Root Words Mastery Quiz

What does the root "cred" mean?

• To fall

• To fear

• To believe

• To prove

Which word means "a fear of heights"?

• Credophobia

• Acrophobia

• Certophobia

• Fallphobia

If someone is "infallible," what are they not capable of?

• Believing

• Making mistakes

• Fearing

• Proving

What does the root "cert" imply in the word "certify"?

• To believe

• To fear

• To fall

• To prove

Which word means "to make false by adding to or changing"?

• Falsify

• Credify

• Certify

• Fallify

What does the root "phob" mean?

• To prove

• To believe

• To fear

• To fall

Which word would describe someone who easily believes things?

• Certible

• Fallible

• Credulous

• Phobulous

What does the root "fall" imply in the word "fallacy"?

• To fear

• To prove

• To deceive

• To believe

If a document is "certified," what has it been?

• Believed

• Feared

• Proven

• Falsified

Which word means "not based on or behaving according to the principles of equality and justice"?

• Incredulous

• Infallible

• Unfalsifiable

• Inequitable