Read-Around Review: flu, flux to flow

What are the roots that mean to flow?

the roots flu and flux

What is the word that describes what a person is when he or she can get what they want out of someone else?

influential having the power to make things flow their way; the flow of power

What is the word that describes when something, such as the temperature, moves up and down?

fluctuates to rise and fall irregularly; to vary; to flow up and down unpredictably

What is the word that describes the shape of a glass described to create a certain flow of the liquid placed within?

fluted a tall narrow shape designed for a smooth flow of liquid

What is the word that describes having something more than necessary?

superfluous overflow; more than enough; an overabundance; more than required

What is the word that means something that flows out?

effluence something that flows out; outflow

What is the word that describes when a person reads smoothly, like in natural speech?

fluent able to flow smoothly; graceful

What is the word that means a person has a plentiful supply of wealth?

affluence a plentiful supply; wealth, a great quantity that seems to keep flowing

What is the word that identifies a liquid or gas that flows smoothly?

fluid a substance whose molecules flow freely past one another; a liquid or gas

What is the word that identifies a large number of things, such as a huge swarm of bees, entering an area?

influx a flowing in of something in a large number of amount; a mass arrival

What is the word that means a gathering or meeting together at one point?

confluence a gathering, meeting or flowing together at one point; a joining