Caesar's English Lesson 11

Caesar's English Lesson 11

By Kimberly Demooy

Multiple Choice

The stem "grat" can be found in words like grateful, gratitude, gratification, congratulate, ingratiate, and gratuity. What do you think GRAT means?

• help

• pleasing

• angry

• over

Multiple Choice

Current, recur, incur, scurry, currier, and occurrence all contain the Latin stem "curr." What is your best guess about what this stem might mean?

• decide

• answer

• run

• dele

Multiple Choice

The Latin stem "trans" can be seen in the following words: transfer (you already know what fer means, right?), transfusion, translate, and transatlantic. What do you think trans means?

• across

• twice

• going

• against

Multiple Choice

Migrate, migration, immigration, immigrant, migratory. These words all contain the Latin stem "migr." What do you think it means?

• to wander

• lose

• work

• high

Multiple Choice

"Rupt" can be found in words like rupture, abrupt, corrupt, and disrupt. What do you think it means?

• put to

• elevate

• turn

• break

Multiple Choice

Words like "spectacles," "spectators," and spectrum all contain the Latin stem "spec." What do you think it means?

• dark

• blind

• rainbow

• look

Multiple Choice

The Latin stem "pend" means _________. Look at how it is used in words like pendulum, pendant, pending, impending, depend.

• hang

• pretty

• jewelry

• low

Multiple Choice

Animals that are OMNIVORES are good examples of what the Latin stem "omni" means. Other words that include "omni" are omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibus. What do you think it means?

• run

• big

• all

• eat

Multiple Choice

You will probably already know this one. RE. If I REcalculate a math problem, or reiterate my point, or revive a patient, or revisit my favorite museum, what am I doing? What does it mean if a word has "re?"

• do

• solve

• break

• again

Multiple Choice

The Latin stem "ex" is used in many English words. Here are a few: exit, ex-wife, extend, exceed, exclude, exorbitant, exception. What do you think it means?

• out

• above

• new

• happy