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WorksheetsBellringer 11/3
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
An effluence of lies continued to flow out of Pinocchio’s mouth, causing his nose to grow bigger with each fib.
Use your knowledge of prefixes--what is the meaning of effluence?
flowing inward
giving up
flowing out.
changing the minds of others.
Cornelia wanted to efface the memory of the time she slipped on the icy sidewalk in front of her house and broke her wrist.
Use your knowledge of prefixes--what is the meaning of efface?
to encourage
to blot out, or erase
to be embarrassed
to make a mistake
The refugees egressed from their homeland is largely because of the war that is currently ravaging it.
Use your knowledge of prefixes--what does egress mean?
to go out, to leave
to come in, to enter
to go around, circumvent
to go over
The doctor excised the tumor during the Tom's operation.
Use your knowledge of prefixes--what is the meaning of the word excised?
to find
to discuss
to cut out, to remove
to look surprised
Use your knowledge of prefixes--which word means "a general state of feeling badly; sickness."
malaise
benign
akimbo
reticent
Use your knowledge of prefixes--which of the following means "below the skin"?
subcutaneous
intercessory
akimbo
fatalistic
Use your knowledge of prefixes--which of the following means "working under the radar; a secret plan or action to get what you want by outwardly doing one thing that cleverly hides your true intentions."
susurration
soughing
extraneous
subterfuge
Choose all that apply.
Why pay attention to Latin?
The following have Latin bases for their words and will make learning them easier.
Italian, French, Portuguese, and Spanish languages
medical terms
Some words in German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish.
Harry Potter's spells
Let's read Latin!
Which phrase means "doing something in bad faith, in an attempt to deceive someone."
aqua vitae
bon fide
acta non verba
mal fide
Let's read Latin!
What is the U.S. motto that means "out of many, one." In other words, out of many states, one nation.
e pluribus unum
carpe diem
vincit qui se vincit.
sic semper tyrannis
Let's read more Latin!
Which of the following means "out of an abundance (a lot of) caution"?
ad infinitum
mea culpa
ex abundanti cautela
