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11th Latin Roots 5-6

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Benson burst into the great hall with a rather --- look on his face due to the exciting trip in store for the day.

a)

jocose

b)

bacchic

c)

plaintive

d)

elegiac

2.

He is known for his --- disposition, finding ways to tease others and make everyone laugh.

a)

plaintive

b)

bacchanal

c)

feted

d)

jocular

3.

I --- the entire party with bright and colorful decorations.

a)

feted

b)

plainted

c)

festooned

d)

jocosed

4.

As my dad was turning 50, I --- him with a party that included a band and pictures that reminded him of his “glory days.”

a)

feted

b)

elegied

c)

festooned

d)

bacchiced

5.

The --- celebration next door kept us up so long overnight that we called the police.

a)

elegiac

b)

bacchic

c)

plaintive

d)

jocular

6.

For some people, a New Year’s Eve --- is the largest event of the year.

a)

festoon

b)

elegy

c)

bacchanal

d)

jocular

7.

The --- people apologized to the police for being so loud.

a)

jocular

b)

jocose

c)

elegiac

d)

plaintive

8.

The freshman were full of --- about having to read 15 pages of the novel per night.

a)

elegies

b)

plaints

c)

fetes

d)

bacchanals

9.

They paid their respects by performing a(n) --- in remembrance of the Queen.

a)

elegy

b)

bacchanal

c)

festoon

d)

plaint

10.

The --- speech honored those who had fallen in service to our country.

a)

bacchic

b)

plaintive

c)

jocose

d)

elegiac

11.

"Joke" is the meaning of which root?

a)

JOC

b)

FEST/FET

c)

PLAINT

d)

ELEG

12.

"Festive" is the meaning of which root?

a)

JOC

b)

FEST/FET

c)

PLAINT

d)

ELEG

13.

"To lament" is the meaning of which root?

a)

JOC

b)

FEST/FET

c)

PLAINT

d)

ELEG

14.

"Song of lament" is the meaning of which root?

a)

JOC

b)

FEST/FET

c)

PLAINT

d)

ELEG

15.

Word meaning to honor with a banquet or feast (v)

a)

elegy

b)

elegiac

c)

fete

d)

festoon

16.

Word meaning a drunken party or celebration (n)

a)

jocose

b)

jocular

c)

bacchic

d)

bacchanal

17.

Word meaning mourning that which is lost or past; sorrowful (adj)

a)

elegiac

b)

plaintive

c)

jocular

d)

bacchic

18.

From the name of the Roman god of wine and celebration

a)

joc

b)

fest, fet

c)

bacch

d)

plaint

19.

to waste away; to weaken

a)

acquiesce

b)

languor

c)

languish

d)

languid

20.

a repayment, compensation, or reward

a)

quittance

b)

vigilante

c)

requiem

d)

sopor

21.

causing sleep or fatigue

a)

sopor

b)

somnolent

c)

languid

d)

soporific

22.

lacking energy; weak

a)

soporific

b)

somnolent

c)

languid

d)

languor

23.

a song or religious service for the dead/lost

a)

requiem

b)

vigilant

c)

sopor

d)

languor

24.

on the alert; awake and watchful

a)

vigilante

b)

soporific

c)

quittance

d)

vigilant

25.

to give in without much resistance; to submit

a)

quittance

b)

somnolent

c)

acquiesce

d)

languish

26.

sleep or drowsiness

a)

sopor

b)

somnolent

c)

languor

d)

soporific

27.

someone who takes the law into his/her own hands

a)

sopor

b)

vigilante

c)

requiem

d)

vigilant

28.

Latin meaning "sleep"

a)

somn/sopor

b)

lang

c)

vigil

d)

quies

29.

Latin meaning "to be weak; to be faint"

a)

somn/sopor

b)

lang

c)

vigil

d)

quies

30.

Latin meaning "watchful"

a)

somn/sopor

b)

lang

c)

vigil

d)

quies

31.

Latin meaning "to rest"

a)

somn/sopor

b)

lang

c)

vigil

d)

quies

32.

The professor's boring speech was ________ and had everyone in the audience yawning.

a)

soporific

b)

vigilant

c)

requiem

d)

languish

33.

The boring situation caused the girl to fall into a ________, despite her effort to stay awake.

a)

vigilante

b)

languish

c)

sopor

d)

quittance

34.

The heat makes Helen ________ and quiet.

a)

languor

b)

languid

c)

requiem

d)

vigilant

35.

Although he didn't set out to be a ________, Peter Parker became famous for finding bad guys and making them pay.

a)

vigilante

b)

sopor

c)

languor

d)

acquiesce