Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one.
1The court criticised the statute as ...............centric, because it treated rivers only as resources for human use.
Wrong!
The correct answer is "anthropo" because anthropocentric means centred on human beings rather than on the Earth itself.
2The mayor condemned the campaign's ...............phobia, noting that it portrayed migrants as an existential threat.
Wrong!
The correct answer is "xeno" because xenophobia is fear or hostility towards foreigners or outsiders.
3After surgery, the oncologist recommended ...............therapy to reduce the risk of microscopic tumour cells returning.
Wrong!
The correct answer is "chemo" because chemotherapy uses chemical agents, especially drugs, to treat disease.
4Her doctorate in ...............logy examined how tremors propagate through a recently mapped fault line.
Wrong!
The correct answer is "seismo" because seismology is the scientific study of earthquakes and seismic waves.
5The scan used ...............graphy to reveal a blockage in the patient's coronary arteries.
Wrong!
The correct answer is "angio" because angiography is imaging or recording of blood vessels.
6The forum was ...............lingual, with delegates switching effortlessly among Arabic, Spanish, Mandarin and French.
Wrong!
The correct answer is "poly" because polylingual means involving or using many languages.
7The nurse used a ...............dermic needle to deliver the vaccine beneath the skin.
Wrong!
The correct answer is "hypo" because hypodermic means under the skin.
8The neurosurgeon monitored ...............cranial pressure throughout the first night after the head injury.
Wrong!
The correct answer is "intra" because intracranial means within the skull.
9By the time the rescue team arrived, the climber was suffering from ...............thermia; his core temperature had fallen dangerously low.
Wrong!
The correct answer is "hypo" because hypothermia is an abnormally low body temperature.
10Unlike a clam, a squid is a ...............pod, with its arms arranged around the head.
Wrong!
The correct answer is "cephalo" because cephalopod literally means head-foot and refers to animals such as squid and octopuses.
11Because sunlight never reaches the vent community, its bacteria rely on ...............synthesis, deriving energy from hydrogen sulphide.
Wrong!
The correct answer is "chemo" because chemosynthesis uses chemical energy rather than sunlight to make organic compounds.
12The site is ...............lithic rather than hunter-gatherer, with evidence of settled farming and polished stone tools.
Wrong!
The correct answer is "neo" because Neolithic refers to the later Stone Age, associated with farming and polished stone tools.
Answers
- The court criticised the statute as anthropocentric, because it treated rivers only as resources for human use.
- The mayor condemned the campaign’s xenophobia, noting that it portrayed migrants as an existential threat.
- After surgery, the oncologist recommended chemotherapy to reduce the risk of microscopic tumour cells returning.
- Her doctorate in seismology examined how tremors propagate through a recently mapped fault line.
- The scan used angiography to reveal a blockage in the patient’s coronary arteries.
- The forum was polylingual, with delegates switching effortlessly among Arabic, Spanish, Mandarin and French.
- The nurse used a hypodermic needle to deliver the vaccine beneath the skin.
- The neurosurgeon monitored intracranial pressure throughout the first night after the head injury.
- By the time the rescue team arrived, the climber was suffering from hypothermia; his core temperature had fallen dangerously low.
- Unlike a clam, a squid is a cephalopod, with its arms arranged around the head.
- Because sunlight never reaches the vent community, its bacteria rely on chemosynthesis, deriving energy from hydrogen sulphide.
- The site is neolithic rather than hunter-gatherer, with evidence of settled farming and polished stone tools.
