vocab 7

Question 1

bovine

Answer 1

(adj) pertaining to cows or cattle

Question 2

callow

Answer 2

(adj) young and inexperienced

Question 3

peccadillo

Answer 3

(n) a minor offense; a misdeed

Question 4

dichotomy

Answer 4

(n) a division into two parts

Question 5

macroscopic

Answer 5

(adj) visible to the naked eye

Question 6

rationalize

Answer 6

(v) to make an excuse for

Question 7

patent

Answer 7

(adj) evident or obvious

Question 8

knell

Answer 8

(n) a sound made by a bell, often rung slowly for a death or funeral

Question 9

ferret

Answer 9

(v) to search or drive out

Question 10

fatuous

Answer 10

(adj) foolish; inane

Question 11

adroit

Answer 11

(adj) skillful; clever

Question 12

affectation

Answer 12

(n) a phony attitude; pose

Question 13

laconic

Answer 13

(adj) few words; short; concise

Question 14

quiddity

Answer 14

(n) an essential quality

Question 15

sagacious

Answer 15

(adj) wise; having keen perception and sound judgment

Question 16

the root tach means

Answer 16

“swift” or “speed”

Question 17

the roots mid, med, and meso mean

Answer 17

“middle”

Question 18

the root bol means

Answer 18

“to throw” or “to put”

Question 19

the roots prov and prob mean

Answer 19

“good” or “to test”

Question 20

the prefix meta- means

Answer 20

“changed”

Question 21

the suffix -meter means

Answer 21

“measure”

Question 22

the prefix inter- means

Answer 22

“among”

Question 23

the prefixes em- and im- mean

Answer 23

“in”

Question 24

the prefix sym- means

Answer 24

“with” or “together”

Question 25

the prefix hyper- means

Answer 25

“excessive”