Lesson 4- Vocabulary from Classical Roots

5 Written Questions

1. (adj) Emerging; coming into existence.
2. (n) 1. An examination to determine the cause of death; an autopsy
   2. (informal) A analysis of something that is over.
3. (n) 1. A person or thing of no importance.
   2. Something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination.
4. (adj) Possessed at birth; inborn
5. (tr.v.) 1. To shame
   2. To discipline oneself by denial.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. (n) A teacher
   1. pedagogue
   2. puerile
   3. pedant
   4. naive
2. (n) 1. The basic element; the identifying characteristic.
   2. A substance in concentrated form obtained from a plant or drug.
   3. A perfume.
   1. pedant
   2. renaissance
   3. essence
   4. nascent
3. (n) Branch of medicine treating disorders of the skeletal system and tissues related to movement.
   1. mortify
   2. orthopedics
   3. pedant
   4. euthanasia
4. (adj) 1. Childlike; unsophisticated.
   2. Gullible
   1. naive
   2. entity
   3. innate
   4. nascent
5. (n) 1. A person who pays excessive attention to learning rules rather than you understanding.
   2. A scholarly show-off
   1. innate
   2. pedant
   3. puerile
   4. entity

5 True/False Questions

1. puerile → (adj) Childish; immature.

   True        False

2. euthanasia → (n) The act of painlessly killing a suffering person or animal; mercy killing.

   True        False

3. entity → (n) Something that has a real or independent existence.

   True        False

4. moribund → (tr.v.) 1. To shame
   2. To discipline oneself by denial.

   True        False

5. renaissance → (n) 1. The basic element; the identifying characteristic.
   2. A substance in concentrated form obtained from a plant or drug.
   3. A perfume.

   True        False