G/L Roots - List 14

G/L Roots - List 14

fac

• manufacture - the act or process of producing something

• facilitate - to make it easier to do something or to bring it about

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root fac?

• do

• cut

• send

• name

mit

• submit - to put forward or to present

• remit - to send

• omit - to leave out or leave undone

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root mit?

• do

• send

• go

• teach

pater

• paternal - of or relating to a father

• paternity - the state of being a father

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root pater?

• mother

• friend

• father

• brother

dys

• dysfunctional - performs poorly

• dystopia - an imagined world where people lead wretched, fearful lives (opposite of utopia)

• dysrhythmia - an abnormal rhythm, especially of the heart or brain

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root dys?

• bad/difficult

• form/shape

• hope/believe

• good/easy

doc

• doctorate - the degree, title, or rank of a doctor

• indoctrinate - to instruct, especially in fundamentals

• document - a writing conveying information

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root doc?

• medical

• teach

• death

• do

mater

• not Mater!

mater

• Not 'mater

mater

• maternal - of or relating to a mother

• maternity - the time period of pregnancy through the birth of the child

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root mater?

• father

• friend

• sister

• mother

mort

• mortician - undertaker

• mortuary - of or relating to the burial of the dead

• immortal - exempt from death/will never die

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root mort?

• life

• death

• living

• difficult

sect

• section - a part or portion, often resulting from cutting

• dissect - to separate into pieces for scientific examination

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root sect?

• cut

• clean

• cry

• send

morph

• metamorphosis - a change in physical form

• morphology - a study of structure or form

• metamorphic rock - rocks that started out as some other type of rock, but which have been substantially changed

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root morph?

• good/easy

• bad/difficult

• form/shape

• move/wiggle

nym

• antonym - a word of opposite meaning

• synonym - a word with similar meaning

• anonymous - name not given; unknown authorship

• pseudonym - a fictitious name

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the root nym?

• date

• name

• number

• letter