Chapter 6: Latin Suffixes 3 (words)

Question 1

insanity (in-sanit-y)

Answer 1

the condition of being mentally unhealthy

Question 2

lucid (luc-id)

Answer 2

illuminated, clear

Question 3

vacuous (vacu-ous)

Answer 3

characterized by being empty

Question 4

absorption (ab-sorpt-ion)

Answer 4

the act of sucking something up

Question 5

rigidity (rig-id-ity)

Answer 5

stiffness

Question 6

error (err-or)

Answer 6

the result of wandering, a mistake

Question 7

gravid (grav-id)

Answer 7

pregnant, heavy with young

Question 8

ebullition (e-bullit-ion)

Answer 8

the process or state of boiling

Question 9

consistency (con-sist-ency)

Answer 9

the quality of standing together or agreeing

Question 10

cavity (cav-ity)

Answer 10

a hollow space

Question 11

acuity (acu-ity)

Answer 11

the quality of being sharp

Question 12

furious (fur-i-ous)

Answer 12

characterized by anger

Question 13

dissection (dis-sect-ion)

Answer 13

the act of cutting something apart, the surgical separation of tissue for study

Question 14

progression (pro-gress-ion)

Answer 14

the act of stepping or going forward

Question 15

tumor (tum-or)

Answer 15

a swelling

Question 16

gravity (grav-ity)

Answer 16

the quality of being heavy

Question 17

dormancy (dorm-ancy)

Answer 17

a period of sleep

Question 18

fragile (frag-ile)

Answer 18

able to be or tending to be broken

Question 19

brevity (brev-ity)

Answer 19

the quality of being short in duration

Question 20

proximity, juxtaposition (proxim-ity, juxta-posit-ion)

Answer 20

the quality of being near something

Question 21

absorbency (ab-sorb-ency)

Answer 21

the quality of being absorbent

Question 22

translucency, translucence (trans-luc-ency, trans-luc-ence)

Answer 22

the quality of letting light pass through

Question 23

dementia (de-ment-ia)

Answer 23

the state of being out of one’s mind

Question 24

fury, furor (fur-y, fur-or)

Answer 24

a state of anger

Question 25

extension (ex-tens-ion)

Answer 25

the act of stretching out

Question 26

science (sci-ence)

Answer 26

the result of knowledge, knowing

Question 27

refraction (re-fract-ion)

Answer 27

a bending or breaking back (eg of light)

Question 28

vacancy (vac-ancy)

Answer 28

the state of being empty

Question 29

sanitary (sanit-ary)

Answer 29

characterized by health

Question 30

fragility (frag-il-ity)

Answer 30

the condition of being susceptible to breaking

Question 31

deficiency (de-fic-i-ency)

Answer 31

a lack, less than the normal amount

Question 32

renointestinal (ren-o-intestin-al)

Answer 32

having to do with the kidneys and intestines

Question 33

seminiferous (semin-i-fer-ous)

Answer 33

semen-producing

Question 34

tumefacient (tum-e-fac-ient)

Answer 34

tending to produce swelling

Question 35

superfluity (super-flu-ity)

Answer 35

an overflowing or abundance

Question 36

bioabsorbable (bio-ab-sorb-able)

Answer 36

capable of being assimilated naturally

Question 37

mucosanguineous (muco-sanguin-e-ous)

Answer 37

containing mucus and blood

Question 38

acupuncture (acu-puncture)

Answer 38

anesthetic treatment using the insertion of needles

Question 39

vivisection (vivi-sect-ion)

Answer 39

cutting into a living animal for investigation