Vocabulary from Latin and Greek Roots - Unit Five Intro

What is the meaning of the Latin root VID/VIS?

• To hear

• To see

• To touch

• To taste

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.6

Fill in the blank: The museum will be showcasing a ______ exhibit of the sculptor's works.

• A) perspicacious

• B) retrospective

• C) aspect

• D) visage

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Fill in the blank: The first time Hamlet sees the ______ of his dead father, he can hardly believe his eyes.

• A) visage

• B) apparition

• C) aspect

• D) specter

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the word 'introspective' mean?

• Looking outward

• Contemplating one's own thoughts and feelings

• Being shallow

• Being extroverted

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

What is the antonym of 'introspective'?

• Meditative

• Shallow

• Extroverted

• Transparent

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

Fill in the blank: The ______ curtains were lightly lifted by any breeze.

• opaque

• diaphanous

• heavy

• introspective

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Fill in the blank: The doctor's ______ eventually led to a breakthrough vaccine.

• A) sycophant

• B) epiphany

• C) phenomenon

• D) introspective

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

What is the origin of the word 'sycophant'?

• Latin

• Greek

• French

• German

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CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Lilah's _______ evening dress was thought by some to be too slinky and revealing.

• retrospective

• diaphanous

• epiphany

• visage

• phenomenon

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Several _______ of the current financial crisis are misunderstood by the majority of the population.

• apparition

• diaphanous

• aspects

• perspicacious

• epiphany

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.RI.9-10.4