Greek and Latin Roots List 4

Greek and Latin Roots List 4

• euphoric - good feeling/intense happiness

• euphony - pleasing to the ear

• eureka - joyful exclamation

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root eu?

• good/well

• sad

• lazy

• conform - to be similar in form (shape or behavior)

• deformed - not having the normal or usual shape

• malformed - abnormally formed; mis-shaped

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root form?

• size

• style

• shape

• fracture - the cracking or breaking of a hard object

• infraction - a violation or breaking of the law

• fraction - a portion of something

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root fract?

• break

• foot

• math

• fragile - easily broken or damaged

• fragment - a small part broken or separated off something

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Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root frag?

• glass

• break

• tiny

• generation - a group of people born around the same time

• genesis - the birth or origin of something

• generic - typical of an original, but not coming from the true source

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root gen?

• kind/birth

• non specific

• bitter/sour

• geology - study of the earth

• Georgia - land of farmers

• geocyclic - relating to the rotation of the Earth

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root geo?

• magazine

• movie

• earth

• graduate - to pass by degree or diploma

• grade - a degree or "step" in a scale

• gradual - taking place little by little

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root grad?

• finish/complete

• step/go

• start/begin

• diagram - a drawing to explain how something works

• grammar - the rules for how to "write" sentences.

• monogram - a written symbol containing two or more letters combined

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root gram?

• say/speaking

• short for "Grandma"

• letter/writing

• graphology - the study of handwriting

• autobiography - a written story of a person's life by that person

• graphic - written or drawn or engraved

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root graph?

• draw/write

• shout/yell

• color

• homeotherm - same temperature

• homograph - same spelling

• homophone - same sound

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root homo/homeo?

• house

• like/alike/same

• different/opposite