Root Word Review #4

What does it mean if you are misanthropic?

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which word refers to the "second to final" of something? For example, the episode before a season finale?

• Terminus

• Penultimate

• Hypotneuse

• Median

• Eponym

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which of these words means "government by sacred/divine people"?

• Kleptocracy

• Democracy

• Autocracy

• Meritocracy

• Hierocracy

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Draw an image that represents the root word "polis".

Which of these words is a fancy term for sleepwalking?

• Endomorphic

• Ambivalence

• Somnambulate

• Heterodox

• Kinesthetic

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Match each body related word to the aspect of the body it refers to.

• Kidneys

• Hemolysis

• Hand/Hands

• Epinephrine

• Foot/Feet

• Cephalopod

• Fingies/Toes

• Manuscript

• Blood

• Adactylia

If you have oversensitive nerves resulting in pain, you have a condition called ​ (a)   .

• neuralgia.
• tachycardia
• meiosis
• torsion
• pneumolysis
• endomorphism

What THREE words below have a root stem for "twist"?

• Torture

• Trilateral

• Circumference

• Torsion

• Contortionist

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Which root refers to "a system of laws that govern a particular subject area"?

• Nom/Nomy

• Lect

• Traum

• Lysis

• Mania

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

If your college professor tells you that your writing needs "brevity", they are saying that your writing needs to be . . .

• Much less violent

• Sourced much more effectively

• Shorter, quicker, more to the point

• Longer, flowing, with complex sentences

• Edited for punctuation

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4