Quiz (F16 with laser weapons)
Words in the episode. Select one word in each item.
1. Unprecedented, unparalleled, unequaled
2. Infrared, ultraviolet, visible
3. Shipborne, airborne, carrier
4. Hospitable, hostile, friendly
5. Acquisition, relinquishing, abandoning
Word anatomy:
Infra: infrared, infrastructure
Infrared: infra + red, below (La.) + red (Proto Indo-European)
Ultra: ultralight, ultraviolet
ultraviolet: ultra + violet, beyond + violet (from flower), La. + La.
Shipborne: Ship + borne (from bear)
Airborne: air + borne
Proceed: Pro (forward) + ceed (from La.
cedere)
Precedent: Pre (before) + cedent (From La. cedere)
President: pre + sident ( from La. sedere, sit)
Algorithm: al-Khwarizmi
serpent, La, - Gr. (creep, from herpein)
snake, old Eng. - Proto Germanic
protect, pro+tect, forward+ cover(shield), Latin
detect: de +tect, off/away, cover, La.
defeat: de + feat, away + make, undo, unmake, La.
Fact, something done, deed, La.
Factor
Factory
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