Roots Week 22

Question 1

vor- / -vore / -vour

Answer 1

eat / devour / swallow

Question 2

poly-

Answer 2

many

Question 3

err- / errat-

Answer 3

wander / stray

Question 4

apivore

Answer 4

an animal that eats bees

Question 5

carnivore

Answer 5

an animal that eats meat

Question 6

devour

Answer 6

to swallow down; to consume eagerly

Question 7

frugivore

Answer 7

an animal that eats fruit, as some bats

Question 8

insectivore

Answer 8

any animal or plant that eats insects

Question 9

piscivorous

Answer 9

characterized by eating fish

Question 10

voracity

Answer 10

the condition of devouring or craving food in great quantities; eagerness

Question 11

polygot

Answer 11

a person who speaks, writes, or reads many languages or tongues

Question 12

polyhedron

Answer 12

a solid figure with many faces or sides

Question 13

polynomial

Answer 13

characterized by having many, at least two or more, names or terms; especially an algebraic expression

Question 14

polyphnic

Answer 14

characterized by the ability to simultaneously combine many sounds, as in musical notes, voices, or phonetics

Question 15

polysyllabic

Answer 15

pertaining to having many syllables, several sounds taken together

Question 16

polytheism

Answer 16

the practice of believing in or worshiping many gods

Question 17

aberrration

Answer 17

the result of straying from the normal or correct course; an irregularity, disorder, or deviation

Question 18

err

Answer 18

to wander or go astray; to be mistaken

Question 19

errancy

Answer 19

the state of straying; being mistaken

Question 20

errata

Answer 20

a list of errors, the product of an author straying from accuracy in a book or publication, discovered and inserted after printing

Question 21

erratic

Answer 21

pertaining to straying from the proper course; irregular; unpredictable; unstable

Question 22

inerrancy

Answer 22

the state of not straying from the truth; infallibility