Roots Week 13

Question 1

naut- / naus- / nav-

Answer 1

sailor / ship

Question 2

per-

Answer 2

through / thoroughly

Question 3

cad- / cas- / cid-

Answer 3

fall

Question 4

ad nauseam

Answer 4

toward the illness caused by a ship’s motion; to the point of nausea; to a sickening or ridiculous extent

Question 5

aquanaut

Answer 5

an explorer or sailor who lives and/or works under water

Question 6

circumnavigate

Answer 6

to drive a ship,plane, or vessel completely around an object, especially the earth

Question 7

cosmonaut

Answer 7

a Russian or Soviet spacecraft crew member - literally “a sailor of the universe”

Question 8

naval

Answer 8

pertaining to ships or a navy

Question 9

perfidious

Answer 9

characterized by deceit through reliance on another’s faith; treacherous; dishonest; faithless

Question 10

permeate

Answer 10

to act by passing through every part of; penetrate

Question 11

persist

Answer 11

to stand still thoroughly; to be steadfast

Question 12

perspective

Answer 12

the result of being able to look through and understand a situation in its true or relative important

Question 13

perspicacity

Answer 13

the state of being able to mentally see through; discernment; insight

Question 14

perspire

Answer 14

to evaporate or breathe through the pores of the skin; sweat

Question 15

cadence

Answer 15

the occurrence of a falling of beats or sounds in a rhythmic manner

Question 16

coincidence

Answer 16

the occurrence of two or more events that fall into place together by chance

Question 17

decadence

Answer 17

the act of falling away; a decline, especially moral degeneration or cultural deterioration;
self-indulgence

Question 18

incidental

Answer 18

pertaining to a thing that falls into place or occurs as a result of something else

Question 19

recidivist

Answer 19

a person who has the quality of falling back into bad behavior, especially into a criminal or antisocial behavior; habitual criminal