NCEE EXAMS SCRIPT 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+ TIP
✔✔castra (camp) - ✔✔castle, chateau, castellan, Castile, Chester, -chester (as in
Manchester, Winchester, etc.
✔✔causa (cause / reason) - ✔✔accusation, accusative, accuse, accuser, because,
cause, excuse, inexcusable, kickshaw
✔✔celeritās (speed) - ✔✔q.v. celer
✔✔cēna (dinner) - ✔✔cenacle
✔✔cēra (wax) - ✔✔cerament
✔✔cibus (food) - ✔✔precibal, postcibal
✔✔cīvis (citizen) - ✔✔citadel, citizen, citizenship, city, civic, civil, civilian, civilization,
civilize(d), incivility, uncivil
✔✔clāmor (shout) - ✔✔q.v. clāmō
✔✔collum (neck) - ✔✔collar, accolade
✔✔copia (supply) - ✔✔cum (with) + ops (strength): copy, copious
✔✔coquus (cook) - ✔✔q.v. coquō
✔✔corōna (crown) - ✔✔coronation, crown, corollary, coronet, uncrowned
✔✔cornū (horn) - ✔✔cornea, corner, cornet, cornucopia, unicorn
✔✔corpus (body) - ✔✔corporal, corporate, corporation, corporeal, corps, corpse,
corpulent, corpulence, corsage, corset, incorporate
✔✔cubiculum (bedroom) - ✔✔cubicle
✔✔culīna (kitchen) - ✔✔culinary, kiln
✔✔cupiditās (desire) - ✔✔q.v. cupiō
✔✔cūra (care) - ✔✔q.v. accuracy, accurate, assurance, assure, assured(ly), curate,
cure, curio, curiosity, curious, curiosity, ensure, inaccuracy, inaccurate, incurable,
,insecure, insurance, insure, manicure, procure, proctor, proxy, reassurance, reassure,
scour, secure, security, sinecure, sure, surely, surety, uncured
✔✔currus (chariot) - ✔✔q.v. currō
✔✔custōs (guard) - ✔✔q.v. custodiō
✔✔cutis (skin) - ✔✔cuticle, subcutaneous
✔✔dea (goddess) - ✔✔q.v. deus
✔✔dēns (tooth) - ✔✔dentist, dental, dent, indent, denture, trident, bident, dandelion
✔✔deus (god) - ✔✔deify, deist, deity, divine, divination, divinity, adieu
✔✔diēs (day) - ✔✔dial, diary, dismal, journal, journalism, adjourn, journey, meridian,
sojourn, sundial
✔✔digitus (finger) - ✔✔digit, digital, digitize, bit, byte
✔✔discipulus (student) - ✔✔q.v. discō
✔✔diligentia (care) - ✔✔q.v. legō
✔✔domina (mistress) - ✔✔q.v. domus
✔✔dominus (master) - ✔✔q.v. domus
✔✔domus (house) - ✔✔dame, damsel, beldam, belladonna, danger, dangerous,
domain, dome, domestic, domesticate, domicile, dominance, dominant, dominate,
domination, domineer, dominion, domino, don, donna, dungeon, endanger, granny,
ma'am, madam, mademoiselle, madonna, predominate
✔✔dōnum (gift) - ✔✔q.v. dō
✔✔dux (leader) - ✔✔q.v. dūcō
✔✔epistula (letter) - ✔✔epistle, epistolary
✔✔equus (horse) - ✔✔equine, equestrian
✔✔exemplum (example) - ✔✔q.v. emō
,✔✔exercitus (army) - ✔✔q.v. arceō
✔✔fābula (story) - ✔✔q.v. for fama (fame / reputation): q.v. for familia (family): familial,
familiar, familiarize, unfamiliar
✔✔fēmina (woman) - ✔✔female, feminine, feminism, effeminate
✔✔fēlēs (cat) - ✔✔feline
✔✔ferrum (iron / sword) - ✔✔farrier
✔✔fīlia (daughter) - ✔✔q.v. fīlius
✔✔fīlius (son) - ✔✔filial, affiliate, affiliation, hidalgo
✔✔fīnis (end) - ✔✔affinity, confine, confinement, define, definite, definition, final, finale,
finality, finance, financial, fine, finesse, finish, finite, infinite, infinitesimal, infinitive,
infinity, paraffin, refine(d), redefine, refinement, refinery, undefined
✔✔flamma (flame) - ✔✔aflame, flamboyant, flame, inflame, flammable, inflammable,
inflammation, inflammatory
✔✔flōs (flower) - ✔✔cauliflower, cornflower, flora, floral, florid, florin, florist, flour,
flourish, flower, flowery, sunflower, wallflower, Florida, florescent, efflorescent,
efflorescence
✔✔fortūna (fortune) - ✔✔fortunate, fortune, misfortune, misfortunate, unfortunate
✔✔forum (marketplace) - ✔✔forensic, forensics
✔✔frāter (brother) - ✔✔friar, fraternity, fraternal, fraternize
✔✔frōns (forehead) - ✔✔affront, confront, effrontery, forefront, front, frontal, frontier,
waterfront
✔✔fuga (flight) - ✔✔q.v. fugiō
✔✔fūmus (smoke) - ✔✔fume, fumigate, perfume
✔✔fūr (theif) - ✔✔furtive, ferret
✔✔gaudium (joy) - ✔✔q.v. gaudeō
, ✔✔gēns (family / nation / clan) - ✔✔q.v. genus
✔✔genū (knee) - ✔✔genuflect
✔✔genus (race / kind / class) - ✔✔benign, benignant, congenial, congenital,
degenerate, degeneration, engender, engine, engineer, gendarme, gender, general,
generality, generalization, generate, generation, generative, generator, generic,
generosity, generous, genial, genre, gent, genteel, gentile, gentility, gentle, gentleman,
gently, gentry, genuine, germ, germinate, germinate, gin (as in cotton gin), indigenous,
ingenious, jaunty, malign, malignant, primogeniture, progenitor, progeny, regenerate,
regeneration, regenerative
✔✔gladius (sword) - ✔✔gladiator, gladiolus, gladiola
✔✔glōria (glory) - ✔✔glorification, glorify, glory, glorious, inglorious, vainglorious
✔✔grātia (thanks / favor) - ✔✔q.v. grātus
✔✔herba (grass) - ✔✔arbor, herb, herbal, herbage, herbivore, herbicide
✔✔hiems (winter) - ✔✔hibernate, hibernation
✔✔homō (man) - ✔✔homage, homicide, human, humane, humanist, humanity,
humanitarian, humanize, inhuman, inhumane, superhuman
✔✔honor (honor) - ✔✔dishonest, dishonesty, dishonor, dishonorable, honest, honesty,
honorable, honorary
✔✔hōra (hour) - ✔✔horoscope, hour
✔✔hortus (garden) - ✔✔horticulture, horticultural
✔✔hospes (guest) - ✔✔hospice, hospital, hospitality, hospitable, host, hostage, hostel,
hostlery, hostess, hostler, ostler, hotel, inhospitable
✔✔hostis (enemy) - ✔✔host (enemy army), hostile, hostility
✔✔iānua (door) - ✔✔January, janitor, janitorial
✔✔ignis (fire) - ✔✔ignite, ignition, igneous, reignite
✔✔imperium (power) - ✔✔q.v. parō
✔✔incendium (fire) - ✔✔incense, incendiary
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+ TIP
✔✔castra (camp) - ✔✔castle, chateau, castellan, Castile, Chester, -chester (as in
Manchester, Winchester, etc.
✔✔causa (cause / reason) - ✔✔accusation, accusative, accuse, accuser, because,
cause, excuse, inexcusable, kickshaw
✔✔celeritās (speed) - ✔✔q.v. celer
✔✔cēna (dinner) - ✔✔cenacle
✔✔cēra (wax) - ✔✔cerament
✔✔cibus (food) - ✔✔precibal, postcibal
✔✔cīvis (citizen) - ✔✔citadel, citizen, citizenship, city, civic, civil, civilian, civilization,
civilize(d), incivility, uncivil
✔✔clāmor (shout) - ✔✔q.v. clāmō
✔✔collum (neck) - ✔✔collar, accolade
✔✔copia (supply) - ✔✔cum (with) + ops (strength): copy, copious
✔✔coquus (cook) - ✔✔q.v. coquō
✔✔corōna (crown) - ✔✔coronation, crown, corollary, coronet, uncrowned
✔✔cornū (horn) - ✔✔cornea, corner, cornet, cornucopia, unicorn
✔✔corpus (body) - ✔✔corporal, corporate, corporation, corporeal, corps, corpse,
corpulent, corpulence, corsage, corset, incorporate
✔✔cubiculum (bedroom) - ✔✔cubicle
✔✔culīna (kitchen) - ✔✔culinary, kiln
✔✔cupiditās (desire) - ✔✔q.v. cupiō
✔✔cūra (care) - ✔✔q.v. accuracy, accurate, assurance, assure, assured(ly), curate,
cure, curio, curiosity, curious, curiosity, ensure, inaccuracy, inaccurate, incurable,
,insecure, insurance, insure, manicure, procure, proctor, proxy, reassurance, reassure,
scour, secure, security, sinecure, sure, surely, surety, uncured
✔✔currus (chariot) - ✔✔q.v. currō
✔✔custōs (guard) - ✔✔q.v. custodiō
✔✔cutis (skin) - ✔✔cuticle, subcutaneous
✔✔dea (goddess) - ✔✔q.v. deus
✔✔dēns (tooth) - ✔✔dentist, dental, dent, indent, denture, trident, bident, dandelion
✔✔deus (god) - ✔✔deify, deist, deity, divine, divination, divinity, adieu
✔✔diēs (day) - ✔✔dial, diary, dismal, journal, journalism, adjourn, journey, meridian,
sojourn, sundial
✔✔digitus (finger) - ✔✔digit, digital, digitize, bit, byte
✔✔discipulus (student) - ✔✔q.v. discō
✔✔diligentia (care) - ✔✔q.v. legō
✔✔domina (mistress) - ✔✔q.v. domus
✔✔dominus (master) - ✔✔q.v. domus
✔✔domus (house) - ✔✔dame, damsel, beldam, belladonna, danger, dangerous,
domain, dome, domestic, domesticate, domicile, dominance, dominant, dominate,
domination, domineer, dominion, domino, don, donna, dungeon, endanger, granny,
ma'am, madam, mademoiselle, madonna, predominate
✔✔dōnum (gift) - ✔✔q.v. dō
✔✔dux (leader) - ✔✔q.v. dūcō
✔✔epistula (letter) - ✔✔epistle, epistolary
✔✔equus (horse) - ✔✔equine, equestrian
✔✔exemplum (example) - ✔✔q.v. emō
,✔✔exercitus (army) - ✔✔q.v. arceō
✔✔fābula (story) - ✔✔q.v. for fama (fame / reputation): q.v. for familia (family): familial,
familiar, familiarize, unfamiliar
✔✔fēmina (woman) - ✔✔female, feminine, feminism, effeminate
✔✔fēlēs (cat) - ✔✔feline
✔✔ferrum (iron / sword) - ✔✔farrier
✔✔fīlia (daughter) - ✔✔q.v. fīlius
✔✔fīlius (son) - ✔✔filial, affiliate, affiliation, hidalgo
✔✔fīnis (end) - ✔✔affinity, confine, confinement, define, definite, definition, final, finale,
finality, finance, financial, fine, finesse, finish, finite, infinite, infinitesimal, infinitive,
infinity, paraffin, refine(d), redefine, refinement, refinery, undefined
✔✔flamma (flame) - ✔✔aflame, flamboyant, flame, inflame, flammable, inflammable,
inflammation, inflammatory
✔✔flōs (flower) - ✔✔cauliflower, cornflower, flora, floral, florid, florin, florist, flour,
flourish, flower, flowery, sunflower, wallflower, Florida, florescent, efflorescent,
efflorescence
✔✔fortūna (fortune) - ✔✔fortunate, fortune, misfortune, misfortunate, unfortunate
✔✔forum (marketplace) - ✔✔forensic, forensics
✔✔frāter (brother) - ✔✔friar, fraternity, fraternal, fraternize
✔✔frōns (forehead) - ✔✔affront, confront, effrontery, forefront, front, frontal, frontier,
waterfront
✔✔fuga (flight) - ✔✔q.v. fugiō
✔✔fūmus (smoke) - ✔✔fume, fumigate, perfume
✔✔fūr (theif) - ✔✔furtive, ferret
✔✔gaudium (joy) - ✔✔q.v. gaudeō
, ✔✔gēns (family / nation / clan) - ✔✔q.v. genus
✔✔genū (knee) - ✔✔genuflect
✔✔genus (race / kind / class) - ✔✔benign, benignant, congenial, congenital,
degenerate, degeneration, engender, engine, engineer, gendarme, gender, general,
generality, generalization, generate, generation, generative, generator, generic,
generosity, generous, genial, genre, gent, genteel, gentile, gentility, gentle, gentleman,
gently, gentry, genuine, germ, germinate, germinate, gin (as in cotton gin), indigenous,
ingenious, jaunty, malign, malignant, primogeniture, progenitor, progeny, regenerate,
regeneration, regenerative
✔✔gladius (sword) - ✔✔gladiator, gladiolus, gladiola
✔✔glōria (glory) - ✔✔glorification, glorify, glory, glorious, inglorious, vainglorious
✔✔grātia (thanks / favor) - ✔✔q.v. grātus
✔✔herba (grass) - ✔✔arbor, herb, herbal, herbage, herbivore, herbicide
✔✔hiems (winter) - ✔✔hibernate, hibernation
✔✔homō (man) - ✔✔homage, homicide, human, humane, humanist, humanity,
humanitarian, humanize, inhuman, inhumane, superhuman
✔✔honor (honor) - ✔✔dishonest, dishonesty, dishonor, dishonorable, honest, honesty,
honorable, honorary
✔✔hōra (hour) - ✔✔horoscope, hour
✔✔hortus (garden) - ✔✔horticulture, horticultural
✔✔hospes (guest) - ✔✔hospice, hospital, hospitality, hospitable, host, hostage, hostel,
hostlery, hostess, hostler, ostler, hotel, inhospitable
✔✔hostis (enemy) - ✔✔host (enemy army), hostile, hostility
✔✔iānua (door) - ✔✔January, janitor, janitorial
✔✔ignis (fire) - ✔✔ignite, ignition, igneous, reignite
✔✔imperium (power) - ✔✔q.v. parō
✔✔incendium (fire) - ✔✔incense, incendiary
