Vocabulary MULTI and POLY set 8

What do you think the root words MULTI and POLY mean?

Their cross cultural and linguistic skills could be especially valuable in a MULTICULTURAL society.

What do you think MULTICULTURAL means?

• Society that includes people from the same cultural background
• Society that excludes people from different cultural backgrounds
• Society that includes people from different cultural backgrounds
• Society that only includes people from one specific culture

The software is as MULTIFACETED as a diamond and as complex as a jungle.

What do you think MULTIFACETED means?

• having many different aspects or sides

• dull and uninteresting
• simple and straightforward
• shiny and reflective

Many people who work at the European Parliament are MULTILINGUAL.

What do you think MULTILINGUAL means?

• Being able to speak to animals
• Being able to speak multiple languages
• Being able to juggle multiple tasks at once
• Being able to predict the future

Instagram and Tiktok employ a MULTIMEDIA approach to advertisements.

What do you think MULTIMEDIA means?

• Using only images in advertisements
• Using multiple forms of media such as images, texts, videos, and audio in advertisements

• Using only text in advertisements
• Using only audio in advertisements

The successful applicant for this job must be able to MULTITASK.

What do you think MULTITASK means?

• Focus on one task at a time
• Avoid doing any tasks
• Only handle simple tasks
• Handle multiple tasks at the same time

A MULTITUDE of people lined up to watch their favorite celebrities walk into the movie premiere.

What do you think MULTITUDE means?

• A large number of people
• A group of animals
• A single person
• A small group of people

A POLYESTER shirt would be cheaper than a cotton one.

What do you think POLYESTER means?

• Wool fabric
• Natural fabric
• Silk fabric
• Synthetic fabric

A POLYGON with ten sides is a decagon; with 8 is an octagon.

What do you think POLYGON means?

• A type of bird
• A type of food
• A shape with 3 or more sides

• A musical instrument

POLYMERS make up many of the materials in living organisms and are the basis of many minerals and man-made materials.

What do you think POLYMER means?

• A substance that is not composed of repeated subunits
• A large molecule composed of many repeated subunits
• A single molecule composed of one subunit
• A small molecule composed of few repeated subunits