R.W. Practice

Multiple Choice

Which Latin root word means 'to bend or curve'?

• fac/fact/fic

• flex/flect

• fer

• fort

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Which Latin root means 'to measure' and is used in words like thermometer, diameter, and barometer?

• mal

• meter

• manu

• mit

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This root means "to speak" or "to say".

• form
• aud
• vis
• dic

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This root means "hear".

• aud
• vis
• form
• spect

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depressing; causing gloom or misery; causing bad feelings

• dismal
• malice
• malignant
• malady

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- a lever that is moved with one's foot

• pedal
• peddler
• impediment
• pedicure

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- a three-footed stand often used to balance a camera

• biped
• tripod
• pedal
• impediment

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one way of looking at things

• spectacles
• circumspect
• respect
• perspective

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This root means "to see".

• aud
• vis
• dic
• port

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- a foot treatment that could include soaking the feet and polishing toenails

• pedicure
• pedal
• peddler
• biped

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This root means "look at".

• spect
• aud
• port
• dic

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an evildoer; a person who does bad things

• malefactor
• malignant
• malaria
• malady

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to bend around or curve

• circumflex
• deflect
• reflect
• retroflex

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the writing of one's own name

• autograph
• bibliography
• autobiography
• paragraph

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the use of light to record an image using a camera

• photography
• paragraph
• cartography
• seismograph

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Which word has the root that means "see"?

• visible
• audition
• audiotape
• formative

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bad air; a disease usually spread by infected mosquitos

• malaria
• malodorous
• dismal
• malevolent

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a book written about a person's life

• biography
• autograph
• autobiography
• paragraph

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What does "graph" mean?

• foot
• light
• write
• time

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What does "audi" mean?

• believe
• light
• hear
• write

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What does "ped" mean?

• foot
• sound
• light
• hear

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What does "photo" mean?

• write
• time
• water
• light

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What does "bio" mean?

• life
• light
• believe
• hear

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What does "geo" mean?

• throw
• earth
• write
• move up or step up

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What does "ject" mean?

• earth
• throw
• move up or step up
• write

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What does "scrib" mean?

• write
• throw
• move up or step up
• earth

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What does "therm" mean?

• heat

• throw

• believe

• sound

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Auto means...

• book

• car

• self

• own

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A word that means "the study of life" is...

• geology

• biology

• geometry

• hydrology

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Which root means circular, or wheel

• cycl

• tire

• micro

• round

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A telegram is...

• something written from far away

• a way to talk to someone far away

• a far away place

• something that weighs a lot

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Technology means

• a far off study

• a score on a test

• study of computers

• the study of an art, skill, or science

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Phon means...

• a baby deer

• sound

• light

• letters

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Something with the root "micro" means something...

• small or tiny

• large

• far away

• massive

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A telescope is a...

• a viewing instrument to see tiny things

• a type of mouthwash

• viewing instruments to see things far off

• a viewing instrument to help your eyes

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bad smell; stinky

• malodorous
• malaria
• malefactor
• malnourished

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the written list of all the books used in a report or book

• bibliography
• homograph
• photography
• phonograph

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harmful; something bad enough that it could result in death when related to cancer

• malignant
• dismal
• malaria
• malady

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the use of light to record an image using a camera

• photography
• paragraph
• cartography
• seismograph

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Which root means "break, burst"?

• pos
• photo
• rupt

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What does the Greek root "meter" mean?

• far off

• light

• measure

• word

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The root of chronological is chron, meaning "time." What does chronological mean?

• interest

• when things happen

• importance

• why things happen

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What does the Greek root "chron" mean?

• small

• word

• time

• water

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to look at carefully in search of errors

• respect
• inspect
• perspective
• spectator

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Select all the roots that mean 'write' or 'record'.

• scrib/script

• gram

• graph

• tract

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Which root means 'heart' and is found in words like cardiology and cardiogram?

• cardio

• demo

• photo

• phon