Unit 12

Question 1

ULTIMA

1) ULTIMATE
2) PENULTIMATE
3) ULTIMATUM

Answer 1

Latin ULTIMUS “last”

1) “adj. Surpassing all others; definitive”
2) “adj. Just before the final; next to last”
3) “n. A demand or threat that is final”

Question 2

FIN

1) INFINITE
2) DEFINITIVE
3) INFINITESIMAL

Answer 2

“Latin FINIS “end, border, limit”

1) “adj. Without beginning or end”
2) “adj. Defining for all others; standard” “syn: absolute ant: uncertain”
3) “adj. Extremely small; incalculably or immeasurably small” “syn: microscopic ant: huge”

Question 3

NOV

1) NOVEL
2) NOVICE
3) INNOVATIVE

Answer 3

Latin NOVUS “new”

1) “adj. New and different” “syn: original ant: stale”
2) “n. An inexperienced person; amateur” “syn: beginner ant: expert”
3) “adj. Showing creativity and originality” “syn: inventive ant: conservative”

Question 4

PRIM

1) PRIMAL
2) PRIMEVAL
3) PRIMACY

Answer 4

Latin PRIMUS “first”

1) “adj. Original; dating from the beginning of existence” “syn: primitive ant: modern”
2) “adj. Extremely ancient; of earliest time” syn: primordial
3) “n. Condition of being first in time or importance”