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Etymology Unit 2

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

dangerous; risky; lacking in security or stability

a)

precarious

b)

concur

c)

discourse

d)

courier

2.

a messenger

a)

precarious

b)

concur

c)

discourse

d)

courier

3.

to express agreement, approve

a)

precarious

b)

concur

c)

discourse

d)

courier

4.

communication of thought by words; talk; conversation

a)

precarious

b)

concur

c)

discourse

d)

courier

5.

running or adapted for running

a)

cursorial

b)

concur

c)

discourse

d)

courier

6.

looking within oneself

a)

despicable

b)

preposition

c)

introspective

d)

supposition

7.

worthy of scorn, contemptible

a)

despicable

b)

preposition

c)

introspective

d)

supposition

8.

a word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word

a)

despicable

b)

preposition

c)

introspective

d)

supposition

9.

something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence

a)

despicable

b)

preposition

c)

introspective

d)

supposition

10.

a plan suggested for acceptance; a proposal

a)

despicable

b)

preposition

c)

proposition

d)

supposition

11.

explanatory

a)

expository

b)

proponents

c)

composers

d)

imposter

12.

promoters; supporters

a)

expository

b)

proponents

c)

composers

d)

imposter

13.

musicians who create (write) music

a)

expository

b)

proponents

c)

composers

d)

imposter

14.

a swindler, deceiver; one who uses a false name or character in order to cheat

a)

expository

b)

proponents

c)

composers

d)

imposter

15.

one who advocates, speaks for, explains, or interprets; the power to which a number, symbol, or expression is to be raised

a)

exponents

b)

opponents

c)

contortionist

d)

tortuous

16.

people who compete against each other in a contest

a)

exponents

b)

opponents

c)

contortionist

d)

tortuous

17.

a performer who twists his or her body into unusual positions

a)

exponents

b)

opponents

c)

contortionist

d)

tortuous

18.

winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious

a)

exponents

b)

opponents

c)

contortionist

d)

tortuous

19.

a state of quiet, calmness, or sleep produced by a drug

a)

sedation

b)

sedatives

c)

sediment

d)

subsidies

20.

sleep-inducing drugs that tend to decrease central nervous system activation and behavioral activity

a)

sedation

b)

sedatives

c)

sediment

d)

subsidies

21.

a residue that settles in the bottom of something

a)

sedation

b)

sedatives

c)

sediment

d)

subsidies

22.

a grant or contribution of money, especially one made by a government in support of an undertaking or the upkeep of a thing

a)

sedation

b)

sedatives

c)

sediment

d)

subsidies

23.

sinks; settles downward

a)

subsides

b)

cursory

c)

retrospect

d)

proposal

24.

hasty; superficial

a)

subsides

b)

cursory

c)

retrospect

d)

proposal

25.

looking backward

a)

subsides

b)

cursory

c)

retrospect

d)

proposal

26.

A plan or suggestion put forward for consideration or discussion by others

a)

subsides

b)

cursory

c)

retrospect

d)

proposal

27.

place side by side

a)

juxtapose

b)

torture

c)

tortilla

d)

insidious

28.

anguish of body or mind; agony

a)

juxtapose

b)

torture

c)

tortilla

d)

insidious

29.

thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour

a)

juxtapose

b)

torture

c)

tortilla

d)

insidious

30.

intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous

a)

juxtapose

b)

torture

c)

tortilla

d)

insidious

31.

run, go

a)

cur(r), curs, cours

b)

pon, pos(it), pound

c)

sed, sid, sess

d)

spect, spic

e)

torque, tort

32.

put, place

a)

cur(r), curs, cours

b)

pon, pos(it), pound

c)

sed, sid, sess

d)

spect, spic

e)

torque, tort

33.

sit, settle

a)

cur(r), curs, cours

b)

pon, pos(it), pound

c)

sed, sid, sess

d)

spect, spic

e)

torque, tort

34.

watch, look at

a)

cur(r), curs, cours

b)

pon, pos(it), pound

c)

sed, sid, sess

d)

spect, spic

e)

torque, tort

35.

twist, turn

a)

cur(r), curs, cours

b)

pon, pos(it), pound

c)

sed, sid, sess

d)

spect, spic

e)

torque, tort