Test-Weeks 5 & 6 Root Words

From Week 5--Select the word that means gems of less value

• semisweet

• semiannual

• semifinal

• semiprecious

From Week 5--select the word that describes someone who is cautious and wants to avoid risk

• circumspect

• despicable

• specter

• perspicacious

From Week 6--Select the word that means past due, no longer valid or spoiled.

• perspire

• conspire

• expired

• transpire

From Week 6--fill in the blank

When you exercise at the gym, your body __________ in an attempt to cool your body down.

From Week 5--Fill in the blank

Stacy was raised in Georgia (Go Dawgs), but has been a ___________ of Navarre for 13 years.

From Week 6--select the word that means too import or too holy to change or interfere with

• sacrificial

• sacrosanct

• sacrificial

• desecrate

From Week 5--Fill in the blank

Most cookie recipes call for ____________ chocolate chips which are less sweet than milk chocolate, but less bitter than dark chocolate.

From Week 6--select the word that means to act as if you are more important or more intelligent than others

• descend

• ascend

• descendant

• condescend

From Week 6--fill in the blank

Tyler and Mason are my _____________, which means they came after me.

From Week 5--Fill in the blank

Joffrey Baratheon was a ____________ character in Game of Thrones.