NLE Latin III derivatives, 2015-2023

Based on its Latin root, which English word literally means "to make better?"

• ameliorate
• minimize
• magnify
• digitize

Based on its Latin root, some items found in storage can be called antiques because they are _____ .

• old
• valuable
• dirty
• broken

What Latin adjective describing a color gave its name to the room in a Roman house that originally contained a fire whose smoke darkened the walls and ceiling?

• āter, ātra, ātrum
• ruber, rubra, rubrum
• purpureus, purpurea, purpureum
• albus, alba, album

Which Latin word gives us the English words decompose, expound, expository, and opponent?

• pōnō
• portō
• poscō
• possum

The Latin ending –tās, as found in hūmānitās, lībertās, and pietās, yields what ending in English?

• -ty
• -ane
• -ous
• -tion

Your colleague is quite belligerent.

• agressive
• loud
• knowledgeable
• lazy

What is the meaning of the Latin word from which we derive the English words hesitate, inherent, and adhesive?

• stick
• pull
• consider
• remove

Based on its Latin root, which English word literally means, “to reduce to nothing”?

• annihilate
• reanimate
• decapitate
• defenestrate

Ēheu! Your alarm did not go off and you are late for school once again. What Latin word gives us the English word which describes you?

• tardus, -a, -um
• bonus, -a, -um
• parvus, -a, -um
• lātus, -a, -um

Take your time and think about the irrevocable decision you are about to make!

• unalterable
• unwise
• unfortunate
• unjustified