, what English word most closely means “(of a tree) producing cones, and having leaves that do not fall off in the winter?”
Coniferous
Based on your knowledge of roots and prefixes, what English word most closely means “a straight line passing from side to side through or across the center of a body or figure, especially a circle or sphere?”
Diameter
Based on your knowledge of roots and prefixes, what English word most closely means “a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument?”
Fallacy
Based on your knowledge of roots and prefixes, what English word most closely means “ having or representing the sun as the center, as in the accepted astronomical model of the solar system?”
Heliocentric