Latin root word definitions

Question 1

Annual

Answer 1

Something that happens once a year.

Question 2

Perennial

Answer 2

Something that lasts for a long time or comes back year after year, like a
type of plant

Question 3

• Aqueous

Answer 3

Something that is watery or contains water

Question 4

Aquatic

Answer 4

Related to water or living in water.

Question 5

Audible

Answer 5

Something that can be heard.

Question 6

Audiovisual

Answer 6

Something that involves both sound and sight, like a video with
pictures and sound.

Question 7

Benign

Answer 7

Something that is harmless or gentle

Question 8

Benevolent:

Answer 8

Being kind and wanting to do good for others.

Question 9

• Binary

Answer 9

Something that has only two parts or options

Question 10

Bifocal

Answer 10

Glasses with two different lenses, one for seeing up close and one for
seeing far away

Question 11

Percentile:

Answer 11

: A way of ranking things to show where something stands compared to
others,

Question 12

• Centurion

Answer 12

A commander in the ancient Roman army, in charge of 100 soldiers.

Question 13

Circumvent:

Answer 13

To find a way around something, like avoiding a rule or obstacle.

Question 14

• Circumference

Answer 14

The distance around a circle or round object.

Question 15

Convene:

Answer 15

To bring people together for a meeting or activity

Question 16

Cohesive

Answer 16

When things or people stick together and work well as a group or team.

Question 17

Contrarian:

Answer 17

A person who does or believes the opposite of what most people do

Question 18

Contradict

Answer 18

to go against or say the opposite of what someone else is doing or
saying

Question 19

Credible

Answer 19

Something that is believable or trustworthy.

Question 20

Diction

Answer 20

The way someone chooses their words when speaking or writing

Question 21

Edict:

Answer 21

An official order or command given by someone in power.

Question 22

Refract

Answer 22

When light bends as it passes through something

Question 23

Infraction:

Answer 23

Breaking a rule or law, but usually in a minor way.

Question 23

Intercept

Answer 23

To stop or catch something before it gets to its destination

Question 24

Interval

Answer 24

The space or time between two things, like the break between classes.

Question 25

Trajectory:

Answer 25

The path something follows as it moves through the air

Question 26

Deject:

Answer 26

to make someone feel sad or dicouraged