WOD Quiz: Part three

Question 1

What does the root word Ex mean

Answer 1

“from” “out of”

Question 2

What is the definition of excerpt?

Answer 2

A passage selected from a book, play, piece of music, etc. (noun)

Question 3

What is the definition of exhilaration?

Answer 3

To cheer; to stimulate to enliven (verb)

Question 4

What is the definition of exonerate?

Answer 4

Freed from blame (verb)

Question 5

What is the definition of exorbitant?

Answer 5

Excessive (adjective)

Question 6

What do the root words “pono” “posui” “ponere” and “positum” mean

Answer 6

“to place” “to put”

Question 7

What is the definition of compound?

Answer 7

To mix together; to combine two or more parts or elements (verb)

Question 8

What is the definition of expound?

Answer 8

To set forth an explanation or view of something in detail (verb)

Question 9

What is the definition of exposition?

Answer 9

A precise statement or explanation (noun)

Question 10

What is the definition of impose?

Answer 10

To set up, or to force something (or ones self) on others (verb)

Question 11

What is the definition of imposter?

Answer 11

One who deceives by using a false identity (noun)

Question 12

What is the definition of proponent?

Answer 12

One who argues in support of something (noun)

Question 13

What words four derive from the root word “Ex”

Answer 13

Excerpt, exhilarate, exonerate, exorbitant

Question 14

What six words derive from the root words “pono” “ponere” “posui” and “positum”

Answer 14

Compound, exposition, expound, impose, imposter, and proponent

Question 15

Extraneous

Answer 15

Coming from the outside; foreign (adjective)

Question 16

Extraterrestrial

Answer 16

Outside or originating outside the limits of the Earth’s atmosphere (adjective)

Question 17

Extrovert

Answer 17

A person chiefly interested in things outside of the self, directing thoughts outward rather than inward (noun)

Question 18

Mediate

Answer 18

To act as negotiator between opposing sides of a dispute (verb)

Question 19

Mediocrity

Answer 19

The condition of being commonplace or ordinary, somewhere in the middle between high and low, an ordinary person (noun)

Question 20

Medium

Answer 20

A substance or element through which something Is transmitted (noun)

Question 21

Non-sequitur

Answer 21

A statement that does not follow logically from evidence (noun)

Question 22

Obsequious

Answer 22

Excessively willing to yield to others (adjective)

Question 23

Subsequent

Answer 23

Coming after or later (adjective)

Question 24

Sequester

Answer 24

To go into hiding, to seek solitude (verb)

Question 25

What does the root word extra mean?

Answer 25

On the outside

Question 26

What does the root word Medius mean?

Answer 26

Middle

Question 27

What do the root words sequor, sequi, and sectum mean

Answer 27

to follow

Question 28

What three words derive from the root extra?

Answer 28

Extraneous, extrovert, and extraterrestrial

Question 29

What three words derive from the root medius

Answer 29

mediate, mediocrity, and medium

Question 30

What four words derive from the roots sequor, sequi, sectum

Answer 30

Sequester, subsequent, obsequious, and non-sequitur