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10th Grade Etymology Lists 1-16 Final Review

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  • What is a word that uses the root LITER, meaning "letter"?
    What's your example?
  • The roots LAB and OPER have a common definition. What is it?
    Work
  • "Don't be _____," Marta told Evan when he said he knew something was true because he saw it on Twitter. OPEROSE or VACUOUS?
    Vacuous
  • What do the roots "DA/DAT/DON" mean? "Tell" or "Give"?
    Give
  • "Charlotte, if you treat watching Netflix as your full-time job, your brain development will _________, and furthermore, you will never graduate high school!” my mother said. STAGNATE or FIXATE?
    Stagnate
  • The roots VERS/VERT/VERG and VOLV/VOLUT have a common definition. What is it?
    Turn
  • What is a word that uses the root "HYDR", meaning "water"?
    What's your example?
  • As a ______ of my love for you, I will permanently tattoo your name on my face. CADENCE or TESTAMENT?
    Testament
  • The band director said, "Stop! The _________ of this lullaby should be slower. It sounds like you want the baby to wake up, not go to sleep! Let’s play it again.” CADENCE or FORTE?
    Cadence
  • Which root means "wander, go astray"? PAC or ERR?
    err
  • The surgery was not simple. It was an __________ procedure that took a full 13-hours of continuous incisions, clamping of various vessels, removal of organs, and draining of blood. VACUOUS or OPEROSE?
    Operose
  • The roots "GER/GEST" and "PORT" have a common definition. What is it?
    Carry
  • The roots "que/quis/quir" mean...MAKE/DO or ASK/SEEK?
    Ask/seek
  • Raul pretended to ____ Justin Bieber but he secretly liked his music. ABHOR or STAGNATE?
    Abhor
  • “Ohmigosh! I am, like, totally ____________! I cannot believe that Kristy has the same exact prom dress on as I do. I am totally, like, going to die!" MORTIFIED or ERRONEOUS?
    Mortified
  • There are many __________ rumors that spread about people in high school. However, every once in a while, a rumor ends up being true. NORMATIVE or FALLACIOUS?
    Fallacious
  • Ernie’s eyes were ________________ on the mysterious, kryptonite-like object across the room. It was like he was in a trance, and he couldn’t snap out of it. DESIGNATED or FIXATED?
    Fixated
  • Does the root "NOV" mean NEW or GREAT/MILLION?
    New
  • What's a word that uses the root "LUD/LUS", meaning "play"?
    What's your example?
  • What is a word that uses the root "AUD" meaning "hear"?
    What's your example?
  • Which root means "go" -- PAR or IT?
    IT
  • Tom was so nervous when he stood up all by himself to recite his ___________ in front of the whole school in the play. SOLILOQUY or ITINERANT?
    Soliloquy
  • Be careful when you get a tattoo, as it is usually _____. INDIGNANT or IMMUTABLE?
    Immutable
  • Which root means "rule/straight/right"? REG/RIG or LUD/LUS?
    reg/rig