Lesson 12 Terms Classical Roots Book A

Question 1

advent

Answer 1

n. 1) arrival or coming into being

2) (capitalized) The period beginning 4 weeks before Christmas.

Question 2

circumvent

Answer 2

v. 1) to avoid; to evade by cleverness
2) to avoid by passing around

n. circumvention

Question 3

convene

Answer 3

v. 1) to assemble, especially for a meeting

n. convention

Question 4

intervene

Answer 4

v. 1) to occur between events or periods
2) to come between, thereby easing a situation
3) to interfere or to interrupt

n. intervention

Question 5

itinerant

Answer 5

adj, traveling from place to place, especially to perform
some duty or work; transient
n. a person who travels from place to place

Question 6

itinerary

Answer 6

n. 1) a route of travel
2) a plan or record of a journey

v. itinerate

Question 7

telepathy

Answer 7

n. communication from one mind to another without speech, writing, or other sensory means
adj. telepathic adv. telepathically

Question 8

deviate

Answer 8

v. to turn aside from a course, norm, pattern, or subject

adj. and n. deviant n. deviation

Question 9

devious

Answer 9

adj. 1) winding; roundabout
2) underhanded; deceptive

n. deviousness

Question 10

impervious

Answer 10

adj. 1) not penetrable by light ways, moisture, etc.
2) incapable of being influenced or affected

n. imperviousness

Question 11

iter, itineris

Answer 11

Latin roots for “journey”

Question 12

venio, venire, veni, ventum

Answer 12

Latin roots for “to come”

Question 13

tele

Answer 13

Greek root for “at a distance”

Question 14

via

Answer 14

Latin root for “way”, “street”, “road”, “journey”