Words with Latin Roots
This word means, "To make something clear; to explain."
A. Obfuscate
B. Eradicate
C. Elucidate
D. Educate
What is C, Elucidate
This word means, "A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases"
A. Pantheon
B. Panamanian
C. Penury
D. Panacea
What is D, Panacea?
This word means, "The trust and friendship among teammates"
A. Adversity
B. Bona-fide
C. Camaraderie
D. Decrepitude
What is C, Camaraderie?
This word means, "The main character or "hero" of the story"
A. Villain
B. Archetype
C. Anti-hero
D. Protagonist
What is D, Protagonist?
This word means, "To increase rapidly in numbers; to multiply."
A. Augment
B. Exhillerate
C. Pontificate
D. Proliferate
What is D, Proliferate?
This word means, "Acting or done quickly and without thought or care"
A. Impetuous
B. Desirous
C. Tiresome
D. Fatuous
What is A, Impetuous?
This word means, "Superficially plausible, but actually wrong. It "looks" good, but it's false"
A. Specious
B. Arbitrary
C. Candid
D. Efficacious
What is A, Specious?
This word means, "Your opponent or the opposing team"
A. Pulchritude
B. Obstetrician
C. Adversary
D. Venue
This word means, "The final resolution of the plot; the "tying up of loose ends" after the climax."
A. Denouement
B. Exposition
C. Climax
D. Interrogation
What is A, Denouement?
This word means, "To protest loudly and bitterly; to explode with verbal anger."
A. Fulminate
B. Castigate
C. Reverberate
D. Animate
What is A, Fulminate?
This word means, "Tending to talk a great deal."
A. Audacious
B. Efficacious
C. Beneficial
D. Loquacious
What is D, Loquacious?
This word means, "Light, delicate, and translucent; "showing through."
A. Spectral
B. Incredulous
C. Diaphanous
D. Didactic
What is C, Diaphanous?
This word means, "A "lucky bounce" of the ball that can lead to a goal"?
A. Fortress
B. Fortuitous
C. Fentricide
D. Forfeiture
What is B, Fortuitous?
This word means, "A reaction based on "gut feeling" rather than intellect"
A. Avarice
B. Visceral
C. Cereal
D. Alluvial
What is B, Visceral?
This word means, "Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind."
A. Martian
B. Saturnian
C. Mercurial
D. Venal
What is C, Mercurial?
This word means, "Deceitful and untrustworthy"
A. Perfidious
B. Dialectical
C. Reverential
D. Arbitrary
What is A, Perfidious
This word means, "A person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief."
A. Resolute
B. Veteran
C. Sophomoric
D. Neophyte
This means, "to have no fear in high-stakes, dangerous situations (like extreme sports).
A. Ingratitude
B. Insidious
C. Intransigent
D. Intrepid
What is D, Intrepid?
This word means, "Exaggerated, sensational, or overly emotional acting/writing"
A. Pragmatic
B. Automatic
C. Melodramatic
D. Democratic
What is C, Melodramatic?
This word means, "Dangerously high or steep; (of a change) sudden and dramatic"
A. Binomial
B. Trinomial
C. Quadratic
D. Precipitous
What is D, Precipitous?
This word means, "Unnecessary, especially through being more than enough; overflowing."
A. Aphorism
B. Superfluous
C. Superficial
D. Superlative
What is B, Superfluous?
This word means, "Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree"
A. Abstruse
B. Abstract
C. Obsequious
D. Dilettante
What is C, Obsequious?
This word means, "showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements."
A. Quagmire
B. Resentful
C. Tiresome
D. Complacent
This word means, "showy" or pretentious style that is meant to impress others
A. Ostentatious
B. Prodigious
C. Proficient
D. Prototype
What is A, Ostentatious?
This word means, "Shining brightly; radiant?"
A. Alluvial
B. Effulgent
C. Uxorious
D. Duplicitous
What is B, Effulgent?