Unit 4 Root Words

Question 1

cycle

Answer 1

circle

Question 2

circ/circum

Answer 2

around

Question 3

centr/center

Answer 3

middle

Question 4

cycle (n)

Answer 4

a set of events or actions that repeat in the same order

(cycle and cyclical are the same thing! Cycle is just the NOUN form and cyclical is the ADJECTIVE form)

Question 5

cyclical (adj)
(root word: cycle)

Answer 5

happening again and again in the same order; happening in cycles

(cycle and cyclical are the same thing! Cycle is just the NOUN form and cyclical is the ADJECTIVE form)

Question 6

cyclone (n)
(root word: cycle)

Answer 6

an extremely large, powerful, and destructive storm with very high winds that turn around in an area of low pressure

Question 7

circumference (n)
(root word: circ)

Answer 7

the length of a line that goes around a circle or other round shape

Question 8

circuit (n)
(root word: circ)

Answer 8

the complete path that an electric current travels along

Question 9

circumstance (n)
(root word: circum)

Answer 9

a condition that surrounds or causes an event to happen

Question 10

circumvent (v)
(root word: circum)

Answer 10

to get around something in a clever and sometimes dishonest way

Question 11

central (adj)
(root word: centr)

Answer 11

located in the center of a thing or place

Question 12

concentric (adj)
(root word: centr)

Answer 12

when two or more objects share the same center point

Question 13

eccentric (adj)
(root word: centr)

Answer 13

tending to act in strange or unusual ways