Roots Week 23

Question 1

-phobia/ -phobe

Answer 1

fear / dreads / one who fears

Question 2

ante- / ant- / anti-

Answer 2

before / in front of

Question 3

-ion / -tion / -sion

Answer 3

the action / process / state / condition / the result of

Question 4

agoraphobia

Answer 4

the fear of crowds or gathering spaces

Question 5

carnophobia

Answer 5

the fear of meat

Question 6

claustrophobia

Answer 6

the fear of being closed in

Question 7

hydrophobia

Answer 7

the fear of drinking water or liquids; another name for rabies, which causes painful spasms in the throat while trying to swallow

Question 8

panphobia

Answer 8

the fear of all things

Question 9

pyrophobia

Answer 9

the fear of fire

Question 10

antebellium

Answer 10

before the wear; in the U.S, it refers to the period before the Civil War (1861 - 65)

Question 11

antecedent

Answer 11

a thing that goes before

Question 12

antediluvian

Answer 12

pertaining to the period before the washing away, as in the Great Flood; very old or antiquated

Question 13

ante meridiem

Answer 13

before mid day; before noon; abbreviated “a.m.”; Note: antemeridian is an adjective meaning “of, related to, or occurring before noon”

Question 14

antepenultimate

Answer 14

characterized by being before the almost last; third from the end

Question 15

anterior

Answer 15

more in front of; situated at the front; going before

Question 16

circumlocution

Answer 16

the act of speaking around a subject, not directly; rambling

Question 17

compassion

Answer 17

the condition of sharing a feeling of pity and suffering together

Question 18

contortion

Answer 18

the action of twisting together

Question 19

convention

Answer 19

the result of a group coming together or assembling for some specific purpose

Question 20

digression

Answer 20

the result of stepping apart from a main topic; deviation

Question 21

retraction

Answer 21

the act of pulling back a statement, promise, or opinon