Word Roots Level 1: List 11 Practice

To _________ means "to encircle or draw around an object or figure."

• circumscribe

• describe

• inscribe

• prescribe

To _________ means "to give an account of, or represent, with words or pictures."

• circumscribe

• describe

• inscribe

• prescribe

To _________ means "to write or engrave on a surface."

• circumscribe

• describe

• inscribe

• prescribe

To _________ means "to order or advise the use of a medicine" or "to write or set down as a rule, order, or direction."

• circumscribe

• describe

• inscribe

• prescribe

Something that is _________ tends to surround, limit, or enclose. It is restrictive.

• descriptive

• cognizant

• circumscriptive

• terminal

Someone who is _________ tends to use a lot of detail in writing or speaking.

• descriptive

• cognizant

• circumscriptive

• terminal

A(n) ________ is an action or process of picturing in words; a written representation of a person, object, or event.

• inscription

• postscript

• prescription

• description

A(n) ________ is an engraving of words on a coin or other object.

• inscription

• postscript

• prescription

• description

A(n) ________ is an addition at the end of a letter, article, or book (abbreviated as PS).

• inscription

• postscript

• prescription

• description

A(n) ________ is a written order for medicine.

• inscription

• postscript

• prescription

• description