Latin Roots

What is a word root?

• The middle of the word

• The beginning of a word

• The end of a word

• The part that gives the basic meaning of the word

Which of the following latin roots means to say?

• dict

• mit

• spec

• vis

What does the root "sect" mean?

• to make

• to break or burst

• to say

• to hear

• to cut

What does the root "fic/fac" mean?

• to make or do

• to cut

• 100

• to break or burst

What does the root "ject" mean?

• to make or do

• to pull or drag

• to cut

• to throw

What does the root "tract" mean?

• to pull or drag

• to throw

• to say

• 100

Which of the following Latin roots means to make or do? (choose 2)

• Fac

• Rupt

• Fic

• Tract

What does the root "dict' mean?

• to say

• to lead

• to make

• both

• to hear

What word has the Latin root that means "cut"?

• Intersection

• Fiction

• Disrupt

• Dictate

What word has the Latin root that means "to pull or drag"?

• Eject

• Predict

• Subtract

• Century