Roots Week 19

Question 1

sens- / sent-

Answer 1

feel / percieve

Question 2

ab- /abs-

Answer 2

from / away / away from / off

Question 3

lud- / lus- / -lude

Answer 3

to play / jest / a play

Question 4

desensitize

Answer 4

to make someone or something not responsive to feelings or sensation

Question 5

dissent

Answer 5

to think or feel apart or differently; to disagree, especially with the majority

Question 6

insentient

Answer 6

characterized by not feeling; without sensation; inanimate

Question 7

presentiment

Answer 7

the state of an emotional feeling before something happens; foreboding

Question 8

sentimental

Answer 8

characterized by the state of emotional feelings; tender, nostalgic

Question 9

abdicate

Answer 9

the act by proclaiming that one is moving away from power; to renounce the throne

Question 10

abhor

Answer 10

to shrink away from something while trembling; to loathe

Question 11

abject

Answer 11

cast away with contempt; utterly hopeless, miserable, despicable

Question 12

abscess

Answer 12

a collection of pus in body tissue that is “going away from” the body; often accompanied by swelling and inflammation

Question 13

abstain

Answer 13

to hold back from, especially from something improper or unhealthy; to restrain

Question 14

abstract

Answer 14

drawn away or apart from existing realities; difficult to understand

Question 15

allude

Answer 15

to refer to playfully, casually, or indirectly

Question 16

collude

Answer 16

to play together; conspire

Question 17

delude

Answer 17

to play down or mislead; deceive

Question 18

elude

Answer 18

to play out or avoid by cleverness; evade; escape

Question 19

ludicrous

Answer 19

pertaining to jesting; so absurd as to be laughable; ridiculous

Question 20

postlude

Answer 20

music that occurs after or at the end of a play, concert, or service