Root Words and Prefixes Quiz

What does the root 'chron/temp' mean? (Examples: chronic or temperature)

• air

• time

• to break

• to move

Which root word means 'to take, catch, seize, hold, or receive'?

• cept, ceive (as in intercept)

• mot, mob (as in mobilize)

• fract, frag (as in fragment)

• gen (as in genetics)

What is the meaning of the root 'aer, aero'? (Example: aerosol)

• to hang, weigh

• to draw/pull

• air

• race, kind, or species

Which root word means 'to go, yield, or surrender'?

• cede, ceed (as in recede)

• liber (as in liberty)

• opt (as in optical)

• urb (as in urban)

What does the root 'fract, frag' mean? (example: fraction)

• to move

• to choose

• to break

• to shape

Which root word means 'thanks or pleasing'?

• grat (as in gratuity)

• mater, matr, matri (as in matrimony)

• tract (as in subtract)

• pater, patr (as in patron)

What is the meaning of the root 'liber'? (example: liberty)

• free

• city

• child

• foot

Which root word means 'law, to choose, to pick, to read, or to speak'?

• leg, lect, lig (as in lecture)

• pend (as in pendant)

• pop (as in population)

• form (as in formula)

What does the prefix 'ante-' mean? (example: anterior)

• in front of/before

• after/following

• from/away

• within

Which prefix means 'great or huge'?

• co-, con-, com- (as in cooperate)

• post- (as in postpone)

• mega- (as in megaplex)

• a- (as in atop)