Word Segments- List 4

Question 1

Down, against

Answer 1

Cata-, cat-

Question 2

Catastrophe

Answer 2

an event causing great damage; a disaster

Question 3

catalyst

Answer 3

something that enacts or causes change

Question 4

for, forward

Answer 4

pro-

Question 5

promote

Answer 5

to move forward

Question 6

prodigal

Answer 6

spending money or resources recklessly; extravagant

Question 7

into

Answer 7

in-

Question 8

incorporate

Answer 8

take in; include

Question 9

intake

Answer 9

an amount of food, air, etc. taken into the body

Question 10

well or good

Answer 10

bene

Question 11

benevolent

Answer 11

to be kind, filled with goodwill, and charitable

Question 12

beneficial

Answer 12

something that is helpful, useful, or valuable in some way

Question 13

benign

Answer 13

kind and gentle

Question 14

deity, deify

Answer 14

dei

Question 15

deity

Answer 15

supreme being; divine status or quality

Question 16

deify

Answer 16

to regard or treat as a god

Question 17

mother

Answer 17

mater, matr

Question 18

maternal

Answer 18

characteristic of a mother

Question 19

matrimony

Answer 19

state of marriage

Question 20

matriarch

Answer 20

women who is the head of a family, community, or other social group

Question 21

father

Answer 21

pater, patre

Question 22

patronize

Answer 22

to treat in a way that appears kind or helpful, but is truly showing superiority

Question 23

patrilineal

Answer 23

decent through the father’s line, fathers side of family

Question 24

patriotic

Answer 24

showing support to one’s country

Question 25

lung

Answer 25

pneum

Question 26

pneumatic

Answer 26

moved or worked by air

Question 27

pneumonia

Answer 27

bacterial or viral, infection in the lung

Question 28

to cut

Answer 28

sec, sect

Question 29

dissect

Answer 29

cut up to study its internal parts

Question 30

bisect

Answer 30

divide into two parts

Question 31

breathe

Answer 31

spire

Question 32

respiration

Answer 32

action of breathing

Question 33

conspire

Answer 33

to work together to bring about a result