Unit 2 Vocab

Question 1

-chron-, -chrono-

Answer 1

time

Question 2

-cosm-, -cosmo-

Answer 2

universe, order

Question 3

-cryph-, -crypt-

Answer 3

hidden, secret

Question 4

com-, con-

Answer 4

together, with

Question 5

-ant, -eer, -ent, -er, -ian, -ier, -ist, -or

Answer 5

one who does or makes something

Question 6

skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind

Answer 6

adroit

Question 7

peaceable, friendly

Answer 7

amicable

Question 8

having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

Answer 8

averse

Question 9

given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; one at war, one engaged in war

Answer 9

belligerent

Question 10

kindly, charitable

Answer 10

benevolent

Question 11

hasty, not thorough

Answer 11

cursory

Question 12

treachery, deceitfulness

Answer 12

duplicity

Question 13

to praise extravagantly

Answer 13

extol

Question 14

possible, able to be done

Answer 14

feasible

Question 15

a wry face, facial distortion; to make a wry face

Answer 15

grimace

Question 16

a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering

Answer 16

holocaust

Question 17

not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance

Answer 17

impervious

Question 18

a moving force, impulse, stimulus

Answer 18

impetus

Question 19

danger

Answer 19

jeopardy

Question 20

extremely careful; particular about details

Answer 20

meticulous

Question 21

a longing for something past; homesickness

Answer 21

nostalgia

Question 22

the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example

Answer 22

quintessence

Question 23

to move backward; to return to an earlier condition

Answer 23

retrogress

Question 24

to examine closely

Answer 24

scrutinize

Question 25

lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest

Answer 25

tepid