Classical Roots D: Lesson 5

Question 1

Littera

Answer 1

Letter

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

The occurrence of the same initial sound in several words in succession.

Question 3

Literal

Answer 3

1. In accordance with the explicit of primary meaning of a word or phrase, not its metaphorical meaning.
2. Word for word; verbatim.
3. Concerned mainly with facts; unimaginative.

Question 4

Literate

Answer 4

1. Able to read and write.

2. Knowledgable; educated.

Question 5

Obliterate

Answer 5

To do away with completely; to wipe out; erase.

Question 6

Scribo, Scribere, Scripsi, Scriptum

Answer 6

To write

Question 7

Ascribe

Answer 7

To attribute to a particular cause, source or origin (used with to)

Question 8

Circumscribe

Answer 8

1. To draw a line around; to encircle.

2. To confine; to limit.

Question 9

Conscription

Answer 9

A military draft.

Question 10

Proscribe

Answer 10

1. To denounce or condemn.

2. To prohibit; to forbid.

Question 11

Subscribe

Answer 11

1. To pledge to par got something or to contribute to something; to place an order by signing.
2. To express consent of agreement; to assent.

Question 12

Transcribe

Answer 12

1. To make a copy of; to write out fully.
2. To make a sound recording for later production.
3. To arrange music for an instrument different from the one first composed for.

Question 13

Onoma

Answer 13

Name

Question 14

Acronym

Answer 14

A word composed for the first letters or parts of a name or series of words.

Question 15

Onomatopoiea

Answer 15

A word that sounds like the thing it names.

Question 16

Pseudonym

Answer 16

A fictitious name.

Question 17

Nomen

Answer 17

Name

Question 18

Ignominious

Answer 18

Shameful; disgraceful.

Question 19

Nomenclature

Answer 19

A system of naming, especially in the arts of sciences.