Roots Quiz

This root means away

• ject
• semi
• hemi
• ab

Retrospection means to

• look backward
• look sideways
• look both ways
• grope blindly

This root means blood

• hemi
• semi
• hema
• trans

These two roots mean half

• ab
• semi
• hemi
• trans

This root means through or across

• trans
• ab
• semi/hemi
• hema

These roots mean water

• aqu
• aqua
• hydr
• hema

These roots mean sea

• trans/ject
• hemi/semi
• brupt/rupt
• mar/mer

To abduct means to

• send through
• lead away
• read across
• divide in half

In the story we read, the narrator says that the pitcher during recess was transfixed when he saw Ms. Ralston up to bat in softball. In the passage, transfixed means

• astonished or surprised
• Frozen or motionless
• Bewildered or confused
• All are possible

What does the root sens mean?

• most important, chief
• not feeling
• feeling/aware of
• step