Roots Week 9

Question 1

-pod / -ped

Answer 1

foot

Question 2

meta- / met-

Answer 2

change / after/ over / beyond

Question 3

-volve / volu- / volut-

Answer 3

turn / roll / turn / around

Question 4

expidite

Answer 4

to cause the feet to let out or to be set free; to speed up the progress of something

Question 5

impede

Answer 5

to slow or stop the feet; to limit movement or progress

Question 6

pedestal

Answer 6

literally “foot of a stall” ; a supporting base for a column, statue, vase, or, figuratively, a person

Question 7

podiatry

Answer 7

the medical treatment and care of the human foot

Question 8

pedometer

Answer 8

an instrument used to measure the distance that has been traveled by foot

Question 9

metacarpus

Answer 9

the bones after the wrist and before the fingers

Question 10

metaphor

Answer 10

a figure of speech that a carries a resemblance of one thing over to something else; for an example: “the walls have ears”

Question 11

metastasis

Answer 11

the occurrence of a change in standing or placement; in medicine, the transference of cancer cells from one part of the body to another

Question 12

metatarsus

Answer 12

the bones after the ankle and before the toes -the five long bones that form the instep

Question 13

metathesis

Answer 13

the action of changing where things are placed; in word pronunciation, the transposition of letters, syllables, or sounds in a word, for example “ pasketti” fro “spaghetti”

Question 14

circumvolution

Answer 14

the act of rolling or turning around in one complete cycle

Question 15

convoluted

Answer 15

characterized by rolling together; twisted; coiled; complicated

Question 16

devolove

Answer 16

to turn a responsibility or duty away from oneself to another; delegate

Question 17

volubility

Answer 17

the quality of tending to roll with words; fluent; talkative

Question 18

volume

Answer 18

the result of binding many rolls of printed sheets together; a book; an amount of space; quanitiy