Name ______________________________________ Date ________________________ Period ________
LATIN AND GREEK ROOTS
Lesson 12
ROOT: RAP Latin “to snatch or to devour”
1.
RAPACIOUS Seizing everything; greedy
syn: demanding
ant: giving
2.
RAPT Giving total attention to; captivated
syn: fascinated
ant: inattentive
3.
SURREPTITIOUS Hidden or secret; done without notice
syn: stealthy
ant: open
ROOT: CEP Latin “to seize or to take”
4.
PERCEPTIBLE Able to be noticed or felt
5.
SUSCEPTIBLE Able to be influenced
6.
PRECEPT An idea important to a system of beliefs syn: commandment
syn: impressionable
ROOT: VOR Latin “to eat”
7.
VORACIOUS Devouring everything
8.
OMNIVOROUS Feeding on both animals and plants
9.
HERBIVOROUS Eating only plants
syn: insatiable
ROOT: CAD/CAS Latin “to fall”
10.
DECADENT Overly luxurious and lacking moral discipline; excessive
syn: wanton
11.
CADENCE Rhythmic rise and fall of speech
12.
CASUALTY Something or someone injured, killed or eliminated
syn: victim
ant: restrained
Lesson 12: Name ______________________________________ Period ________
_______________ 1. The kittens sat ___ in front of the television as a program on birds played across the screen.
_______________ 2. One of the main ___(s) of the religion is kindness to other living creatures.
_______________ 3. Early American pioneers found lots of grazing land for their ___ animals.
_______________ 4. The beautiful ___ of Jeff’s voice as he read lulled us to sleep.
_______________ 5. Ben felt that if he were too open-minded, he would be ___ to harmful ideas.
_______________ 6. A ___ group of colonists seized all the land for themselves, leaving none for the people who
arrived later.
_______________ 7. The billionaire’s spoiled children wasted millions of dollars on ___ parties.
_______________ 8. My two brothers are strict vegetarians, but I consider myself ___.
_______________ 9. Like a(n) ___ animal, the tornado consumed everything in its path.
_______________ 10. The wink that Kevin gave Laurel was so fast it was barely ___.
_______________ 11. With a ___ motion of his hand, the magician hid the coin in the scarf.
_______________ 12. Janet’s horse is a ___ of the race, having broken its leg trying to jump a very high hurdle.
_______________ 13. Bo left the house in a ___ fashion, climbing out the window in the dark.
_______________ 14. With envy ___ to everyone in the room, Judy admired Olga’s dress.
_______________ 15. The children stared in ___ wonder at the fireworks spreading in the night sky.
_____ 16. Some ___ animals are ___ to diseases that can be contracted by eating meat or plants.
A. herbivorous; rapacious
C. omnivorous; susceptible
B. rapt; herbivorous
D. voracious; omnivorous
_____ 17. Although his skating error was barely ___ to the judges, Sven knew it would make him a ___ of the
fierce competition.
A. susceptible; rapt
C. rapacious; cadence
B. perceptible; casualty
D. cadence; casualty
_____ 18. One of the fundamental ___ of marching band instruction is that the whole group must follow the drum
major’s ___.
A. precepts; cadence
C. cadences; precept
B. casualties; precept
D. cadences; casualty
_____ 19. For a group of entirely ___ guests, the chef can prepare a meatless meal that is luxurious, even ___.
A. surreptitious; perceptible
C. decadent; herbivorous
B. rapacious; omnivorous
D. herbivorous; decadent
_____ 20. If we weren’t so ___ to flashy advertising, would we still be held ___ by enticing commercials?
A. susceptible; rapacious
C. rapt; rapacious
B. susceptible; rapt
D. rapacious; susceptible