Root Word Review 2023

Match the following terms and definitions.

• father

• matri/matern

• calm, peace, please

• pac/plac

• war, fight, fighting

• loqu/locut

• speak; talk

• patri/patern

• mother

• bell

​ ​ ​ (a)   means a word to describe someone as talkative.

• Loquacious
• Colloquial
• Soliloquy
• Eloquent

​ ​ ​ (a)   means to speak in an informal way.

• Colloquial
• Soliloquy
• Eloquent
• Loquacious

​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (a)   means clearly expressing something in speech or writing.

• Eloquent
• Soliloquy
• Loquacious
• Colloquial

If someone is on stage in a play and is speaking to themselves, we would say they are performing a(n) ​ (a)   .

• soliloquy
• eloquent
• colloquial
• loquacious

Hostile or ready to fight

• belligerent

• rebellion

• pacifist

• antebellum

An organized fight against authority or government

• belligerent

• rebellion

• pacifist

• antebellum

A person who is opposed to violence; a peacemaker

• belligerent

• rebellion

• pacifist

• antebellum

A person who is pleased with oneself or self-satisfied

• belligerent

• rebellion

• pacifist

• complacent

Match the following words and definitions:

• something calm or pleasing

• matronly

• to bring to a state of peace or calm

• patronize

• resembling an older married woman

• patriarchal

• ruled by the senior male or father

• placid

• to support by giving money

• pacify