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Classical Roots #2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Sub rosa"

a)

Under the Rose (secretly)

b)

Red Sandwich

c)

Under the Water

2.

To upset; overthrow; to ruin

a)

subservient

b)

subside

c)

subvert

d)

subconscious

3.

Excessively willing to yield;submissive

a)

subside

b)

subservient

c)

suburb

d)

sublime

4.

"Sub"

a)

over

b)

under

c)

above

d)

across

5.

Torqueo, Torquere,Torsi,Tortum

a)

To twist or bend out of shape

b)

To reply quickly

c)

Having many twists and turns

d)

To change somethuing

6.

To twist or bend out of shape

a)

distort

b)

tortuous

c)

contort

d)

retort

7.

To change something to make it false

a)

contort

b)

distort

c)

torque

d)

torment

8.

To reply quickly and and sharply, often as if in reply to an accusation.

a)

retort

b)

distort

c)

contort

d)

tortuous

9.

Having many twists and turns

a)

retort

b)

distort

c)

tortuous

d)

contort

10.

Verso, Versare, Versavi,Versatum

a)

To speak

b)

To turn; to turn around

c)

To bend

d)

To sing

11.

Hardship; misfortune

a)

avert

b)

prose

c)

adversity

d)

vortex

12.

To turn away (one's eyes)

a)

perserve

b)

avert

c)

prose

d)

introvert

13.

A person whose thoughts and interests are directed inward.

a)

avert

b)

introvert

c)

prose

d)

vertigo

14.

Stubbornly doing something other than what is reasonable or required.

a)

perverse

b)

introverted

c)

extroverted

d)

convert

15.

Ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter

a)

poetry

b)

prose

c)

vortex

d)

vertebra