Classical roots book A Lesson #1

In the orchestra they play a

• excrescence

• crescendo

• efficacious

• faction

Picking up trash from the earth has a

• Facile

• favor

• facsimile

• Beneficence

What does the word excrescence mean?

• little to no growth

• a lot of growth

• normal growth

What do these Latin roots facio, facere, feci, and factum mean?

• To make

• to watch

• to be good

• To destroy

Which word is an advantage?

• accrue

• beneficience

• faction

• crescendo

When tom petty was in a concert he always had a

• crescendo

• accrue

• faction

• facile

What does the word facile mean

• outgrowth

• acting, working or proceeding with ease

• orgianization

• accrue

What is the word that makes the most sense in the sentence? My tree in my front yard has

• crescendo

• faction

• excrescence

• Excrescent

What is the meaning of the word faction?

• An exact copy of something

• to claim something

• A group or clique within a larger, party or government

• words before or after a statement

The kid's feelings were hurt after he got an f on his test so he had to be ________ by his teacher.

• mollified

• mollify

• pretext

• facile