Vocabulary #2

A compass is

• a type of sword

• a device used to write letters

• a part of the sail on a ship

• a device that helps with direction

Mariners used barometers on ships for air pressure, a chronometer to determine longitude, and a anemometer for wind. Meter means

• to give

• to keep

• to make

• to measure

To put thoughts, speech or data into written or printed form is...

• talking

• transcribe

• transfer

• travel

The suffix "er" means

• A verb

• A holiday that is celebrated

• A person that does an action indicated by the root verb

• A place

The root word cent means

• one hundred

• to go somewhere

• a color

• to push

Spectrum, spectacle, spectator means

• to listen

• to speak or talk

• to see or look

• to eat

I am going to disagree that your room is not clean and is in disarray. The root word dis means

• something to make you wonder

• used for giving word the opposite meaning.

• is an interjection

• used for giving word the same meaning.

To navigate a ship is to

• fix the rudder on the ship

• fix the sails on the ship

• direct the way it will travel

• paint it

Biology, physiology, and anthropology means

• life

• describe

• study of

• write