ROOTS & ORIGIN
Name the root and meaning of the word "leaven".
What is LEV?
What is "light".
What is the meaning of the root LEV?
What is light?
"Prosperous" is a synonym for which of the vocabulary words?
What is "affluent"?
Following his recovery, the patient had a brief _____ caused by a fall in the shower.
What is relapse?
Levity
Levity
Name the origin of the root CED.
What is Latin?
Sweetly flowing or sounding
What is mellifluous?
"Jollity" is a synonym for which of the vocabulary words?
What is "levity"?
Although minutes seemed to _____ before the door opened, in reality we only waited ten minutes.
What is elapse?
Collapse
LABI is related to the root ____.
What is LAPS?
Define superfluous.
"Advance" is an antonym for which of the vocabulary words?
What is "recede"?
The pain in my shoulder was _______ after my visit with the chiropractor.
What is alleviated?
Cede
Cede
FLUERE, FLUCTUM mean ______.
What is "to flow"?
Define concession and use it in a complete sentence.
What is something given up or yielded?
Sentence: Answers will vary.
"Yield" is a synonym for which of the vocabulary words?
What is "cede"?
If a comedian wants to leaven the atmosphere in a club, he may start by.....
Answers will vary:
Telling a funny joke about himself
Making fun of an audience member
Superfluous
Superfluous
Name a word other than a unit 13 vocabulary word that shares the root LAPS.
Answers will vary:
*lapses
*burlaps
*overlaps
*slaps
Which of the following definitions matches the root, FLU?
A. What is "light"?
B. What is "to flow"?
C. What is "slip, slide"?
D. What is "to move along, to go"?
Name a synonym for "mellifluous"
Answers will vary:
*Harmonious
*Agreeable
*Fluid
*Tuned
If a man being chased by an angry mob suddenly sees the mob recede, he will likely feel.....
Answers will vary:
What is relieved?
Mellifluous
Mellifluous