Root Word Review #1 (Horror)

Match the following medical conditions with the body part they affect.

• Nose

• Sclerodactyly

• Fingers

• Pneumonia

• Kidneys

• Osteosarcoma

• Bones

• Rhinovirus

• Lungs

• Nephritis

What word means a "correct" set of ideas or beliefs?

• Epiphany

• Orthodoxy

• Regulations

• Taxonomy

• Philosophy

The root word "ult/ultra" has two meanings: ​ (a)   , as seen in phrasing like "the penultimate episode of Shoresy", or ​ (b)   , as seen in words like ultramarathon or ultrasonic.​ ​

• final
• beyond
• medium
• difficult
• beginning
• changing

What is the root word for "numbness/deadness" -- dead here means unfeeling, not deceased.

Draw an image that represents the root word "necr/mort/morg"

What words below contain a root for "sit/settle"? There are three.

• Static

• Sedentary

• Esconce

• Sediment

• Insidious

A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds is called a/an...

• Reverberation

• Abrative

• Harmony

• Cacophony

• Malignant

If you say that astronomy is "the study of the stars", are you precisely correct according to the roots? Why or why not?

An example of an opposite pair of roots are miso (which means ​ (a)   ) and amor/phile (which means ​ (b)   ).​

• hate
• love
• life
• death
• aggression
• peace
• hurt
• heal
• sadness
• joy

What word means "foreign to the body or ecosystem"?

• Climatology

• Extraterrestrial

• Invasive

• Parapathological

• Xenobiotic