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Return to SENDer
It's a SMALL world
FATHER/MOTHER
Beyond the UNIVERSE
TIER 2
100
Which roots mean "send"?
MISS and MITT
100
Which root means "small, less"?
What is MIN/I?
100
What are the roots for "father" and "mother"?
PATER/PATRI and MATER/MATRI
100
This root means "universe."
What is COSM/O?
100
Syn: nameless
What is ANONYMOUS?
200
(N) the act of producing or sending out something (such as energy or gas) from a source
What is an EMISSION?
200
(N) a small copy
What is MINIATURE?
200
(ADJ) related to the father
paternal
200
(N) the scientific study of the origin and structure of the universe
What is COSMOLOGY?
200
(V) past tense: Weeks __________________ before he returned home.
ELAPSED
300
(N) an act of giving a document, proposal, piece of writing, etc., to someone so that it can be considered or approved
What is a SUBMISSION?
300
(N) a slow, graceful dance that was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries
What is a MINUET?
300
(V) To register as a student at a college or university
What is a MATRICULATE?
300
What is a cosmonaut?
An astronaut in the space program of Russia or the former Soviet Union.
300
Syn: bold, adventurous, brave;recklessly daring;fearless
AUDACIOUS
400
(N) a device that sends out radio or television signals
What is a TRANSMITTER?
400
An adjective that would describe a dwarf.
What is MINISCULE?
400
Nouns that describe the state of being a father or mother.
What are PATERNITY and MATERNITY?
400
A miniature model of something.
What is a MICROCOSM?
400
SYN: extremely strange, unusual, atypical; odd
What is BIZARRE?
500
(N) money sent in payment
What is a REMITTANCE?
500
What is a synonym for MINSTREL?
entertainer, musician, performer, lyric poet, folk singer
500
The _______________ is the male head of a family and the ______________ is the female head of a family.
PATRIARCH, MATRIARCH
500
Syn: worldly, cultured, sophisticated, urbane, universal
What is COSMOPOLITAN?
500
SYN: accurate, cautious, exact, conscientious, thorough, precise
What is METICULOUS?