PreAP Greek & Latin Roots Test

Question 1

Greek PHOS, PHOTOS,

Answer 1

“light”

Question 2

tending to grow or move toward light

Answer 2

phototropic

Question 3

giving off light without heat

Answer 3

phosphorescent

Question 4

attractive in pictures or photographs

Answer 4

photogenic

Question 5

Latin LUX, LUCIS

Answer 5

“light”

Question 6

easy to understand; clear

Answer 6

lucid

Question 7

to make clear by explaining

Answer 7

elucidate

Question 8

allowing light to pass through

Answer 8

translucent

Question 9

Latin SPECERE, SPECTUM

Answer 9

“to look at”

Question 10

careful; mindful of rules and consequences

Answer 10

circumspect

Question 11

that which is expected

Answer 11

prospect

Question 12

a ghost or phantom

Answer 12

specter

Question 13

Latin VIDERE, VISUM

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“to see, to look”

Question 14

hateful or spiteful

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invidious

Question 15

happening by good fortune

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providential

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to create without any forethought or preparation

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improvise

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unutterable; indescribable

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ineffable

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childish; immature

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infantile

Question 19

easy to converse with; friendly

Answer 19

affable

Question 20

an official order

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edict

Question 21

to charge with a crime; to accuse

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indict

Question 22

a formal or authoritative statement

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dictum

Question 23

to pronounce or speak clearly

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enunciate

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to reject by declaration

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renounce

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a declaration of opinion; a judgement

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pronouncement

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to call on for support

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invoke

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causing disturbance or excitement

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provocative

Question 28

to make invalid; to deactivate

Answer 28

revoke

Question 29

Latin NUNC, NOUNCE

Answer 29

“to announce”

Question 30

Latin VOC, VOK

Answer 30

“to call”

Question 31

Latin FA

Answer 31

“to speak”

Question 32

Latin DIC, DICT

Answer 32

“to say, to tell”