2015 Georgia Junior Classical League Latin Derivatives Examination (1002)

2015 Georgia Junior Classical League Latin Derivatives Examination (1002)

Print your full name, school, and the number of years you have studied Latin on the answer sheet. Fill in the first four blocks of the answer sheet with your own four-digit code, then the next four blocks with the code for the exam (1002). Fill in completely the space on the answer sheet corresponding with the correct answer. (Do not write on the exam itself).

I. Three out of four of the members of the following word lists contain the same Latin root. Select the word that contains a root that differs from the others (Notābene: some of the odd words out do not contain Latin roots at all!).

(a) grief (b) gravitation (c) gravy (d) aggravate
(a) spondee (b) sponsor (c) responsible (d) despondent
(a) rebel (b) revelry (c) bellwether (d) belligerent
(a) sonnet (b) consonance (c) song (d) sonic
(a) descant (b) acanthus (c) charm (d) shanty
(a) compromise (b) unremittent (c) commiserate (d) surmise
(a) latent (b) superlative (c) elation (d) correlate
(a) initiate (b) concomitant (c) obituary (d) commit
(a) manifesto (b) manifold (c) mastiff (d) manipulate
(a) matrix (b) metropolis (c) material (d) matriculate
(a) inoculate (b) innocence (c) nocuous (d) innoxious
(a) privilege (b) delegate (c) legitimate (d) loyal
(a) levitate (b) legerdemain (c) relevant (d) level
(a) flush (b) superfluous (c) fluoride (d) affluent
(a) add (b) rendezvous (c) edit (d) didactic
(a) participant (b) reciprocal (c) emancipate (d) municipality
(a) section (b) obsequious (c) persecution (d) unsuitable
(a) amortize (b) mortgage (c) postmortem (c) mortar
(a) importune (b) portrait (c) rapport (d) sport
(a) preface (b) facile (c) faculty (d) facet
(a) dubious (b) duplicate (c) redoubt (d) doubles
(a) perdure (b) corduroy (c) indurate (d) duress
(a) missle (b) unremittent (c) surmise (d) amiss
(a) exult (b) sultry (c) desultory (d) assault
(a) syndicate (b) predicate (c) vindictive (d) addict
(a) informative (b) formal (c) formicary (d) reform
(a) graceful (b) gracile (c) gratify (d) agree
(a) alimentary (b) coalesce (c) alumnus (d) aluminium
(a) congregate (b) mitigate (c) variegate (d) fumigate
(a) allegation (b) allegory (c) parallel (d) allergy
(a) command (b) commend (c) mendacious (d) mandate
(a) promiscuous (b) miscue (c) miscegenation (d) immiscible
(a) inordinate (b) ordain (c) primordial (d) ordnance
(a) recompense (b) penance (c) expenditure (d) penchant
(a) disparate (b) parlay (c) parimutuel (d) nonpareil
(a) sparse (b) intersperse (c) asperity (d) aspersion
(a) tincture (b) instinct (c) distinguish (d) extinct
(a) liberal (b) libertine (c) deliver (d) liable
(a) peninsula (b) insolate (c) isolation (c) insular
(a) cherish (b) charisma (c) caress (d) charity
II. What English word is derived from the given Latin word?

esse(a) essence (b) essay (c) abscess (d) accessory
verbum(a) reverberate (b) verbena (c) verdict (c) proverbial
dolere (a) dole (b) indolent (c) eidolon (d) redolent
aevum(a) coeval (b) ever (c) achieve (d) evanesce
sanguis(a) sanatorium (b) sanguinary (c) sanctimonious (d) santeria
odium(a) nausea (b) odeon (c) odiferous (d) anode
albus(a) album (b) albeit (c) albatross (d) albacore
donare(a) donkey (b) abandon (c) celadon (d) condone
felix(a) felicide (b) felicific (c) fele (d) fellow
quot(a) quoit (b) quoth (c) quotidian (d) rastaquouere

Latin Derivatives Key 2015