Vocab from Classical Roots Book 5 - Cumulative Review

Front

Root CIRC meaning?

Back

around

Answer explanation

Remember that a CIRCle makes you walk around something.

Front

Prefix meaning "one"?

Back

uni-

Answer explanation

Think of the different types of cycles & count their wheels - unicycle, bicycle, and tricycle.

Front

Root meaning "between"?

Back

inter

Answer explanation

Where does the INTERnet go? It goes BETWEEN computers.

Front

Meaning of 'bisect'

Back

Cut in half

Answer explanation

Bi = two and sect = cut, so bisect means "cut into two" or cut in half.

Front

Root PEND meaning?

Back

hang

Answer explanation

Think of susPENDers - your pants "hang" from them.

Front

If a student transfers schools, they _____ schools.

Back

move

Answer explanation

TRANS means "across", so it deals with movement.

Front

Shapes with four sides: squares, rectangles, trapezoids, parallelograms.

Back

quadrilateral

Answer explanation

The clue says FOUR sides and QUAD- means four.

Front

Root for SAME:

Back

equ

Answer explanation

Think EQUal for same.

Front

Root CYCL meaning?

Back

revolving

Answer explanation

CYCL makes me think of a cycle, which has wheels. Wheels revolve on an axis.

Front

Root "aqua" means?

Back

water

Answer explanation

Think of the bottled water - Aquafina - to remember.