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2OO9 GJCL GREEKDERIVATIVES EXAM
Fill in the first four blocks of the Scantron sheet with your own 4-digit code and then the next four blockswith the 4-diglt code for this exam (1015). Fill in completely the space on the answer sheet
corresponding to the answer for each question; please do not write on the exam itself.
I. Give the letter of the meaning nearest to that of the Greek element underlined.1. ENEYELICAL2. APA'IEY3. ENDEMTC4. CACOPHONY5. HOROSCOPE6. GLOSSAL]. SYNDBQME8. SELENOLOGY9. PROGNOSIS10. ANTIDOTE11, APOTHEOSIS12. PACITYDERM13. EMBLEM14. EVANGELTST15. POLICE
a) letter b) wheel c) all d) ina) way b) put c) suffera) disease b) show c) speaka) bada) hour
d) differentd) peopled) manyd) measured) tongued) contestd) typed) speechd) gived) died) larged) holdd) messengerd) force
b) loud c) deepb) see c) star
a) meaning b) list c) worda) home b) sick c) runa) age b) moon c) suna) disease b) path c) know
b) cure c) homeb) light c) put
a) smooth b) thick c) skina) give b) sign c) throwa) word b) truth c) speecha) law b) many c) city
a) takea) god
lI. Choose the best answer based on the root meaning of the word in bold.16. An anthology would most likely containa. bones b. definitions17. A bigamist has two or morea. children b. spouses18. A heliograph creates signals usinga. electricity b. the sun19. A lithophl'te would grow ina. stone b. mud20. A hematologist would studya. reptiles b. the brain
a. a church b. a dictionary23. You would use a criterion to makea. ajudgment b. a film
c. advice d. poems
c. living grandparents d. jobs
c. motion d. sound
c. sfong sun d. water
c. blood d. weather21. Someone's patronymic would be derived fioma. their nationality b. their birthday c. their personality d. their father's name
22.Etymologies would most likely be encountered inc. a laboratory
c. a building d.
d. a biography
apuzzle
hard workLt.
24. Someone displaying misandry would have an aversion toa. difference b. men c. women25. A lexicographer woulda. write dictionaries b. crack codes c. speak many languages d. interpret literature
III. Based on your knowledge of Greek derivatives, choose the best meaning for each name.26. Nick's name suggest that he isa. a wlnner b. speedy c. intelligentd. ajudge27. Sophocles would be famous for his
d. couragea. strength b. wisdom c. vrrtue
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28. According to his name, Aristophanes should be reveaied to be
a. the richest b. the funmest c. the best29. George should grow up to be
a. goodJookrng b. a farmer c. a scientist30. Stephen might like to weara. a wreath b. jewelry c. a robe
a. homeopathy b. allopathy33. rude or tactless
d. the oldest
d. a leader
11 a tooa
c. osteopathy d. antipathy
IV. Choose the letter of the derivative that best suits the given definition.31. affectedandornatea. eidetic b. euphuistic c. erratic d. episcopal32. treatment of disease with drugs that produce slmptoms similar to that disease
a. hypocritical b. sociopathic c. endemic34. anexcessive display of leaming '
d. impolitic
a. pedantry35. drum
b. pedagogy c. pederasty d. pedology
a. harmonium b. tympanum c. euphomum36. absolute and unequivocal
d. nandemonium
a. academic b. anecdotal c. catesorical d. antithetical37. literally having a "split mind"a. sociopathic b. duplicitous c. heterodox d.
38. the study of matter in motiona. ergonomics b. dynamics c. ichthyology d.
39. a sign or symptom of a disease about to come on
schizophrenic
hagiology
V. Choose the best meaning of the Greek root.
a. syndrome b. dromedary40. needless repetition of wordsa. hyperbole b. euphony
c. prodrome d. chronogram
c. tautology d. metonymy
d. sharp
d. grow
d. fear
41. -od
a. shape42. icon-a. same43. erg-a. put44. necro-a. decay45. cau-a. swell46. -tom-a. cut47. -gnora. believe48. cosm-a. cily49. eu-a. well50. arch-a. opposite
b. like c. cycle d. way
b. image c. fine
b. carry c. work
b. corpse c. spirit
b. hide c. desfroy d. burn
b. small c. beginning d. seed
b. become c. know d. judge
aii c. vast d. order
b. false c. tall d. 'ffi"best
od.b. high c. rule
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2OO8 GJCL GREEK DERIVATIVES EXAM
Fill in the frrst four blocks of the Scantron sheet with your own 4-digit code and then the next four blocks
with the -digit code for this exam (1015). Fill in completely the space on the answer sheet
corresponding to the answer for each question; please do not write on the exam itself.
I. Give the letter of the meaning nearest to that of the Greek element underlined.b) other c) every d) side1. PARALIEL
2, COSMOPOLITAN3. IMPOLITIC4. STEREOTYPE5. ANATHEMA6. ANTHOLOGY7. CRITICAL8. NAUSEATE9, CATEGORICAL10. ARCHITECT11. DISASTER12. PROBLEM13. ANECDOTE14. DROMEDARY15. METHQD
a) equala) alla) cilya) kinda) puta) mana) pledgea) diseasea) classa) teachq) cfar
a) mark
a) hilla) learn
b) elite c) rule d) worldb) many c) speak d) foreignb) four c) sound d) strikeb) speak c) hear d) evil
d) flowerb) listb) see
b) ship
c) putc) noble d)judgec) bad d) tum
b) speech c) count d) marketplaceb) ruleb) fall
b) cureb) runb) one
c. a warrior
c. honoring God
c) write d) buildc) fortune d) ruin
b) stain c) throw d) ask
c) tella) eatc) way
d) choosed) sellrl\ hatp
II. Choose the best answer based on the root meaning of the rvord16. Glosses would be used to sivea. relief b. explanations c. advice
c. a doctor
c. work
c. very ornate
c. a horror film
c. fear books
d. a farmer
d. leading the way
bold.
d. warnings
d. an author
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17. The person most likely to cauterize is
a. a cook b. a dictator18. Someone with ergophobia would be afraid ofa. motlon b. electricity19. Cyclopean architecture is
a. very old b. very big20. You would most likely find an acrostic in
d. crops
d. very simple
d. a weather map
d. a poet
d. a museum
d. the ocean
d. herbs
d. interyret the
a. a book ofpoems b. a church21. The person most likely to be concerned with euphony is
a. a doctor b. a police officer c. a painter22.Doxology would most likely be encountered ina. a hospital b. a church c. a courtroom23. Someone displaying misocainea would have an aversion toa. dogs b. crowds c. new ideas
24. An osteopath would work witha. bones b. the senses c. stones
25. A bibliopole woulda. make maps b. sell books
III. Based on your knowledge of Greek derivatives, choose the best meaning for each name.26.Xena would be a sood name fora. a scientist b. a foreigner27.Timothy means
a. gift of God b. very learned
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28. Peter should be known for hisa. steadfastness b. intelligence c. curiosity d. bravery29. Eunice literally meansa. good-looking b. well-likedc. good victory d. well-spoken30. Philippa's favorite pastime would bea. reading b. riding horses c. gardening d. studying philosophy
IV. Choose the letter of the derivative that best suits the given definition.31. very clear or vivida. lconlc b. eidetic32. literaTTy, "public work"a. synergy b. energy33. worship of the deada. necrolatry b. necromancy c. necropsy34.literally, one who "leads children"a. pediatrician b. pedestrian c. pied-a-terre d. pedagogue
35. secret or esoteric knowledge of spiritual matters
a. agnosticism b. gnosis c. cognizance d. prognosis36. an event placed in the wrong time perioda. schism b. anachronism c. chronosram d. decalosue37. originally a "well-rounded education"a. philosophy b. methodology c. mathematics d. encyclopedia38. common or populara. endemic b. demographic c. demotic d. politic39. one who knows many languagesa. polymath b. polyglot c. heterodox d. cosmopolite
c. hyperbolic d. probiotic40. obviously exaggerateda. parabolic b. embolus
V. Choose the best meaning of the Greek root.
c. dialectic
c. liturgy
c. envy
c. stone
c. fine
c. ten thousand
c. destroy
c. eat
c. kill
c. all
c. straight
c. wln
d. echelon
d. surgery
d. necrology
4l. zeal-a. ardor42.litho-a. image43. acro-a. point44. myri-a. few45. bomb-a. swell46. -phag-a. say4J. -crata. power48. pan-a. flat49. -lexi-a. mix50. cam-a. dear
b. anger
b. single
b. sharp
b. different
b. hum
b. think
b. evil
b. vulgar
b. write
b. vault
d. hate
d. exact
d. best
d. wife
d. fall
d. reveal
d. judge
d. fear
d. gather
d. even
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2OO7 GJCL GREEK DERWATTVES EXAM
Fill in the first four blocks of the Scantron sheet with your own 4-digit code, and then the next four blocks
with the 4-digit code for this exam (1015). Fill in completely the space on the answer sheet
corresponding to the answer for each question; do not write on the exam itself please.
I. Give the letter of the meaning nearest to that of the Greek element underlined.1. NEOP}ryTE2. TECHNOCRACY3. CYCLONE4, LYCANTHROPEs. ENDEMIC6. eaqoPHoNY7. ECLECTIC8. DENDzuTE9. ]VIYRIAD10. DEEATHLETEil. PANORAMA12. PSEUDONYM13. HYDROPHOBIA14. TERATOLOGY15. PAC}ryDERM
a) planta) skilla) winda) wolf
a) fewa) five
a) people b) rulea) nice b) bad
a) nerve b) roota) eat b) choose c) die
b) eggb) powerb) dustb) man
b) noneb) seven
b) hiddenb) water
c) childc) wisdomc) circlec) flowerc) demonc) loud
c) treec) flashingc) tenc) viewc) namec) firec) marchc) smooth
d) mudd) rulerd) twistd) mourningd) housed) heatedAd) readd) noded) ten thousandd) manyd) alld) footd) elationd) landd) thick
a) many b) few
II. Choose the best answer based on the root meaning of the word.16. Oligarchy is rule bya. the people b. the richc. the military d. the few
17. Dysentery is the of the bowels:
a. removal b. inflammation
a) aliasa) fear
d. slicing
is the name of a _:b. animald. peak
b. nakedd. alone
b. an endd. an origin
a) monster b) marvela) hot b) heavy
19. When in the gymnasium, one should literally be:
c. strengthening
18. A toponyma. placec. god
a. sweatingc. running
a. ayearc. a solution
20. One who gives isagogical remarks is:
a. teaching b. jokingc. muttering d. introducing
21. A polymorphic monstera. runs fast b. assumes many shapes
c. has many teeth d. has thick fur
22. An etiological explanation provides
23. A pantheon concernsa. the Cthonic gods b. the god of the flutec. all the gods d. the Olyrnpian gods
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Itr. Based on your knowledge of Greek derivatives, choose the best meaning for each name.26. Theodore was the of God.a. beloved b. oriest c. defender d. sift27.What does Phillip love?a. waterfalls b. horses c. girls28. Sophia is outstanding for hera. wisdom b. grace c. beauty29. Nick should (technically) alwaysa. talk b. get hurt c. win30. What is good about Eugene?a. his health b. his height c. his ancestry d. his brain31. Polyphemus would have many _:a. sheep b. eyes c, speeches d. bones32. George would make a gooda. farmer b. lawyer c. doctor d. geologist33. What would Stephanie prefer to wear?a, gold robes b. a wreath c, perfume d. a toga34. What might Angela grow up to become?a. a caretaker b. an undertaker c. a sood mother d. a bike messenser35. Philokrates isa. arrogant b. wounded c. a lover of power d. a lover of mixed wine
fV. Choose the letter of the derivative which best suits the given definition.36. literally, one who "shows the fig"a. sycamore b. sychophant c. sycamme d. sycofer
d. occult
d. polyandry
37. literally, a departing from one's placea. echelon b. eclipse c, epidemic38. having more than one husband at the same tirnea, polygamy b. androgynous c. mrsogynous39. gold and ivorya. chryselephantine b, chysoleukistic40. study ofphysical spacea. astrology b. geology
V. Give the best meaning of each Greek root.41. -som-" -somat- a. mind b. few
b. equala. singlea. powerful b. equala. run b. boringa. color b. time
24. A necropolis is:a. a destroyed city b. a cemeteryc. a citadel d. a colony
25. A monolith is:a. carved from one block ofstonec. made of obsidian
b. an upright grave markerd. a single leader
d, poetry
d. temperance
d, guess correctly
c. dynographic
c. topography
42. isos-43. hemi-44. -drom-45. chrono-46. ery-47. chromo-48. xeno-49. dactyl50. rhin-
a. resulta. colora. colora. linea. nose
b. tinyb. timeb. foreignb. bumpb. shine
c. sleepc. unjustc. halfc. humpc. goldenc. monsterc. ancientc. winec. fingerc. wild
d. electrum
d. scientology
d. bodyd. both A and Cd. bloodd. arenad, circled. workd. goldend. giftd. beatd. horn
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2006 GJCL GREEKDERIVATIVES EXAM
Fill in the fust four blocks of the Scantron sheet with your own 4-digit code, and then the next four blockswith the 4-digit code for this exam (1015). Fill in completely the space on the answer sheet correspondingto the answer for each question; do not write on the exam itself, please.
I. CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER BASED ON THE ROOT MEANING OF THE WORI)
4. necrosis is the _ of cellsa. generation c. separationb. replication d. death
5. plutocratic rule is government by the
3. The lithosphere is composed ofa. oxygenb. elecftons
a. wealthyb. deceased
a. near the boundariesb. in the middle
2. An etiological explanation provides
1. democracy isa. rule of a fewb. rule of one
a. a yearb. an origin
9. phonology is the study ofa. lightb. movement
10. A pantheon honorsa. the god of the woodlandsb. allthe gods
11. polyglot12. metropolis13. panacea14. necroscopy15. pantograph1 6. psychopathic
c. rule of the peopled. rule of the aristocrats
c. an endd. a solution
c. rockd. paper
c. religiousd. intelligent
c. through the desertd. through outer space
c. high aboved. far away from
c. jealousyd. sound
c. the Olpnpian godsd. the Cthonic gods
a) intelligenta) capitala) cosmetica) list of deathsa) green inka) very sick
6. An onomastic explanation explainsa. the gender c. the age
b. the name d. the size
7.A nautical journey occursa. in a forestb. on the sea
8. Those on the periphery are
II. GIVE THE LETTER OF THE BEST DEFINITION FOR EACH WORD.
b) omnivorousb) subterraneanb) dessertb) microscopeb) writing deviceb) homicidai
c) fossilc) suburbc) remedyc) post-mortemc) squared paperc) stawed
d)linguistd) countyd) cocktaild) investigationd) large chartd) mentally ill
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17. martyrdom18. etymology19, homogeneous20. stenography21. dogmatic22. prognosticate23. homochromatic24. nephologist25. hipparch26. scleroderma2T.toxemia28. philology29. pyromania30. bathysphere
a) festivala) insectsa) hereditarya) shorthanda) ecclesiasticala) be an atheista) musical scalea) student ofcloudsa) jungle beasta) inner layer of skina) making arrowsa) scholarshipa) red flowera) underwater cave
c) the sun
c) good
ofthe godc) priest
b) holinessb) historyb) obsceneb) map makingb) presumptuousb) chewingb) one colorb) dentistb) pelvisb) skin graftb) blood poisonb) locomotiveb) love of towersb) mountain
c) suffering d) hard workc) classification d) semanticsc) descended d) uniformc) calendarc) assertivec) predict
d) sports writingd) wildd) fall asleep
III. CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER FOR EACH QUESTION
31. Philippos delights ina) weapons b) horses
32. Agathon was considereda) ugly b) lazy
33. Theodorus was thea) beloved b) enemy
34. Philokrates isa) anogant b) a lover ofpower c) a lover ofhorses
35. The father that named his dauehter Eunice was commemoratinsa) a good crop b) a bad fortune c) a great victory
IV. CHOOSE THE CORRECT DERIVATIVE
36. fee"r of insectsa) entomology b) arachnophobia c) entomophobia
37. capable of making one's own decisionsa) autositic b) autistic c) autonomous
38. carved from a single stonea) monolithic b) monophyletic c) magalopic
39. the hate of womena) misanthropy b) misogyny c) mystic
40. study oflegendsa) lexicology b) epicurism c) synergy
c) flying machine d) timelessc) ear doctor d) kidney doctorc) bridle d) cavalry leaderc) skin disorder d)joint achec) sweat blood d) love ofarcheryc) study ofeggs d) religionc) craze for fre d) music crazec) diving tank d) environment
d) a wine mixer
d) a comedy
d) triskaidekaphobia
d) autocratic
d) mesolithic
d) polygamy
d) mythology
d) the earth
d) poor
d) gift
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2OO5 GJCL GREEKDERIVATIVES EXAM
Fill in the first four blocks of the Scantron sheet with your own 4-digit code, and then the nextfour blocks with the 4-digit code for this exam (1015). Fill in completely the space on the answersheet corresponding to the answer for each question; do not write on the exam itself.
CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWERBASED ON THE ROOT MEANING OF THEWORD
4. A prophylactic measure attempts toa. prevent something beforehand b. prevent pregnancyc. prevent tooth decay d. stop milk production
1. Dysphagia isa. difficulty speakingc. difficulty sleeping
2. Hypermnesia isa. extreme memory loss
c. over-active brain activity
3. Endogamy isa. plural marriagec. arranged marriage
5. Synergy isa. excessive energyc. working together
6. Misogyny isa. hatred ofratsc. hahed of marriage
8. Oligarchy is rule bya. the majorilya +ha -an^la
9. Gymnophobia is the fear ofa. womenc. being naked
10. A hippodrome is aa. stadium for horse-racingc. stadium for sprinting
11. pachydqm a.
12. eclectic a.
b. difficulty swallowingd. difficulty thinking
b. complete memory of the pastd. under-active brain activity
b. marriage within a groupd. political marriage
b. lack ofenergyd. solar energy
b. hatred of womend. hatred ofblood
b. the richd. the few
b. batsd. athletic contests
b. stadium for foot-racesd. stadium for relay-races
b. earb. choose
c. nose
c. sleep
1. Dendrology is the study ofa. teeth b. gum tissuec. trees d. fossils
il. GIVE THE LETTER OF THE MEANING NEAREST TO THAT OF THEGREEK ELEMENT UNDERLINED.
eyeread
skintalk
I
1? +rinfr;nh e fl\/
14. cacophony a. varied15. diachronic a. time16. endg4qic a. evil17. pbtrypus a. foot18. propegileutic a. child19. synopsis a. soul20. brachyqgphalic a. head21. metilnomv a. law22. myriopod a. three23. troglodyte a. monster24. teratoma a. growth25. panacea a. many26. lilhqtomy a. knife27. metamgpbosis a. form28. xenophobia a. fear29. asymplQmatic a. together30. decathlete a. ten
IIL
J _t.
32.
33.
1^J+.
35.
36.
)t.
38.
d. fortuned. pleasantd. walkd. governmentd. weaved. educationd. summaryd. braind. dress
d. ten thousandd. insectd. disease
d. cured. windowd. godd. needyd. disease
d. few
b. writeb. badb. meaningb. disease
b. flatb. teacherb. essence
b. faceh qim
b. fewb. caveb. defectb. allb. dustb. changeb. strangerb. fallb. five
c. foldc. shrillc. color
c. plantc. masterc. view
c. namec. allc. heavyc. monsterc. fewc. stonec. flower^ "nl'c. poisonc. many
CHOOSE TTTN LETTER OF THE DERIVATIVE WHICH BEST SUITS THEGIVEN DEFINITION.
love of knowledgea. philophile b. philosophycarved from one block of stone
a. monolithic b. monographicgold and ivorya. chryselephantine b. chrysoleukisticgraveyarda. mausoleum b. acropolisunit of worka. dyne b. caloriestudy of legends
a. lexicologyfear of insectsa. arachlophobia b. entomologyhaving more than one husband at the same time
leukelephantine d. dynographic
necropolis d. sarcophagus
erg d. photon
mythology d. mythography
entomophobia d. arachnophagia
d. misogynous
macrocosm
micrograph
brave
foolishness
ribbons
brave
c. farmer
c. philology
megalithic
d. bibliophile
d. megalopic
b. synopsis
a. polyandry b. polygamy androgynous
cosmogony
micrometer
39. creation ofthe universea. cosmology b. cosmetology
40. that which allows one to see small thinssa. microsphere b. microscope
IV. CHOOSE TTIE BEST ANSWER FOR EACH QUESTION
41 . What sort of girl is Agatha?a. pretty b. moral
Peter should be known for hisa. fearlessness b. loyalty
What does Stephanie like to wear?
c. good d.
A
u.
d.
d.
Aa
^a+J.
44.a. dresses b. gold
Sophia isa. wise b. good
George should be aa. doctor b. teacher
constancy
wreathes
religious45.
I
d. actor