Quiz Latin Roots

Question 1

manacles

Answer 1

handcuffs

Question 2

emancipate

Answer 2

to set free or to lend a hand in freeing someone

Question 3

manager

Answer 3

A person who is in charge of someone or something or A person who has the upper hand

Question 4

mandate

Answer 4

an order or command placed in one’s hands

Question 5

maneuver

Answer 5

to handily or skillfully go around something

Question 6

manicure

Answer 6

a treatment for the hands and nails

Question 7

manipulate

Answer 7

to skillfully operate by hand

Question 8

manual

Answer 8

a handbook or a book of directions

Question 9

manufacture

Answer 9

to make by hand or by machine; to change raw material into a new product

Question 10

manuscript

Answer 10

a handwritten or typed piece of writing, such as book

Question 11

biped

Answer 11

a creature with two feet

Question 12

centipede

Answer 12

a creature with 100 feet

Question 13

impediment

Answer 13

something that stands in one’s way

Question 14

millipede

Answer 14

a creature with 1,000 feet

Question 15

Pedal

Answer 15

a lever that moved with one’s foot

Question 16

Peddler

Answer 16

a person who goes from door to door on foot trying to sell a product

Question 17

pedicure

Answer 17

a foot treatment that could include soaking the feet and polishing the toenails

Question 18

quadruped

Answer 18

a four-footed creature

Question 19

tripod

Answer 19

a three-footed stand often used to balance a camera

Question 20

podiatrist

Answer 20

a doctor that specializes in feet

Question 21

pedestal

Answer 21

something that people stand on

Question 22

contradict

Answer 22

To speak against or to say the opposite

Question 23

dictation

Answer 23

What is written down as someone says it

Question 24

dictator

Answer 24

A leader who speaks and rules with total power

Question 25

diction

Answer 25

The manner in which something is expressed in words

Question 26

dictionary

Answer 26

A reference book in which spoken or written words are defined

Question 27

dictum

Answer 27

A judge’s ruling or statement

Question 28

edict

Answer 28

Public words issued by an official that explain law or command

Question 29

indictment

Answer 29

Formal words spoken or written by a jury that charge a person with a crime

Question 30

verdict

Answer 30

The decision on a jury makes in a trail

Question 31

circumspect

Answer 31

careful to look at all possibilities before acting

Question 32

introspection

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the act of looking into one’s own thoughts and feelings

Question 33

inspect

Answer 33

to look at carefully in search of flaws

Question 34

perspective

Answer 34

one way of looking at things

Question 35

respect

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to look up to someone

Question 36

retrospective

Answer 36

looking back at past things

Question 37

spectacle

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something displayed for the public to see

Question 38

spectacles

Answer 38

glasses that help someone see better

Question 39

spectator

Answer 39

a person who watches something, such as a sporting event

Question 40

speculate

Answer 40

to look at and think about something from different points of view

Question 41

dejected

Answer 41

to feel sad

Question 42

inject

Answer 42

A shot

Question 43

ejected

Answer 43

to throw out

Question 44

Interjection

Answer 44

A word thrown into a sentence or conversation

Question 45

Jettison

Answer 45

to throw goods overboard to light the bad on a boat or airplane

Question 46

Reject

Answer 46

To throw something out because it’s defective and can’t be used again

Question 47

Projectile

Answer 47

An object thrown into the air with great force

Question 48

Subject

Answer 48

To throw one self under someone else’s rule

Question 49

Trajectory

Answer 49

The curved path of an object thrown into in space