Quiz 4

Question 1

Arcadian

Answer 1

Simple, peaceful, rustic

Question 2

Croesus

Answer 2

a very rich man

Question 3

epicure, epicurean

Answer 3

a person of refined taste in matters of food and drink

Question 4

Gordian

Answer 4

to solve a difficult problem by direct and drastic means

Question 5

laconic

Answer 5

brief, pithy, concise

Question 6

mausoleum

Answer 6

a large tomb

Question 7

philippic

Answer 7

a bitter denunciation

Question 8

Pyrrhic

Answer 8

a victory won at too great at a cost

Question 9

solecism

Answer 9

a substandard usage of language, a social blunder

Question 10

sophistry, sophism

Answer 10

clever but deceptive argumentation meant to mislead

Question 11

sword of Damocles

Answer 11

a constantly threatening danger

Question 12

sybarite

Answer 12

one devoted to luxury and pleasure

Question 13

jeremiad

Answer 13

a long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes.

Question 14

maudlin

Answer 14

self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness.

Question 15

quixotic

Answer 15

exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.

Question 16

simony

Answer 16

the buying or selling of ecclesiastical privileges, for example pardons or benefices.

Question 17

tawdry

Answer 17

showy but cheap and of poor quality.

Question 18

Noun-forming suffix

-ast, -st

Answer 18

One who does

Question 19

Noun-forming suffix

-t, -tw

Answer 19

he who; that which

Question 20

Noun-forming suffix

-y, -ia

Answer 20

quality of ; state of; act of

Question 21

Base

ALL

allegory

Answer 21

Other

Question 22

Base

CAC

cacogenics, cacophony

Answer 22

Bad

Question 23

Base

CAU

cauterize

Answer 23

To burn

Question 24

Base

CLA

iconoclast

Answer 24

To break

Question 25

Base Do dose, antidote

Answer 25

To give

Question 26

Base DYN (AM) dynasty, dynamic, dynamo

Answer 26

force, power

Question 27

Base ERG, URG erg, energy, metallurgy

Answer 27

work

Question 28

Base LAT(E)R idolater, idolatry

Answer 28

to worship excessively, be fanatically devoted to

Question 29

Base PATH sympathy, telepathy

Answer 29

to feel, suffer,

Question 30

Base PHY physics, physiology

Answer 30

to grow

Question 31

Base PHYSI physics, physiology

Answer 31

nature

Question 32

Base STA static

Answer 32

to stand, stop

Question 33

Base THE thesis, theme, synthetic

Answer 33

To place, put

Question 34

Noun-forming suffix -ma, -m, -me

Answer 34

result of; thing that is the result of

Question 35

Noun-forming suffix -sis, -se, -sy, -sia

Answer 35

act of; state of; result of

Question 36

Base ANDR androgenic, philander

Answer 36

man, male

Question 37

Base KINE, CINE kinetic, cinema

Answer 37

to move

Question 38

Base GEN(E) geneology

Answer 38

kind, race

Question 39

Base GYN(E), GYN(A)EC gynarch, gynecology

Answer 39

woman, female

Question 40

Base IDI idiot, idiosyncrasy

Answer 40

one's own peculiar

Question 41

Base LITH, LITE lithograph, phonolite

Answer 41

stone

Question 42

Base MIS misanthrope

Answer 42

Hate

Question 43

Base PHE(M), PHA prophet, aphasia

Answer 43

To speak

Question 44

Base SCHIZ, SCHIS schizophrenia, schism

Answer 44

To split

Question 45

Base STERE stereograph

Answer 45

Solid, three-dimensional

Question 46

Base TYP typographical, typical

Answer 46

stamp, model

Question 47

polyandry

Answer 47

a pattern of mating in which a female animal has more than one male mate.

Question 48

anathema

Answer 48

something or someone that one vehemently dislikes.

Question 49

apotheosis

Answer 49

the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax.

Question 50

idiom

Answer 50

a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light ).

Question 51

Combining form -logy

Answer 51

science of; systematic study of

Question 52

Combining form -nomy

Answer 52

science of; system of laws governing

Question 53

Combining form -cracy

Answer 53

rule by; type of government

Question 54

Combining form -crat

Answer 54

one who advocates or practices rule by

Question 55

Base AUT automobile

Answer 55

self

Question 56

Base GASTR gastric

Answer 56

Stomach

Question 57

Base HELI helium

Answer 57

sun

Question 58

Base IDE ideal, idealism

Answer 58

thought, idea

Question 59

Base MANC, MANT bibliomancy, pyromancy

Answer 59

to divine by means of

Question 60

Base MICR microphone

Answer 60

Small, one millionth part of

Question 61

Base NECR necrosis

Answer 61

the dead, corpse, dead tissue

Question 62

Base PAL(A)E paleontology

Answer 62

Old

Question 63

Base PSEUD pseudoscientific

Answer 63

False

Question 64

Base PSYCH psychology

Answer 64

Mind

Question 65

Base TROP tropic

Answer 65

To turn

Question 66

Combining forms -archy

Answer 66

Rule by

Question 67

Combining forms -arch

Answer 67

one who rules

Question 68

Combining forms -mania

Answer 68

Madness about; passion for

Question 69

Combining forms -maniac

Answer 69

one having a madness or passion for

Question 70

Combining forms -phobia

Answer 70

abnormal fear or hatred of

Question 71

Combining forms -phobe

Answer 71

one who fears or hates

Question 72

Base ACR acrobat, acrostic

Answer 72

highest, the extremities

Question 73

Base EGO egotism

Answer 73

I

Question 74

Base HIER hieroglphyic

Answer 74

sacred

Question 75

Base HYDR hydroelectric

Answer 75

water

Question 76

Base MEGA megaphone

Answer 76

large, a million

Question 77

Base OLIG oligarchy

Answer 77

Few

Question 78

Base PATR patriot, patriotic

Answer 78

Father

Question 79

Base SOPH philosophy

Answer 79

Wise

Question 80

Base TELE telephone

Answer 80

afar, operating at a distance

Question 81

Base XEN xenogamy

Answer 81

stranger, foreigner

Question 82

Base ZO zoology

Answer 82

Animal

Question 83

Combining forms -meter

Answer 83

measure, number of feet in poetry

Question 84

Combining forms -metry

Answer 84

art or science of measuring

Question 85

Combining forms -graph, -graphy

Answer 85

writing; instrument for writing

Question 86

Combining forms -gram

Answer 86

thing written

Question 87

Combining forms -scope

Answer 87

instrument for viewing; to view

Question 88

Base BAR barometer

Answer 88

weight; pressure

Question 89

Base CAL calisthenics

Answer 89

beauty

Question 90

Base IS isomerous, isoceles

Answer 90

equal

Question 91

Base MACR macron

Answer 91

large, long

Question 92

Base ORA panorama

Answer 92

To see

Question 93

Base PETR petrify

Answer 93

Rock

Question 94

Base PHOT photography

Answer 94

light

Question 95

Base TOP topic, utopia

Answer 95

Place