Red Hot Root Words, Lessons 17-22

The prefix mega means _________

• exceptional

• large or great

• action-packed

• old

Illiterate means __________

• open and agreeable

• not logical

• unable to read or write

• not able to speak

Don't ________ what he said to mean that he liked the show.

• answer

• watch

• inhabit

• construe

She practiced her __________ until she could make each letter perfectly.

• speaking

• calligraphy

• singing

• skating

The root word ________ means end.

• term

• tri

• trans

• sat

This word means the branch of biology dealing with heredity.

• expatriate

• genealogy

• genetics

• matriarch

A ________ is a noble, high-ranking person.

• patrician

• plebian

• montroscity

• megalopolis

This word means without limits; endless.

• insatiable

• determine

• terminate

• infinite

His speech was spiced with _______ that kept the audience entertained.

• autobiographies

• epigrams

• difficult terms

• calligraphy

There are many products we ______ because we cannot make them in our own country.

• obstruct

• deport

• export

• import