UNIT 7 ROOTS/AFFIXES

What are the two meanings of circ and circum

• round

• circle

• around

• flowing

If "spect" means to "see" or "look" Which word means to look around carefully and to think before doing something?

• speculate

• circumspect

• suspicious

• inspection

Which word means to move around an area or a place, often returning to a starting point?

• circle

• circumflex

• circumnavigate

• circulate

If "let" is an affix theat means small, which word means a small ring or round band worn as an ornament, especially on the head?

• circlet

• booklet

• bracelet

• couplet

Which word means bending around?

• circle

• circumflex

• circlet

• circumnavigate

Choose the antonym (opposite) for circumflex.

• oval

• diameter

• circle

• straight

Using the definitions for "circum" and "ven", choose the synonyms (more than one) for "circumvent."

• avoid

• bypass

• path

• around

The root metr/meter means...

• run

• listen

• measure

• music

If "baro" means pressure, then what is an instrument that is used to measure air pressure and predict changes in the weather?

• barotone

• barometer

• thermometer

• barrel

Using what the definitions for "dia" and "meter", what is the correct definition of the word "diameter"?

• 3.14

• The distance halfway through the center of a circle or sphere.

• The distance around a circle or sphere from one point to the another.

• The distance through the center of a circle or sphere from one side to the other.