vocab 3

Question 1

adventitious

Answer 1

(adj.) accidental; nonessential

Question 2

fecund

Answer 2

(adj.) fertile; productive

Question 3

pedestrian

Answer 3

(adj.) ordinary or dull

Question 4

edify

Answer 4

(v.) to improve someone morally

Question 5

importune

Answer 5

(v.) to ask persistently; to beg

Question 6

deviate

Answer 6

(v) to turn aside from a course; to stray

Question 7

bona fide

Answer 7

(adj.) in good faith

Question 8

glower

Answer 8

(v.) to stare angrily

Question 9

cataclysm

Answer 9

(n.) a violent change

Question 10

obfuscate

Answer 10

(v.) to confuse; to bewilder

Question 11

antithesis

Answer 11

(n.) an exact opposite; an opposite extreme

Question 12

chagrin

Answer 12

(n.) embarrassment; a complete loss of courage

Question 13

parochial

Answer 13

(adj.) local; narrow; limited

Question 14

ambiguous

Answer 14

(adj.) open to more than one interpretation

Question 15

optimum

Answer 15

(adj.) best; most favorable; ideal

Question 16

root merge means

Answer 16

“to plunge” or “immerse”

Question 17

root integr means

Answer 17

“whole,” “intact,” or “perfect”

Question 18

root lat means

Answer 18

“to carry” or “to bear”

Question 19

suffixes -ence and -ance mean

Answer 19

“the quality of [baseword] -ing”

Question 20

prefix e- means

Answer 20

“out” or “from”

Question 21

prefix co- means

Answer 21

“together” or “with”

Question 22

prefix trans- means

Answer 22

“across” or “through”