Unit 8 Greek and Latin Root Words

a place where sick or injured people are given care or treatment and where babies are often born

• hostile

• hospital

• pseudonym

• hostage

The nurses and doctors at the _ took good care of me when I broke my arm.

• hospitable

• hostile

• hospital

• hostage

a person who is captured by someone who demands that certain things be done before the captured person is freed

• hostage

• hostile

• pseudonym

• acronym

a name for something tha is formed from the first letter of each of the words in a title

• pseudonym

• acronym

• antonym

• anonymous

The fans quickly became _ once the referee called the play.

• hostage

• hospitable

• acronym

• hostile

a word that has the same or similar meaning as another word in the same language

• anonymous

• homonym

• synonym

• antonym

generous and friendly

• hostage

• hostile

• hospital

• hospitable

a name an author uses instead of his or her real name

• acronym

• pseudonym

• antonym

• acronym