Unit Twelve

Question 1

Ultimate

Answer 1

adj. Surpassing all others; definitive.
Root: Ultima
Syn: greatest
Ant: peasant

Question 2

Penultimate

Answer 2

adj. Just before the final; next to last.
Root: Ultima
Syn: Almost last
Ant: second

Question 3

Ultimatum

Answer 3

n A demand or threat that is final.
Root: Ultima
Syn: Contract
Ant: Choice

Question 4

Infinite

Answer 4

adj. Without beginning or end.
Root: Fin
Syn: alpha
Ant: omega

Question 5

Definitive

Answer 5

adj. Defining for all others; standard.
Root: Fin
Syn: absolute
Ant: uncertain

Question 6

Infinitesimal

Answer 6

adj. Extremely small; incalculably or immeasurably small.
Root: Fin
Syn: microscopic
Ant: huge

Question 7

Novel

Answer 7

adj. New and different.
Root: Nov
Syn: original
Ant: stale

Question 8

Novice

Answer 8

n. An inexperienced person; amateur.
Root: Nov
Syn: beginner
Ant: expert

Question 9

Innovative

Answer 9

adj. Showing creativity or originality.
Root: Nov
Syn: inventive
Ant: conservative

Question 10

Primal

Answer 10

adj. Original; dating from the beginning of existence.
Root: Prim
Syn: primitive
Ant: modern

Question 11

Primeval

Answer 11

adj. Extremely ancient; of earliest time.
Root: Prim
Syn: primordial
Ant:new

Question 12

Primacy

Answer 12

n. Condition of being first in time or importance.
Root: Prim
Syn: alpha
Ant: unimportant

Question 13

Prim

Answer 13

Latin: first.

Question 14

Nov

Answer 14

Latin: New

Question 15

Fin

Answer 15

Latin: end, border, limit.

Question 16

Ultima

Answer 16

Latin: last