Name:______________________________________ Period:______________
Latin and Greek Roots--- Lesson 6
ROOT: CANT Latin "To sing, to call"
1.
recant v. To formally withdraw
syn: repeal
2.
incantation n. Ritual chant; spell
syn: spell
3.
disenchanted adj. Losing fondness for; unhappy with syn: disappointed
ant: reaffirm
ant: enthusiastic
ROOT: AUD Latin "to hear"
4.
inaudible adj. So quiet as to be impossible to hear
5.
auditory adj. Having to do with the sense of hearing
6.
audit n. A thorough review
ant: loud
ROOT: SON Latin "to sound"
7.
dissonance n. Unpleasant or unharmonious sound
8.
assonance n. Similarity of word sounds
9.
resonant adj. Having an effect; powerful
syn: discord
ant: harmony
syn: equivalent
ant: unrelated
ROOT: LOG Greek "to speak, to reason"
10.
analogous adj. Comparable to; like
11.
dialogue n. Communication between two or more people
syn: conversation
12.
prologue (prō' lôg) n. A speech, passage, or event coming before the main speech or event
syn: preface
ant: epilogue
Latin and Greek Roots--- Lesson 6 – Name:______________________________________________ Period:_________
Fill in the blank with the best word. A word may be used more than once.
_______________ 1.
The static blaring from the radio filled the room with a painful ___.
_______________ 2.
I became ___ with living in Peru when the prices for food and clothing increased.
_______________ 3.
The microphone's feedback grew from an almost ___ buzzing to a deafening shriek.
_______________ 4.
Developing ___skills involves knowing what to listen for and when.
_______________ 5.
Although he was critical of his band members at first, the drummer later ___ his criticism.
_______________ 6.
Once the accounting scandal became public knowledge, a thorough ___ of the company's
finances was called for.
_______________ 7.
The young poet could produce lines of skillful ___ and great beauty.
_______________ 8.
The music of some composers who died long ago is still ___today.
_______________ 9.
The children, exposed to the words of a foreign language for the first time, thought they were
hearing a magical ___.
_______________ 10.
Do you think the invention of the printing press is ___ to the invention of the computer in our
own time?
_______________ 11.
The countries had been at war for so long that any kind of ___ was impossible.
_______________ 12.
In the ___ before the novel, the author lists the main characters and their histories.
_______________ 13.
Ray likes to say he has a(n) ___ problem, but the truth is that he just doesn't listen well.
_______________ 14.
Often, the ___ that results from the baby crying, the dog barking, and the music blaring drives
me insane.
_______________ 15.
The team's fans, who had once loved the star pitcher, grew ___ with him as he failed to strike
the other team out.
Choose the set of words that best completes the sentence.
______1.
Whatever the deputy whispered to the Chief of Police was ___ to the audience, but it made the Chief ___
his statement and apologize.
A. resonant; assonance
C.
inaudible; recant
B.
dialogue; analogous
D.
prologue; incantation
______2.
I hardly think Mary's deep unhappiness with her current job is ___ to the times she has been ___ with a job
in the past.
A. analogous; disenchanted
C.
prologue; disenchanted
B.
assonance; dissonance
D.
inaudible; disenchanted
______3.
The noisy city's ___ would create a(n) ___ disturbance for a person with even limited hearing.
A. incantation; auditory
C.
audit; auditory
B.
dissonance; auditory
D.
dialogue; resonant
______4.
A comprehensive ___of several major power companies led to an open ___ between consumers and
company executives.
A. audit; dialogue
C.
inaudible; dissonance
B.
dissonance; recant
D.
incantation; dialogue
______5.
The words of the ___ were still ___ in my mind long after the play had ended.
A. audit; disenchanted
C.
dissonance; resonant
B.
prologue; resonant
D.
audit; disenchanted