WORD STUDY

(English Words from Latin Roots)

 

1.   Beside each word in Column A write the number of the word from Column B which comes closest in meaning:

                     A                                                                                   B

                avarice                                                                         1. bravery

                vituperation                                                                   2. cursing

                fortitude                                                                        3. compartment

                furtive                                                                           4. sneaky

                cubicle                                                                          5. greed

 

2.   Fill in the blanks with an English word that comes from a Checklist.

(Use the underlined words for clues:)

a)   He has managed to overcome seemingly                                                      difficulties.

b)   The red flare was                                         out light like the artery of the victim who had

been hit.

c)   The freedman thanked his master for giving him his                                        .

d)   The players asked the teacher to                                                the test until after the

game.

 

3.   Write derivatives from scribit which fit the following definitions:

a)   _________________________  to write in an aimless fashion

b)   _________________________  holy writing

c)   _________________________  writing on a tombstone or similar memorial

d)   _________________________  a contract to receive a certain number of magazine

                                                    issues

e)   _________________________  a written drug recipe

 

4. Write derivatives from per which fit the following definitions:

a)   _________________________  to carry out (a task or duty)

b)   _________________________  a substance originally produced by allowing smoke

                                                    through a liquid

c)   _________________________  having no mistakes or flaws

d)   _________________________  lasting through the ages

e)   _________________________  a human being (originally a theatre mask letting the

                                                    sound through