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CR 8 15-16
Lessons 15 and 16
Question | Answer |
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The Latin root meaning "around" | Circum |
adj. roundabout; indirect | circuitous |
adj. cautious and watchful; prudent | circumspect |
n. outer boundary of a circle; the perimeter | circumference |
Latin root meaning "circle," "anything round" | Orbis |
Latin root meaning "wheel" | Orbita |
n. path of on body as it revolves around another body; a sphere of influence | orbit |
n. a sphere; anything spherical in shape. 2. a glove carried by a monarch as a symbol of office | orb |
Latin root meaning "form, shape" | figura |
n. a shape or outline ; a method of arrangement | configuration |
adj. Using figures of speech; symbolic, not literal | figurative |
Latin root meaning "wheel, circle" | Kuklos |
adj. occurring or moving in cyles | cyclic |
adj. possessing info about many subjects or intensively about one subject | encyclopedic |
Latin root meaning "to shape" | Fingo, fingere, finxi, fictum |
tr. v. to pretend | feign |
n. a misleading movement or pretended attack v. to make a misleading movement or pretended attack | feint |
n. sculpture or model of a person | effigy |
Greek root meaning "shape or form" | Iedos |
n. the main ideas of a class, group, or movement | ideology |
n. a short description of a peaceful scene; usually of country life | idyll, idyl |
Latin root meaning "wheel" | Rota |
Latin root meaning "round" | Rotundus |
n. by memory without thought of the meaning | rote |
n. a circular domed building or hall | rotunda |
adj. plump, rounded | rotund |
Latin root meaning "a hollow" | Cavea |
adj. like a large cave in size or darkness; filled with caves or cavities | cavernous |
adj. curved like the inner surface of a ball | concave |
the opposite of convex | concave |
tr. v. to dig out; to make a holeby diggin | excavate |