Root Words Set 4

What is the meaning of the root word BEN, BON?

• body

• foot

• good

• twist

Which word means "always the same and cannot be changed"?

• vicarious

• immutable

• manumit

• obverse

Which word means "animals which walk on two feet"?

• ambulance

• bipeds

• verisimilitude

• vincible

Which word means "affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit"?

• pyromaniac

• philodox

• retort

• corporal

Which word means "allowing some light to pass through"?

• overt

• translucent

• opaque

• covert

Which word means "truthfulness"?

• pellucid

• philodox

• veracity

• malign

Which word means "a disease originally thought to be caused by 'bad air'"?

• flu

• malaria

• cancer

• scarlet fever

What word means "subjected to being twisted out of shape in some way"?

• commuted

• conquered

• conjured

• distorted

What word means "in good faith; authentic; genuine; real"?

• bonafide

• corpus delicti

• verification

• pedal

What is the meaning of the root word MUT?

• foot

• conquer

• turn, twist

• change