Roots 1
The root word in ponderous, imponderable, and ponder means this.
What is weight?
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Because my aunt is quite _______________ when it comes to table settings, every utensil must be turned properly.
What is punctilious?
A megalith is a stone monument with this root-word quality.
What is large?
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If I stopped eating so much junk food and exercised more, I would be less ___________________.
What is corpulent?
hard-working
What is assiduous?
The root in the words like location, local, and locus that means "place."
What is loco?
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When the dictator took power, he ordered the death of anyone who held ideas ______________ to his own
What is heterodox?
Popular, populist, and population all contain the root word that means this.
What is people?
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Since the volcano is _______________ right now, you do not have to be concerned about it erupting.
What is dormant?
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Because some regions of India are extremely _____________, many households receive only a few gallons of water each day.
What is arid?
The orthodontist does this to my teeth.
What is makes them straight?
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The players were __________________ after losing the big game.
What is dejected?
The meaning of the root eu.
What is good?
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Under the microscope, the unknown virus appeared to be ______________________.
What is amorphous?
a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.
What is antagonist?
Veracity, veritable, and verdict have this root that means "truth."
What is ver?
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The love-struck boy thought the sound of his girlfriend’s name was the sweetest ________________ he had ever heard.
What is euphony?
You do this in a dormitory.
What is sleep?
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Jim is always able to find ____________ ways to make use of broken appliances around the house.
What is novel?
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The ______________ students chose to work on their term paper instead of going out to play.
What is assiduous?
The root ject in words like reject, eject, and dejected means this.
What is to throw?
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As I am in a _________________ mood this morning, I will surprise my co-workers with donuts and croissants.
What is magnanimous?
The root nov in the word novice means this.
What is new?
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After the university received ten million dollars from a _________________, it was able to add a new branch to the library.
What is benefactor?
as dry as a bone, waterless
What is arid?