Vocabulary List #2 Review

What do the roots syn and sym mean?

• same, apart

• same, together

• together, different

• together, apart

What does the root terr mean?

• rock, earth

• land, rock

• dirt, rock

• earth, land

Match the following

• Root: syn/sym

• someone who is young or inexperienced

• vex

• intellectually convincing

• eschew

• same, together

• cogent

• to confuse or annoy

• neophyte

• to shun, avoid

Match the following

• earth, land

• neophyte

• someone who is young or inexperienced

• torpid

• lethargic, dormant, lacking motion

• ubiquitous

• intellectually convincing

• Root: terr

• existing everywhere, widespread

• cogent

Fred hates the color green so much that he ___ all green food.

It seems that everyone has a cell phone these days. The technology is ___.

Ann's ___ argument about putting money in my savings account made me realize how smart it is to save.

I ___ my brother during road trips by asking him a million questions.

The author was such a ___ the he had trouble finding a publisher for his first novel.

The ___ turtle stayed in the same spot for so long that he grew mold on his shell.