Root Morphology Words Part C (plex, verb, temp, spir, ego)

Question 1

complex

Answer 1

“woven” together

Question 2

complexity

Answer 2

state of being “woven” together

Question 3

complexion

Answer 3

set of skin features “woven” into one’s facial appearance

Question 4

perplexing

Answer 4

thoroughly “woven” in confusion

Question 5

perplex

Answer 5

to thoroughly “weave”

Question 6

multiplex

Answer 6

many theater screens “woven” into one theater

Question 7

duplex

Answer 7

two residences “woven” into one building

Question 8

googolplex

Answer 8

a googol of zeroes “woven” into a number, equivalent to ten raised to the power of a googol

1 googol = ten raised to the power of a hundred (10¹⁰⁰).

Question 9

verb

Answer 9

“word” that indicates an action in a sentence

Question 10

adverb

Answer 10

“word” that sits near a verb or adjective to describe it

Question 11

verbal

Answer 11

relating to “words”

Question 12

verbalize

Answer 12

express ideas in “words”

Question 13

verbose

Answer 13

too full of “words”

Question 14

verbiage

Answer 14

manner or style of “words” used

Question 15

proverb

Answer 15

wise “word” put forth

Question 16

verbatim

Answer 16

“word” for “word”

Question 17

verve

Answer 17

originally an energetic use of “words”

Question 18

temporal

Answer 18

of “time”

Question 19

contemporary

Answer 19

of “time” spent together

Question 20

contemporaneous

Answer 20

of “time” spent together

Question 21

temporary

Answer 21

of a short “time”

Question 22

temp

Answer 22

worker hired for a short period of “time”

Question 23

tempus fugit

Answer 23

Latin for “time” flies

Question 24

tempo

Answer 24

“timing” or speed of something

Question 25

extemporaneous

Answer 25

of being out of “time” to prepare

Question 26

temporize

Answer 26

to delay in order to gain more “time” to do something

Question 27

contretemps

Answer 27

an occurrence that goes against the smooth “timing” of a period of “time”

Question 28

extemporize

Answer 28

to play with no “time” to have prepared a piece of music

Question 29

tempest

Answer 29

storm which comes around at a certain “time”

Question 30

spiracle

Answer 30

blowhole through which a whale “breathes”

Question 31

respiration

Answer 31

“breathing” in and out, again and again

Question 32

expire

Answer 32

to “breathe” out one’s last “breath” (n.b. an x=ks)

Question 33

inspiration

Answer 33

a “breathing” into one’s mind of a good idea

Question 34

perspiration

Answer 34

the act of sweat “breathing” through the skin’s pores

Question 35

transpire

Answer 35

to “breathe” across into happening

Question 36

conspiracy

Answer 36

a group “breathing” together to hatch a plot of some sort

Question 37

conspire

Answer 37

to “breathe” together

Question 38

aspiration

Answer 38

the act of “breathing” towards a particular goal

Question 39

aspire

Answer 39

to “breathe” towards a set goal

Question 40

ego

Answer 40

the way a person thinks about herself, that is, her “I”

Question 41

egotistical

Answer 41

thinking about “I” a little too much

Question 42

egotist

Answer 42

one who excessively thinks about “I”

Question 43

egoist

Answer 43

another word for “egotist”

Question 44

egotism

Answer 44

thinking excessively about “I”

Question 45

egoism

Answer 45

another word for “egotism”

Question 46

egomaniac

Answer 46

thinking about “I” way too much

Question 47

egomaniacal

Answer 47

of thinking about “I” way too much

Question 48

superego

Answer 48

that part of the ego or “I” that watches over what it does