Marking Period 2 Root Words

Question 1

acri/acer

acrimonious, exacerbate

Answer 1

sharp/bitter

acrid

Question 2

culp

culpable, culprit, mea culpa

Answer 2

to blame

inculpable, exculpatory, exculpate

Question 3

dol

indolent, doleful, dolorous

Answer 3

to feel pain, to be grieved

condolence, indolence

Question 4

jac/ject

jettison, conjecture, abject

Answer 4

to throw, to cast

interject,dejected

Question 5

luc

pellucid, elucidate, translucent

Answer 5

light

lucid

Question 6

phot/phos

phosphorescent, photogenic, phototrophic

Answer 6

light

diphosphate, phosphatize, photographic

Question 7

struct/struc

infrastructure

Answer 7

to build

obstruct

Question 8

tom

epitome, dichotomy, anatomy

Answer 8

to cut

appendectomy, tome, lobotomy

Question 9

tract

protracted, intractable, distraught

Answer 9

to drag

detract, protract, retract

Question 10

vor

voracity, omnivorous, herbivorous

Answer 10

to eat

carnivore, devour, insectivore, voracious

Question 11

Root Word

Answer 11

The most basic part of a word, with no prefix or suffix

Question 12

ACRImonious

Answer 12

(typically of speech or a debate) angry and bitter.

Question 13

exACERbate

Answer 13

to make something worse

Question 14

culpable

Answer 14

deserving blame

Question 15

culprit

Answer 15

a person who is responsible for a crime or other misdeed.

Question 16

mea CULPa

Answer 16

an acknowledgment of one’s fault or error

Question 17

inDOLent

Answer 17

wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy

Question 18

DOLeful

Answer 18

expressing sorrow; mournful.

Question 19

DOLorous

Answer 19

feeling or expressing great SORROW or DISTRESS.

Question 20

JETtison

Answer 20

to THROW or drop something from a ship or aircraft

Question 21

conJECTure

Answer 21

an opinion or judgment based on little or no evidence

Question 22

abJECT

Answer 22

being CAST off and seperated from the norms of society

Question 23

pellucid

Answer 23

translucently clear

Question 24

elucidate

Answer 24

make (something) clear

Question 25

translucent

Answer 25

(of a substance) allowing light, but not detailed shapes, to pass through

Question 26

phosphorescent

Answer 26

giving off or shining with light, and giving off little or no heat

Question 27

photogenic

Answer 27

(especially of a person) looking attractive in photographs or on film

Question 28

phototrophic

Answer 28

(of an organism) obtaining energy from sunlight to synthesize organic compounds for nutrition.

Question 29

infrastructure

Answer 29

the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g. buildings, roads, power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise

Question 32

epitome

Answer 32

a person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type

Question 33

dichotomy

Answer 33

Two ideas that are opposed- war and peace, love and hate

Question 34

anatomy

Answer 34

the branch of science concerned with the bodily structure of humans, animals, and other living organisms

Question 35

protracted

Answer 35

relatively long in duration; tediously

Question 36

intractable

Answer 36

not easily controlled or directed

Question 37

distraught

Answer 37

deeply upset and agitated

Question 38

voracity

Answer 38

the state of being very eager to have a lot of something

Question 39

omnivorous

Answer 39

feeding on food of both plant and animal origin;undiscriminating

Question 40

herbivorous

Answer 40

(of an animal) feeding on plants