Vocab

Question 1

Roots this week first

Answer 1

scrib/scrip from the Latin word scribere meaning to write

Question 2

Scribe noun

Answer 2

before the invention of printing, a person who wrote books by hand; a writer

Question 3

Transcribe verb

Answer 3

put thoughts, speech, or data into written form, to make a copy of, arrange music for a different instrument

Question 4

Ascribe verb

Answer 4

attributed or credited to; to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author

Question 5

Proscribe verb

Answer 5

forbid, especially by law

Question 6

Circumscribe verb

Answer 6

to draw around, to restrict within, to touch as many points as possible

Question 7

Graph

Answer 7

from Greek word graphein meaning to write, to record

Question 8

Demographic noun adj

Answer 8

noun, statistical characteristics of human population, Adj relating to structure of population

Question 9

Topography noun

Answer 9

Arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area, representation of features on a map

Question 10

Cartography noun

Answer 10

the science and practice of drawing maps

Question 11

Calligraphy noun

Answer 11

the art of decorative handwriting