Exercises on Word Roots Name:_______________________ Yr. & Sec.:______________ Date:________________ Score:_______ I.

Match the word on the left with its definition on the right. Write only the letter on the blanks.

Set A _________1. _________2. _________3. _________4. _________5. _________6. _________7. _________8. _________9. _________10. SET B _________11. _________12. _________13. _________14. _________15. _________16. _________17. _________18. _________19. _________20. SET C _________21. _________22. _________23. _________24. _________25. _________26. _________27. _________28. _________29. _________30.

apartheid abrogate exacerbate advocate altercation emancipate incarnation clamor benign brevity

a. mild; temperature b. a dispute c. shortness of duration or time d. racial segregation in South Africa e. a loud, persistent outcry or noise f. to annul by authority, as a law g. to make more severe h. to speak or write in favor of i. the embodiment of god in human form j. to release from slavery or bondage

deplete docile dilatory edict indolence dissipate exhort aberrant epitome antidote

a. to urge by earnest appeal b. a typical example c. habitual inaction or idleness d. to reduce or lessen as by use or waste e. deviating from a right or natural course or condition f. something that counteracts a harmful effect g. given to or characterized by delay h. to disperse or drive away i. easy to train, manage, or handle j. an official proclamation or decree

adherent malady conjecture demise abject intermittent magnanimous prelude soliloquy deject

a. an opening or an introductory performance or event

b. not continuous c. talking to oneself d. attached or devoted to a party or faith e. of the lowest kind or degree f. to depress in spirit g. noble or generous h. to conclude from incomplete evidence; to guess i. a disease j. death