Vocabulary from Latin and Greek Roots - Unit Five Homework

What is the meaning of the root VID/VIS?

• To hear

• To see

• To touch

• To taste

The word 'envisage' is derived from which Latin root?

• A) VID/VIS

• B) PARI

• C) SPEC

• D) None of the above.

What is a synonym for 'apparition'?

• Ghost

• Vision

• Dream

• Illusion

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

Which word means 'wise; insightful; acutely intelligent'?

• Retrospective

• Perspicacious

• Apparition

• Aspect

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

The Latin root SPEC means: A) To hear B) To see C) To look D) To touch.

• To hear

• To see

• To look

• To touch

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.6

Fill in the blank: Not every ______ of this situation is negative.

• apparition

• visage

• aspect

• specter

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Fill in the blank: The poet enjoyed taking long walks alone because he was ______.

• shallow

• introspective

• extroverted

• indifferent

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Fill in the blank: The ______ curtains were lightly lifted by any breeze.

• opaque

• diaphanous

• heavy

• dark

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the word 'sycophant' mean?

• A) A person who flatters

• B) A moment of great insight

• C) A lightweight material

• D) A fact or event which can be observed.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

What is the origin of the word 'introspective'?

• Greek

• Latin

• French

• German

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4C