Week 7/Greek and Latin Roots

Week 7
Greek/Latin Roots ​

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https://www.oakton.edu/user/3/gherrera/Greek%20and%20Latin%20Roots%20in%20English/greek_and_latin_roots.pdf

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Multiple Choice

Dict means- to say

The dictation function on your phone allows you to

• say your text message

• send your text message

• join your text message

• believe your text message

Multiple Choice

The prefix ana means against or wrong. An anachronism is

• something that is wrong for your beliefs.

• something that is wrong for or does not fit in a time period.

• something that is wrong for humanity.

• something that is wrong to pour out.

Multiple Choice

The suffix -ician indicates a person skilled or involved in a subject or activity. A mortician is a

• person quliafied to practice medicine

• person whose job is to style hair, manicure nails, and administer beauty treatments

• person who performs magic tricks

• person who prepares dead bodies for burial or cremation

Multiple Choice

Anthro- human

ism- of the quality of/having

Anthropomorphism is

• attributing human characteristics to something not human

• believing or trusting in something unbelievable

• forcing or squeezing something to death

• saying or speaking the truth

Multiple Choice

The root word in synonym is nym. The root means

• to send

• to write

• name

• time

Multiple Choice

The prefix dis means not or the opposite of.

If you discredit something you

• give it life

• cause its death

• make it not believable (make it seem false or unreliable)

• release it from pressure caused by squeezing

Multiple Choice

Port- to carry

Someone's comportment is

• his enthusiasm or heart for a project

• the way he carries himself

• his skill at writing

• his willingness to join others

Multiple Choice

The root meter means “measurement.”

A photometer is an instrument for measuring

• light

• time

• life

• force

Multiple Choice

Which root means to push or to drive?

• gram

• dict

• geo

• puls

Multiple Choice

Define: anti

• star

• against

• self / same

• life

Multiple Choice

Define: astro

• star

• against

• self / same

• life

Multiple Choice

Define: auto

• star

• time

• self / same

• life

Multiple Choice

Define: bio

• star

• time

• self / same

• life

Multiple Choice

Define: chron

• star

• time

• self / same

• life

Multiple Choice

Which word means "study of the stars"?

• astrology

• psychology

• aerodynamics

Multiple Choice

If "mobile" means "to move", which word meands "self moving"?

• autobond

• automobile

• antimobile

Multiple Choice

Which word means "according to date/time"?

• biography

• autonomous

• chronological

Multiple Choice

Which word means "a book written about the life of a person, written by the person himself"

• automobile

• autobiography

• antibiotics

Multiple Choice

What does the Greek root "mono" mean?

• one

• small

• sound

• light

Multiple Choice

What does the Greek root "phon/phone" mean?

• sound

• one

• small

• see, watch

Multiple Choice

The root word "mal" means.....

• rough

• happy

• bad, abnormal

• law

Multiple Choice

Which is the Greek root meaning small?

• mono

• meter

• micro

• graph

Multiple Choice

The Greek roots hydra/hydro/aqua all mean...

• Earth

• wind

• fire

• water