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Vocabulary Quiz: Exploring Word Roots and Meanings

Dive into an engaging vocabulary quiz that explores the meanings and origins of various word roots. This quiz will challenge your understanding of important concepts such as legible, metamorphosis, manipulation, and many more. Participants will learn through fun examples and associations, enhancing their vocabulary skills. Perfect for students and language enthusiasts alike, this quiz aims to make learning new words both enjoyable and informative. Test your knowledge and expand your linguistic abilities today!

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Vocabulary Quiz: Exploring Word Roots and Meanings

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  1. WWW List #8 Next Quiz—Friday, January 17 (Early Release)

  2. Part I: SHADED

  3. LEG - READ 8.1 • Legible – able to read • Legend – story read from generation to generation

  4. NYM - NAME • Homonym – same name • Anonymous – not named

  5. META - CHANGE • Metamorphosis – to change shape • Metaphor – a comparison that changes one thing to another

  6. PETR - ROCK • Petrify – to turn into rock • Petroleum – a liquid found in rock formations

  7. MAN - HAND • Manicure – getting your nails on your hands done • Manipulate – to “handle” or control

  8. VOLV - ROLL • Revolve – rolls around again • Convoluted rolled together in a difficult way

  9. SENS - FEEL • Sensitive – feel easily hurt • Sensory – what the senses feel

  10. TACT - TOUCH • Tactile – able to touch • Contact – to touch together

  11. VOC - VOICE • Vocabulary – voice of words • Convocation – bring voices together

  12. RID - LAUGH • Ridicule – laugh at someone • Derision – to laugh down at or mock someone

  13. Part II: NONSHADED

  14. SED - SIT • Sediment – sits on bottom of lake • Sedentary - seated

  15. ANIM - MIND • Animate – use the mind to draw • Animated – creative mind • (Not Animal – “Anima” Latin for breath)

  16. TORT - TWIST • Contort – twisted together • Torture – twist someone with suffering (twisted thinking)

  17. SANCT - HOLY 8.2 • Sanctify – to make holy • Sanctuary – holy spot in a church

  18. MIR - WONDER • Miracle – wonder how it happened • Admire – in wonder at another person

  19. RECT - RIGHT • Rectangle – has all right angles • Rectify – to make a situation right

  20. DEMI - HALF • Demigod – half god (partial divine status) • Demitasse – half-sized coffee cups

  21. RETRO - BACKWARD • Retrospection – to look back over something • Retroactive – something that happens from an event in the past, it’s backward

  22. FY - MAKE • Rectify – make right • Horrify – make someone fill with horror

  23. OCUL - EYE • Binocular – look with two eyes • Oculometer – measures eyesight

  24. CUR – CARE FOR • Curator - cares for things in a museum • Secure – make sure something is cared for

  25. ULTRA - BEYOND • Ultraviolet – UV rays, go beyond the sun to our skin • Ultramarine – “beyond the sea” a deep blue color

  26. OID - APPEARANCE • Android – a robot with a human appearance • Asteroid – has the appearance of stars

  27. GEST - CARRY • Digest – to carry food through the system • Ingest – to carry into your body

  28. APT - FIT • Aptitude – your fitness in scholastics • Adapt – fit into the environment

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