Q 01/05
A) lavish
B) clumsy
C) cheerful
D) thrifty
Answer · why
It comes from the Latin frugalis, meaning virtuous or thrifty, and displaced the Old English spærhende, literally 'spare-handed'.
Q 02/05
A) evasive
B) frank
C) elegant
D) wealthy
Answer · why
The Latin root candidus means white; a candidate was originally an office-seeker in a whitened toga.
Q 03/05
A) doable
B) impossible
C) delicious
D) ancient
Answer · why
It descends from the Old French faisable, from faire, to do, so it literally means 'do-able'.
Q 04/05
A) thrilling
B) spacious
C) monotonous
D) generous
Answer · why
It comes from the Latin taedium, weariness, the same root that gives English tedium.
Q 05/05
A) serene
B) turbulent
C) sticky
D) hungry
Answer · why
The Latin tranquillus is built on the root of quies, rest, the source of quiet.
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