Word Clues #12 Test (Word Clues Midterm)
 Friday 3/11
 Covers lessons 9-11
 50 multiple choice / matching questions
 Covers all Grammar Practices we have done this semester. (Complete
Grammar Practice #4 and review on your own)
 No homework or extra credit for this test
 Counts as half a test grade
Word Clues Lesson 9
Root
1. mir (1)
2. quer, quest, quir, quis (1)
3. queri, queru (1)
4. roga (1)
5. pet (1)
6. ora (2)
7. preca (1)
8. preci (2)
9. pecu (1)
10. propr, proper (1)
11. lucr (1)
12. fisc (1)
13. merc (1)
Meaning
wonder
seek; ask
complain
ask
seek; atttack
mouth; speech; prayer
pray
price; value
one’s own; private property; money
one’s own; individual
gain; profit
purse
trade
Exercise Words
1. admire
2. inquisitive
3. querulous
4. interrogate
9. depreciate
10. peculiar
11. appropriate
12. lucrative
5. petulant
6. oral
7. inexorable
8. imprecation
13. fiscal
14. commerce
15. precious
Word Clues Lesson 10
Root
1. put (1)
2. ratio, ration (1)
3. prob (1)
4. solv, solute (1)
5. arbitr (1)
6. jur, just (1)
7. judic (1)
8. cred, credit (1)
9. nega, negat (1)
Meaning
cut; prune away; clear up; think; suppose
reason; relationship
test; prove
loosen; set free
consider; judge
right; justice; oath
judge; decide
believe; trust
deny
10. fid (1)
11. feder
12. doc, doct (1)
13. dub, dubit (1)
14. vacill (1)
15. oscill (1)
16. oss (1)
faith
league; alliance; bond
teach
doubt
waver
swing
bone
Suffix
1. –ndum, -nda (pl)
Meaning
to be ____
Exercise Words
5. compute
6. ratiocination
7. probation
8. solution
5. arbitrate
6. jurisdiction
7. judicial
8. credit
9. negative
10. fidelity
11. docile
12. dubious
13. vacillate
14. oscillate
15. osseous
Word Clues Lesson 11
Root
1. scrib, script (1)
2. liter (1)
3. litig (1)
4. leg, lig, lect (1)
5. leg, lect (1)
6. leg (1)
7. lig (1)
8. string, strict [strain, straint] (2)
9. stingu, stinct (1)
10. stimul (1)
11. pung, punct [point] (2)
12. pugn, pug (2)
Meaning
write
letter
dispute; quarrel; sue
choose; gather
read
law
bind
bind
prick; prick out; quench
goad; rouse
point; prick
fight; fist
Exercise Words
9. inscription
10.literature
11.litigation
12.eligible
9. restrict
10. distinct
11. stimulate
12. pungent
5. legible
6. illegal
7. ligature
8. stringent
13. puncture
14. pugnacious
15. pugilist