Vocab 7 and 8

Question 1

FORE-

Answer 1

before in time or place

Question 2

GEE-, GEO-

Answer 2

the earth

Question 3

HECTO-

Answer 3

a hundred; characterized by a hundred

Question 4

HEM-, HEMO-, EMIA-

Answer 4

Blood

Question 5

HEMI-

Answer 5

Half

Question 6

HEPT-, HEPTA-

Answer 6

Seven

Question 7

HEX-, HEXA-

Answer 7

Six

Question 8

HOM-, HOMO-

Answer 8

One and the same

Question 9

HOMI-, HOMO-

Answer 9

Man

Question 10

HYDR-, HYDRO-

Answer 10

Water

Question 11

HYPER-

Answer 11

More than usual; above or over

Question 12

HYPO-

Answer 12

Less than usual; below or under

Question 13

IL-, IM-, IN-, IR-

Answer 13

in; into; within

Question 14

Forecast

Answer 14

to predict

Question 15

Forefather

Answer 15

An ancestor

Question 16

Foreleg

Answer 16

A front leg

Question 17

Apogee

Answer 17

The point in an earth satellite’s orbit when it is at the greatest distance from the earth’s center

Question 18

Geography

Answer 18

The study of the earth’s surface, people, products

Question 19

Geology

Answer 19

The science dealing with the earth’s structure and history

Question 20

Geometry

Answer 20

The science dealing with the measurements and properties of solids, surfaces, angles, and lines

Question 21

Hectogram

Answer 21

A metric measure of weight equal to one hundred grams

Question 22

Hectoliter

Answer 22

A metric measure of volume containing one hundred liters

Question 23

Hectometer

Answer 23

A measure of length equal to one hundred meters

Question 24

Hemal

Answer 24

of or pertaining to blood or blood vessels

Question 25

Hemorrhage

Answer 25

A discharge of blood from a ruptured blood vessel

Question 26

Anemia

Answer 26

A physical condition in which the blood lacks red blood cells

Question 27

Leukemia

Answer 27

A physical condition in which the white cells destroy the red

Question 28

Toxemia

Answer 28

A physical condition in which there is evidence of poisonous matter in the blood

Question 29

Hemidemisemiquaver

Answer 29

In music, a sixty-fourth note

Question 30

Hemisphere

Answer 30

The half of a square or ball; one of the halves of the earth as divided by the equator into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, or by the prime meridian into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres

Question 31

Heptarchy

Answer 31

A government ruled by seven people

Question 32

Heptagon

Answer 32

A plane geometric figure of seven sides and seven angles

Question 33

Heptahedron

Answer 33

A solid geometric figure bounded by seven surfaces or seats

Question 34

Homonym

Answer 34

A word having the same sound as another, but different in meaning

Question 35

Homogenize

Answer 35

To reduce to small particles of the same size or kind

Question 36

Homicide

Answer 36

The killing of one human being by another

Question 37

Homo Sapians

Answer 37

Of, relating to, or being recent man

Question 38

Hydrant

Answer 38

A pipe at which water may be drawn

Question 39

Hydrology

Answer 39

The science of water, its laws, properties, and phenomena

Question 40

Hydrometer

Answer 40

An instrument used in determining the specific gravity of liquids when compared to the weight of water

Question 41

Hydrophobia

Answer 41

A disease brought on by the bite of a rabid animal, which makes the victim afraid of liquids and unable to swallow them

Question 42

Hyperactice

Answer 42

Overactive; as, the doctor tranquilized the hyperactive child

Question 43

Hypertension

Answer 43

Overly tense

Question 44

Hypoactive

Answer 44

Underactive; sluggish

Question 45

Hypodermic

Answer 45

of or pertaining to the tissues immediately below the surface of the skin

Question 46

Illuminate

Answer 46

To bring light into

Question 47

Import

Answer 47

To bring in from another place or country

Question 48

Inspect

Answer 48

To look into; to examine

Question 49

Irradiate

Answer 49

To brighten; to give off rays