V/WM 16 -astro- RETAKE REVIEW

A Greek root meaning "star"

• astro

• asteroid

• astronomy

• disaster

Which word is an adjective?

• numerically

• numerical

• numericment

• number

Pick the correct synonym for the word “astro”.

• air

• water

• space

• land

The land behind his home was inhabitable, mostly a ___________________ of tangled shrubs and trees.

• heath

• belabor

• laudatory

• expound

The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space

• astro

• disaster

• astronomy

• asteroid

expressing praise

• expound

• belabor

• heath

• laudatory

A person who studies stars, planets, and other objects in outer space is called an ____________.

• astronomer
• astronaut
• asterisk
• astronomy

Pick the correct antonym for the word “astronomical”.

• large

• creative

• humorous

• small

A person who travels into outer space in a spacecraft is called an ____________.

• astronaut
• astronomer
• asterisk
• asteroid

This word means “the study of the supposed influences of the stars and planets on human affairs”.

• asterisk

• astronomer

• astrovan

• astrology