G/L Roots - List 8

G/L Roots - List 8

psych

• psychology - science of the mind

• psyche - the human mind, soul, spirit

• psychiatry - the study and treatment of mental illness, emotional disturbance, and abnormal behavior

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root pshych?

• mind/soul

• heart/brain

• hands/feet

• kidneys/lungs

ques

• question - a sentence worded to elicit information

• quest - a journey to search for something

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According to the maker of this video, "The task (or QUEST) was to make a 3-6 second animation from the question mark back to the question mark. i did this in about 4 hours including cutting out, shooting and editing in after effects as i used green screens."

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root ques?

• tell

• ask/seek

• show

• view

rupt

• rupture - to break or burst suddenly

• erupt - break out or burst forth suddenly

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root rupt?

• repair

• fix

• break

• fasten

san

• sanitize - make clean and hygienic; disinfect

• sanity - the ability to think and behave in a normal and rational manner; sound mental health

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root san?

• headline

• hope

• happiness

• health

schem

• scheme - a secret or underhanded plan; a plot

• scheming - given to or involved in making secret and underhanded plans

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root schem?

• principle

• principal

• purpose

• plan

pon

• postpone - put off; delay

• ponder - put thoughts on a topic

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root pon?

• put

• pass

• pay

• plan

port

• portable - able to be easily moved or carried

• teleport - move across distance and space instantly (science fiction)

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root port?

• cost

• carry

• copy

• classroom

posit

• deposit - a sum of money put in a bank or placed as a hold or down payment for something

• deposition - a formal statement, usually put into writing

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root posit?

• put

• plan

• putt

• pretty

prim

• primary - earliest in order of time (first)

• prime - of first importance

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root prim?

• fast

• foot

• first

• find

pseudo

• pseudonym - a fictitious name, especially one used by an author

• pseudoscience - a collection of beliefs or practices mistakenly regarded as being based on scientific method

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root pseudo?

• correct/original

• special

• same

• wrong/false