Pre-State Questions—Novice Flashcards
Differentiate in meaning between vos and nos.
YOU/YALL/YOUSE/YINZ and WE/US
B1: Differentiate in meaning between in and inter.
IN/INTO and BETWEEN/AMONG
B2: Differentiate in usage between num and nonne.
NUM EXPECTS A NO ANSWER and NONNE EXPECTS A YES ANSWER
What is the dictionary entry for the first declension noun that means “queen”?
RĒGĪNA, RĒGĪNAE, F.—QUEEN
B1: What is the related third declension noun that means “king”?
RĒX
B2: What related second declension noun means “kingdom”?
REGNUM
Differentiate in meaning between trado and traho.
TO HAND OVER/GIVE UP and TO DRAG
B1: Differentiate in meaning between per and pars.
THROUGH and PART
B2: Differentiate in meaning between ars and arcus.
ART and ARCH/BOW
What Latin noun with what meaning is at the root of the following words: dismal, journal, diurnal, diary?
DIES-DAY
B1: Which of the following also come from “dies”: indict, contradict, dial, dictator?
DIAL
B2: What verb with what meaning do the other words: indict, contradict, and dictator, come from?
DICO-TO SAY
Differentiate in meaning between vīvō and vītō.
VĪVŌ—TO LIVE; VĪTŌ—TO AVOID
B1: What does the verb vulnerō mean?
TO WOUND
B2: What does the verb vincō mean?
TO CONQUER
Based on its Latin root noun, where is your nasal cavity?
NOSE
B1: Based on its Latin root noun, what would a dentifrice clean?
TOOTH/TEETH
B2: What hormone, the deficiency of which is characteristic to diabetes, is derived from the Latin noun for island?
INSULIN
Quid Anglice significat filia?
DAUGHTER
B1: Quid Anglice significat mater?
MOTHER
B2:Quid Anglice significat soror?
SISTER
Which of the following does not come from the same Latin roots as the others: equinox, adequate, equine, equanimity?
EQUINE
B1: What noun with what meaning is “equine” a derivative?
EQUUS—HORSE
B2: What adjective is the root of the other words in the tossup?
AEQUUS
What is the dictionary entry of the first conjugation Latin verb meaning “to stand”?
STO, STARE, STETI, STATUM
B1: What is the dictionary entry of the second conjugation Latin verb meaning “to sit”?
SEDEO, SEDERE, SEDI, SESSUM
B2: What is the dictionary entry of the second conjugation Latin verb meaning “to lie down”?
IACEO, IACERE, IACUI, IACITUM
What derivative of a Latin adjective meaning wide means: “distance north or south from Earth’s equator measured through ninety degrees”?
LATITUDE
B1: What derivative of a Latin adjective meaning wide means: “to become enlarged or
widened”?
DILATE
B2: What derivative of a Latin adjective meaning long means: “the portion of the earth’s equator intersected by a meridian of a given place and the prime meridian”?
LONGITUDE
What is the meaning of the third declension Latin noun canis?
DOG
B1: What is the meaning of the noun piscis?
FISH
B2: What is the meaning of avis?
BIRD
What English noun, derived from the Latin adverb meaning “almost” means: “a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water”?
PENINSULA
B1: What Latin noun with what meaning is also at the root of “peninsula”?
INSULA-ISLAND
B2: Speaking of peninsulas, what is the meaning of the Latin noun at the root of “Florida”?
FLOWER
Which of the following does not have the same root as the others: direct, correct, regent, usurp?
USURP
B1: What third conjugation verb meaning to snatch is at the root of usurp?
RAPIO
B2: What third conjugation verb with what meaning is at the root of the other words in the tossup?
REGO-TO RULE
What is the opposite of the Latin preposition “sine”?
CUM
B1: What is the opposite of the Latin preposition “super”?
SUB
B2: What is the opposite of the Latin preposition “ex”?
IN/AD
What verb with what meaning is “elaborate” a derivative of?
LABŌRŌ—TO WORK
B1: What derivative of labōrō means “a room or building equipped for scientific
experiments”?
LABORATORY
B2: What derivative of labōrō means to work together?
COLLABORATE
