(8th) Classical Roots: Lessons 3-4 Exam

Until contagious childhood diseases could be prevented by vaccines, a case of scarlet fever required a(n) _____ of the invalid for six weeks.

• excerpting

• exoneration

• mediation

• sequestration

The talkative Miss Bates in the novel Emma tediously _____ on details of every subject that comes her way.

• compounds

• excerpts

• expounds

• imposes

When objects that belonged to famous people like Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Elvis Presley go to auction, buyers are willing to pay _____ prices.

• exorbitant

• extraterrestrial

• obsequious

• subsequent

The laws that the Department of Motor Vehicles _____ on drivers are meant to improve safety on the road.

• compounds

• exonerates

• imposes

• sequesters

The title character in the novel Jane Eyre differs from other young pupils in her school because she refuses to be _____ to those in authority.

• compounded

• exhilirated

• extraneous

• obsequious

Winning an Olympic gold medal after years of training inspired my feelings of _____

• exhiliration

• exorbitance

• extroversion

• mediation

In the 1880s Harriet W. R. Strong, who urged water storage in dams, became the first _____ of flood control in the U.S.

• extrovert

• imposter

• mediator

• proponent

Which word is not derived from the Latin preposition ex?

• excerpt

• exorbitant

• exposition

• extraterrestrial

Which word or phrase is not derived from the Latin verb meaning "to follow"?

• exonerate

• non sequitur

• obsequious

• sequester

Which word is not derived from the Latin verb meaning "to place"?

• compound

• exposition

• extraneous

• imposter