Adjectives

Question 1

acerb-

Answer 1

Latin. sour, acerbus, acerbic, exacerbate

Question 2

acid-

Answer 2

Latin. sour, acidus, acidic, acidophilous

Question 3

alb-

Answer 3

Latin. white, albus, alb, albino

Question 4

antiqu-

Answer 4

Latin. ancient, antiquus, antique, antiquity

Question 5

archeX-

Answer 5

Greek. ancient, archeology,

Question 6

arid-

Answer 6

Latin. dry, aridus, arid, aridness

Question 7

ben-

Answer 7

Latin. good, bonus, benefit, benediction

Question 8

brachy-

Answer 8

Greek. short, brachylogy,

Question 9

brady-

Answer 9

Greek. slow, bradycardia,

Question 10

brev-

Answer 10

Latin. short, brevis, brief, brevity

Question 11

cac-

Answer 11

Greek. bad, cacophony,

Question 12

caerule-

Answer 12

Latin. blue, c(a)eruleus, cerulean,

Question 13

calli-

Answer 13

Greek. good, calligraphy,

Question 14

caroten-

Answer 14

Latin. yellow, carotenoid,

Question 15

celer-

Answer 15

Latin. fast, celer, accelerate

Question 16

cen-

Answer 16

Greek. new, Cenozoic,

Question 17

chlor-

Answer 17

Greek. green, chlorophyll,

Question 18

chromat-

Answer 18

Greek. colored, chromatic, chromatograph,

Question 19

color-

Answer 19

Latin. colored, color, colorful, coloration

Question 20

cyan-

Answer 20

Greek. blue, cyanic, cyanide,

Question 21

dolich-

Answer 21

Greek. long, dolichocephalic,

Question 22

dulc-

Answer 22

Latin. sweet, dulcis, dulcet, dulcify

Question 23

erythr-

Answer 23

Greek. red, reddish, erythrocyte,

Question 24

fulv-

Answer 24

Latin. yellow-brown, fulvus, fulvous,

Question 25

glyc(y)-

Answer 25

Greek. sweet, glycol, glycyrrhizin,

Question 26

grand-

Answer 26

Latin. big, grandis, grand,

Question 27

gymn-

Answer 27

Greek. bare, gymnosperm,

Question 28

humid-

Answer 28

Latin. wet, humidus, humid, humidify

Question 29

hygr-

Answer 29

Greek. wet, hygric, hygrometer,

Question 30

juv-

Answer 30

Latin. young, juvenis, juvenile, junior

Question 31

lent-

Answer 31

Latin. slow, lentus, lento

Question 32

leuc-/leuk-

Answer 32

Greek. white, leukemia,

Question 33

long-

Answer 33

Latin. long, longus, long, longitude

Question 34

macr-

Answer 34

Greek. big, macrorhinia,

Question 35

magn-

Answer 35

Latin. big, magnus, magnify

Question 36

mal-

Answer 36

Latin. bad, malus, malicious, malice

Question 37

mega(l)-

Answer 37

Greek. big, megaspore, megalomania,

Question 38

melan-

Answer 38

Greek. black, melanous, melanin,

Question 39

micr-

Answer 39

Greek. small, microbe,

Question 40

mult-

Answer 40

Latin. many, multus, multiple, mutlidentate

Question 41

neX-

Answer 41

Greek. young, new.

Question 42

nigr-

Answer 42

Latin. black, niger, denigrate

Question 43

nov-

Answer 43

Latin. new, novus, novel, novice

Question 44

nud-

Answer 44

Latin. bare, nudus, nude, nudibranch

Question 45

olig-

Answer 45

Greek. few, oligarch,

Question 46

ox(y)-

Answer 46

Greek. sour, oxymoron, oxide,

Question 47

paleX-

Answer 47

Greek. old, paleolithic,

Question 48

parv-

Answer 48

Latin. small, parvus, parvovirus

Question 49

pauc-

Answer 49

Latin. few, paucus, paucal, poco

Question 50

plan-

Answer 50

Latin. flat, planus, planar, plane

Question 51

platy-

Answer 51

Greek. flat, platypus,

Question 52

poly-

Answer 52

Greek. many, polygon,

Question 53

rub(e/r)-

Answer 53

Latin. red, rubor, rubric, rubescent

Question 54

ruf-

Answer 54

Latin. reddish, rufus, rufous, rufescent

Question 55

sen-

Answer 55

Latin. old, senex, senile, senior

Question 56

tachy-

Answer 56

Greek. fast, tachyon,

Question 57

virid-

Answer 57

Latin. green, viridis, virid, verdant (Fr.)

Question 58

xanth-

Answer 58

Greek. yellow, xanthous,, xanthocarpous,

Question 59

xer-

Answer 59

Greek. dry, xeric, xerography,