Greek and Latin Roots and Affixes

Ablutophobia is from the Greek root phobos which means ______.

• fear

• fence

• bath

• visible

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Pantheism is from the Greek root pan which means _____.

• spread

• suffering

• five

• all

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Pyromania is from the Greek root pyro which means _____.

• many

• mind

• fire

• foot

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Which of the following words means long universe?

• bureaucracy

• convolution

• macrocosm

• millennium

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which part of the word 'bureaucracy' means type of government?

• bub

• bureau

• crac

• cracy

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Which part of the word 'convolution' means roll?

• con

• convo

• volut

• tion

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Which part of the word 'millennium' means thousand?

• mill

• lenniu

• ennium

• ium

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

What is the root of the word aquifer?

• aqu

• qui

• uif

• fer

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

From what Latin root is the word circumscribe?

• cire

• cirr

• circum

• circ

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

From what Latin root is the word illumination?

• lud

• lun

• lumin

• lysis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B