Week 2 Root Words

It is going to take a ______________ to find a solution to this major problem; we need someone with a unique and innovative idea.

• visualize
• auditorium
• audience
• visionary

The author wrote with such detail that it was easy for her readers to ______________ what the characters and settings looked like.

• visualize
• audience
• visionary
• phonograph

The mayor's speech was held in a large _________________ that seated over 500 people.

• auditorium
• audience
• visionary
• phonograph

Before CDs and MP3s, the _____________ was one of the few options people had for playing music.

• xylophone
• phonograph
• vista
• audition

After waiting two hours for the band to begin playing, the _______________ grew restless and began to boo and hiss.

• audience
• cacophony
• audible
• visionary

Chose an antonym for audible.

• crisp
• muffled
• loud
• visible

If you are looking through a vista then you

• have a wide-open view of something
• are probably in an office or an elevator
• are viewing something unpleasant
• likely do not have a full view of something

Choose an synonym for cacophony.

• racket
• symphony
• tranquility
• unpleasant

An example of an audition is

• reading a speech at a graduation cermony in front of a large group of people
• practicing for a part in the school play with other students
• playing the guitar in front of a band that you hope to join
• acting in a movie, TV show, or commercial

guitar : pick :: xylophone : ___________

• drum
• notes
• mallet
• percussion