Vocabulary from Classical Roots

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Until contagious childhood diseases could be prevented by vaccines, a case of scarlet fever required a(n)_______ of the invalid for six weeks

• excerpting

• exoneration

• mediation

• sequestration

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The talkative Miss Bates in the novel Emma tediously_____ on details of every subject that comes her way.

• Compounds

• Excerpts

• Expounds

• Imposes

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When objects that belonged to famous people like Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Elvis Presley go to auction, buyers are willing to pay ____ prices.

• Exorbitant

• Extraterrestrial

• Obsequious

• Subsequent

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The laws that the Department of Motor Vehicles____ on drivers are meant to improve safety on the road.

• Compounds

• Exonerates

• Imposes

• Sequesters

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The title character in the novel Jane Eyre differs from other young pupils in her school because she refuses to be _____ to those in authority.

• Compounded

• Exhilarated

• Extraneous

• Obsequious

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Winning an Olympic gold medal after years of training inspired my feelings of _______.

• Exhilaration

• Exorbitance

• Extroversion

• Mediation

In the 1880s Harriet W. R. Strong, who urged water storage in dams, became the first _______ of flood control in the U.S.

• Extrovert

• Imposter

• Mediator

• Proponent

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Which word is NOT derived from the Latin preposition EX

• Excerpt

• Exorbitant

• Exposition

• Extraterrestrial

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Which word of phrase is NOT derived from the Latin verb meaning "to follow."

• Exonerate

• Non sequitur

• Obsequious

• Sequester

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Which word is NOT derived from the Latin verb meaning "to place?"

• Compound

• Exposition

• Extraneous

• Imposter