Unit 2.4

Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

A newborn baby's skin is tender.

• hard

• pale

• rough

• soft

Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

The ground by the plat was steeped in water.

• soaked

• unchanged

• not affected

• need to be filled

Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

Their bodies excreted sweat.

• dried

• found

• mixed

• removed

Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

Blood travels through vessels in the body.

• bones

• pores

• muscles

• tubes

Which word is a synonym for ultraviolet in the sentence below.

Some insects are able to see ultraviolet light.

• cloudy

• bright purple

• visible to humans

• invisible to humans

Which word contains a Greek root meaning "life"?

• biography

• telegraph

• autopilot

• metric

Which word contains a Greek root meaning "written or drawn"?

• kilogram

• microscope

• graphic

• biodiesel

Which word contains a Greek root meaning "far or distant"?

• autobiography

• phonics

• biochemistry

• television

Which word contains a Greek root meaning "sound"?

• tleprompter

• geography

• phonograph

• biochemistry

In the sentence below, the word telescope means-

I looked through the telescope and saw the moon.

• tool to see very small items

• tool to see items in the distance

• a rocket that allows you to travel

• a way to measure long distances.