STAAR Greek and Latin Roots

Bonus question (worth 5 extra points):

How many roots are in the word

anthropneumoradiography

• This word is not real

• 6

• 4

• 5

An extreme dislike of another person or thing is

• Antipathy

• Sympathy

• Empathy

• Sociopathy

Trying to get clarity of an image is

• Oculusion

• Focus

• Oculuture

• Oculus

This nasty little guy messes with your pneumonic system when he visits. What part of your body does he live in?

• Your head

• Your stomach

• Your throat

• Your lungs

The fear of heights is

• Acrobatics

• Acrophobia

• Agoraphobia

• Hiphobia

What word would best describe this little guy's mood

• Disconcerted

• Surprised

• Upset

To return to a previous and usually worse state or situation is called

• Digression

• Progression

• Regression

• Transgression

Stonehenge is an example of

• Megaliths

• Monolites

• Megalites

• Monoliths

To formally declare that someone is walking away from something is to

• Renounce

• Announce

• Denounce

• Enunciate

To slow down is to

• Accelerate

• Uncelerate

• Decelerate

• Uncelerate