a motto or quotation at the start of a literary work

E11 #8 Etymology Review Flashcards

1

Which word means "marked by energy"?

insatiable
potency
monotonous
dynamic

2

If you put things in chronological order, you organize them by:

value
time
length
color

3

The teacher in the following video clip has what kind of a voice?

chronic
monotonous
dynamic
tangible

4

The word "chronic" means:

marked by long duration or frequent recurrence
keeper, caretaker
occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting many
touchable, concrete, physical

5

Which of the following is not conducive to sleep?

darkness
white noise
coffee
quiet

6

The roots "phos, phot" mean:

to know
to record
light
love

7

Which of the following things is not tangible?

a chair
Chewbacca
a belief
an eyeball

8

The word "xenophobia" means:

feeling extreme discouragement
fear or dislike of foreigners, racial intolerance
fear of musical instruments
decrease in value

9

The roots "graph, gram" mean:

light
to pledge, promise
word, study of
write, writing, record

10

An "epigraph" is:

a goodhearted person, generous donor
replacing an offensive term with an inoffensive one
a motto or quotation at the start of a literary work
the statistical characteristics of human populations

11

The young woman in the picture is being _______________?

reflective
dysfunctional
xenophobic
metropolitan

12

What does plurality mean?

to agree
the state of being numerous
to reject, disown, or give up
declaration, announcement, verification

13

The root "phobia" means:

blessed
bad, ill, difficult
light
fear of

14

If something has an enduring luminescence without sensible heat, it is:

dysfunctional
phosphorescent
despondent
monotonous

15

The roots "dyn, dynam" mean:

much, many
<p>power</p>
good
to make firm or strengthen

E11 #8 Etymology Review

Questions 15

E11 #8 Etymology Review

Questions 15