Latin Roots #4

Question 0

Semicircle

Answer 0

Half a circle

Question 1

Semi

Answer 1

Half

Question 2

Sub, suc, suf, sug, sum, sup, sur, sus

Answer 2

Under, less than, inferior

Question 3

Succumb

Answer 3

To yield to something else, physically or figuratively

Question 4

Super, supra

Answer 4

Above, superior, surpassing

Question 5

Soprano

Answer 5

The highest singing part

Question 6

Trans

Answer 6

Across, through

Question 7

Transcontinental

Answer 7

Across a continent

Question 8

Tri

Answer 8

Three

Question 9

Triangle

Answer 9

A polygon with three sides

Question 10

Ultra

Answer 10

Beyond, on the other side of

Question 11

Ultrasound

Answer 11

A machine using sound waves above the range of human hearing to capture images of internal structures

Question 12

…itis

Answer 12

Inflammation

Question 13

Conjunctivitis

Answer 13

Pink eye

Question 14

Acerbus, acris, acuere

Answer 14

Sharp, to sharpen, needle, bitter

Question 15

Acerbate

Answer 15

To annoy to the point of anger or irritability

Question 16

Aequare

Answer 16

To make equal, even

Question 17

Equivocate

Answer 17

To use words with dual, uncertain meanings on order to deceive

Question 18

Aevum

Answer 18

Age

Question 19

Medieval

Answer 19

From the Middle Ages, outdated