2 Responses for "1).The Latin base in the word proficiency is:?"

1. taylor lautner March 15th, 2010 at 8:13 am 1

   New Information.1) cJust to check myself I looked it up on the internet. The Latin word for proficiency is proficientem. I know for a fact the root is Profic (sorry about the earlier error). The Latin word for proficient is proficiens.2) aaida's reasoning is correct.3) bCourage has a concrete meaning; tragedy has a concrete meaning and terror has a concrete meaning. Beauty, standing on its own, has an abstract meaning. By saying, "Beauty is only skin deep," the writer is defining what is meant by beauty; in this case an inner beauty that transcends outward appearance. Source(s): English Honors Graduate

2. miley cyrus March 15th, 2010 at 8:13 am 2

   I would say that 1 is d. "Pro" is a prefix, but "fic" is a form of the base word, "facio," in which the a changes to an i when a prefix is added.In 2, I agree that it's a. The object is not to divide the word into syllables, but to separate the prefix ("re-") and the suffix ("-ate").For 3, I would say d. The article before "terror" is an indication, although it's not a hard and fast one, that the noun is being used in a more concrete sense than usual. Besides, what would be a synonym for "terror" in that sentence? We probably wouldn't say, "That kid is a fear." More likely, he's "a little monster." Source(s): Retired English professor with an undergraduate major in Latin