Vocabulary set 10 INTER and MID

What do you think the root word INTER means?

What do you think the root word MID means?

The government agreed to INTERCEDE between the hijackers and the authorities.

What do you think INTERCEDE means?

• interfere or negotiate
• mediate or arbitrate
• intrude or reconcile
• act as a go between or mediate

He stepped between the two players to INTERCEPT the ball.

What do you think INTERCEPT means?

• To stop or catch something in its path

• To apologize for a mistake
• To pass the ball to a teammate
• To kick the ball out of bounds

Adam tries not to let business INTERFERE with his home life.

What do you think INTERFERE means?

• enhance or improve
• ignore or neglect
• disrupt or get involved with

• support or assist

We INTERRUPT this program to bring you a newsflash!

What do you think INTERRUPT means?

• To speed up the progress of something
• To stop or hinder the progress of something temporarily
• To continue without any pause
• To ignore completely

The army will have to INTERVENE to prevent further fighting.

What do you think INTERVENE means?

• To ignore the situation

• To support the conflict
• to get involved, to come between

• To encourage further fighting

We finally got home at MIDNIGHT.

What do you think MIDNIGHT means?

• 6:00 PM
• 12:00 AM
• 12:00 PM

• 9:00 AM

The hunters camped in the MIDST of the thick forest.

What do you think MIDST means?

• middle or center
• sky
• outskirts

• edge

The boat drifted out into MIDSTREAM.

What do you think MIDSTREAM means?

• side of a stream or river

• end of a stream or river
• beginning of a stream or river
• middle part of a stream or river