Week 7 Vocabulary

Question 1

Skullduggery

Answer 1

Cheating; Trickery; The charlatan (con man) was guilty of skullduggery

Question 2

Ancillary

Answer 2

Helping;p assistance providing; Christopher worked hard to earn an ancillary income.

Question 3

Sedentray

Answer 3

Sitting; little exercise; A sedentary lifestyle can lead to health problems later on.

Question 4

Cursory

Answer 4

Rapid and superficial; done with speed & little attention; Dad’s cursory attempt to fix the roof made it leak worse.

Question 5

Predatory

Answer 5

Threatening; harmful; During the middle ages, many predatory bands of men roamed.

Question 6

Symmetry

Answer 6

Equal or exact on both sides; humans are attracted to symmetry

Question 7

Tawdry

Answer 7

Tacky;cheap;gaudy; Her tawdry dress was the talk of the school.

Question 8

Ambulatory

Answer 8

Able to move or walk; Although her foot was in a cast, she was still ambulatory.

Question 9

Idolatry

Answer 9

worshiping ;adoring; Elvis’ idolatrous fans stormed Graceland.

Question 10

Pecuniary

Answer 10

Relating to money; Concerns about college are usually pecuniary.

Question 11

Migra

Answer 11

Wandering; migrate, migrant, immigration

Question 12

Mono

Answer 12

One; Monotheistic, Mononucleosis

Question 13

Morph

Answer 13

Form; Metamorphosis; Might Morphin Power rangers.

Question 14

Multi

Answer 14

Many; Multitalented, multiply, multitask.

Question 15

Neo

Answer 15

New; Neon, Neonatal

Question 16

Nox, Noc

Answer 16

Night; Nocturnal, Equinox

Question 17

Onym

Answer 17

Name; Synonym, Antonym, Homonym

Question 18

Ortho

Answer 18

Straight; Orthodontist, Orthopedic

Question 19

Oss, Osteo

Answer 19

Bone; Osteoporosis; ossify

Question 20

Pan

Answer 20

All; Pangea, Panel, panorama