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Greek & Latin Roots

Total questions: 150

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the meaning of bio,vit? 
a)
rock
b)
life
c)
people
d)
to write
2.
What is the meaning of (o)logy?
a)
to do, driven to do
b)
earth
c)
study of, science of
d)
many
3.
What is the meaning of geo, terr?
a)
earth
b)
foot
c)
heart
d)
water
4.
What is the meaning of psych(o)?
a)
skin
b)
before
c)
mind, spirit
d)
middle
5.
What is the meaning of astr(o), stell ?
a)
to love, lover of
b)
star
c)
color
d)
fire
6.
What is the meaning of act ?
a)
to do, driven to do
b)
male, mankind 
c)
five 
d)
body
7.
What is the meaning of cosm(o) ?
a)
blood
b)
universe
c)
windpipe
d)
to sail
8.
What is the meaning of graph, gram, scrub, script?
a)
To measure
b)
child
c)
To write
d)
not, without
9.
What is the meaning of -ic?
a)
like, related to
b)
rock
c)
many
d)
self
10.
What is the meaning of ion, ion, ism, y?
a)
to see
b)
act of, state of
c)
self
d)
over, above
11.
What is the meaning of poly?
a)
To see
b)
Many
c)
Under, Below
d)
Skin
12.
What is the meaning of auto?
a)
Windpipe
b)
Self
c)
Skin
d)
Joint
13.
What is the meaning of vis, vid?
a)
Heart
b)
To see
c)
Child
d)
One
14.
What is the meaning of tele?
a)
Book
b)
Poison 
c)
From afar
d)
City
15.
What is the meaning of petr?
a)
Earth
b)
Rock
c)
Change
d)
Heat
16.
What is the meaning of andr(o), anthrop?
a)
skin
b)
Color
c)
Sound
d)
Male, Mankind
17.
What is the meaning of patr, pater?
a)
Idea
b)
Sticky
c)
Father
d)
Animal
18.
What is the meaning of matr, mater?
a)
To die
b)
Struggle
c)
Mother
d)
Follow
19.
What is the meaning of ped?
a)
Big
b)
Child
c)
Heat 
d)
Out away
20.
What is the meaning of dem(o)?
a)
To break
b)
People
c)
Small
d)
To live
21.
What is the meaning of a, an, I'm, in, non, un?
a)
Before
b)
To carry
c)
Not, without
d)
Skin
22.
What is the meaning of ant, anti, contra, contro?
a)
Pull
b)
Against, opposite
c)
Middle
d)
Citizen
23.
What is the meaning of -crat, crac?
a)
All
b)
Government, rule
c)
Alone
d)
Song
24.
What is the meaning of hyper, super, sur?
a)
Rise
b)
Heat
c)
Over, above
d)
To throw
25.
What is the meaning of hypo, sub?
a)
Under, below
b)
To bend
c)
To send
d)
Out, away
26.
What is the meaning of aqua, hydro?
a)
Big
b)
Pull
c)
Water
d)
Small
27.
What is the meaning of naut, nav?
a)
Eight
b)
Heart
c)
To sail
d)
Time
28.
What is the meaning of met, meter?
a)
Two
b)
With, together
c)
Chrono, temp
d)
To break
29.
What is the meaning of ible, able?
a)
Able to be 
b)
To cut, separate
c)
Sound
d)
Across
30.
What is the meaning of derm(a)?
a)
Heart 
b)
Under, below
c)
Skin
d)
Around
31.
What is the meaning of arthr?
a)
Before
b)
Joint
c)
To carry
d)
To bend
32.
What is the meaning of bronch?
a)
Form
b)
To flow 
c)
Windpipe
d)
Strong
33.
What is the meaning of cardio?
a)
City
b)
Art, skill
c)
Heart
d)
Name
34.
What is the meaning of cephal, cap?
a)
Skin
b)
Ten
c)
Head, brain
d)
City
35.
What is the meaning of manu, mani?
a)
Many
b)
Hand
c)
Body
d)
Across
36.
What is the meaning of pod, ped?
a)
People
b)
Foot
c)
Child
d)
Earth
37.
What is the meaning of opt(o)?
a)
Hand
b)
Companion, friend
c)
Eye, sight
d)
Color
38.
What is the meaning of corp?
a)
Inward, within
b)
Body
c)
To look
d)
Book
39.
What is the meaning of hem?
a)
To carry
b)
Great, large
c)
Blood
d)
Believe
40.
What is the meaning of prim(o), proto?
a)
Place where
b)
To cry out
c)
First
d)
Idea
41.
What is the meaning of mono, uni?
a)
Sticky
b)
One
c)
Leaf
d)
Nature, growth
42.
What is the meaning of bi, di, tu, du?
a)
Hundred
b)
Two
c)
Four
d)
Ten
43.
What is the meaning of tri?
a)
Five
b)
One
c)
Three
d)
Thousand
44.
What is the meaning of tetra, quadr?
a)
From afar
b)
Universe
c)
Eight
d)
Four
45.
What is the meaning of penta, quint?
a)
Five
b)
Name
c)
Ten
d)
Citizen
46.
What is the meaning of oct?
a)
Blood
b)
Eye, sight
c)
Eight
d)
Two
47.
What is the meaning of dec?
a)
One
b)
Four
c)
Ten
d)
Thousand
48.
What is the meaning of hecto, cent?
a)
Thousand
b)
Tri
c)
Hundred
d)
Under, Below
49.
What is the meaning of kilo, mill?
a)
Fort 
b)
Machine
c)
Thousand 
d)
Ten
50.
What is the meaning of chromo, temp?
a)
Name
b)
Time
c)
Light
d)
Commotion, agitation
51.
What is the meaning of macro?
a)
To cut, separate
b)
Big
c)
Great, large
d)
Change
52.
What is the meaning of mega, magn?
a)
Big
b)
Great, large
c)
Small
d)
Heat
53.
What is the meaning of micro, mini?
a)
Small
b)
To join, meet or link
c)
To build
d)
Out, away
54.
What is the meaning of bene, bon?
a)
Air, atmosphere
b)
Bad
c)
Good
d)
Sun
55.
What is the meaning of mal?
a)
Go, yield
b)
Same, identical
c)
Straight, right
d)
Bad
56.
What is the meaning of pan?
a)
Idea
b)
Hold
c)
All
d)
Hang, weigh 
57.
What is the meaning of ideo?
a)
Idea
b)
To resemble 
c)
Poison
d)
Sleep
58.
What is the meaning of homo?
a)
Back, behind
b)
Light
c)
Book
d)
Same, identical
59.
What is the meaning of sol(i)?
a)
Round, circle
b)
Fear of
c)
Alone
d)
To live
60.
What is the meaning of techn?
a)
Entire, whole
b)
Art, skill
c)
Set, place, put
d)
Form
61.
What is the meaning of fore, pre, pro?
a)
After
b)
Between
c)
Before
d)
Around
62.
What is the meaning of post?
a)
After
b)
Around
c)
Bind, tie, or draw fight
d)
Before
63.
What is the meaning of Co, com, con, syn, sym?
a)
Against, opposite
b)
With, together
c)
Not, without
d)
To love, lover of
64.
What is the meaning of port?
a)
To send
b)
To bend
c)
To carry
d)
To look
65.
What is the meaning of trans?
a)
To use
b)
Across
c)
Machine
d)
Between, among 
66.
What is the meaning of re?
a)
To look
b)
Back, again
c)
City
d)
To send
67.
What is the meaning of jet, ject?
a)
To see
b)
Change
c)
To throw
d)
To move
68.
What is the meaning of mob, mot, mov?
a)
To see
b)
To move
c)
Word, reason 
d)
New, recent
69.
What is the meaning of dict?
a)
Fire
b)
To speak
c)
To cut, separate
d)
Pull
70.
What is the meaning of sect?
a)
Fear of 
b)
Half, part 
c)
To cut, separate
d)
Back, again
71.
What is the root word for book?
a)
Port
b)
Biblio
c)
Struct
d)
Phobia
72.
What is the meaning of phil, phile, philo?
a)
Out Away
b)
To draw
c)
To love, lover of
d)
Art, skill
73.
What is the meaning of scop, spec, spic?
a)
To send
b)
To look
c)
Believe 
d)
To see
74.
What si the meaning of cycl, orb, sphere?
a)
To wander
b)
Animal
c)
Round, circle
d)
To shape
75.
What is the meaning of semi, hemi?
a)
Half, part
b)
Struggle
c)
Nourish
d)
Sleep
76.
What is the meaning of phon(o)?
a)
back,again
b)
sound
c)
light
d)
to live
77.
What is the meaning of phobia?
a)
fear of
b)
to cut, seperate
c)
change
d)
to lift, raise
78.
What is the meaning of flam, pyro, igni?
a)
heart
b)
heat
c)
fire
d)
eye, sight
79.
What is the meaning of photo, lum?
a)
light
b)
heat
c)
rise
d)
sun
80.
What is the meaning of chrom(o)?
a)
color
b)
song
c)
name
d)
to use
81.
What is the meaning of miss, mitt?
a)
form
b)
leaf
c)
to resemble
d)
to send
82.
What is the meaning of dis, diff?
a)
citizen
b)
not, reverse of, apart, away
c)
back, behind
d)
book
83.
What is the meaning of flect, flex?
a)
to bend
b)
to live
c)
good
d)
horse
84.
What is the meaning of circum, peri?
a)
after
b)
around
c)
go, yield
d)
out, away
85.
What is the meaning of struct?
a)
big
b)
to buid
c)
back, again
d)
to move
86.
What is the meaning of frac, frag, rupt?
a)
to join, meet or link
b)
middle
c)
down
d)
to break
87.
What is the meaning of tract?
a)
pull
b)
to join, meet or link
c)
sound
d)
light
88.
What is the meaning of junct, join, join, jug?
a)
to join, meet or link
b)
companion, friend
c)
inward, within
d)
strong
89.
What is the meaning of de?
a)
to bend
b)
down
c)
out, w
90.
What is the meaning of viv?
a)
bad
b)
to live
c)
to throw
d)
change
91.
What is the meaning of cred?
a)
believe
b)
struggle
c)
all
d)
poison
92.
What is the meaning of soci
a)
inward, within
b)
companion, friend
c)
commotion, agitation
d)
poison
93.
What is the meaning of strain, strict, and string?
a)
Down
b)
Bind, tie, or draw tight
c)
Pull
d)
Not, reverse of, away
94.
What is the meaning of are(o)?
a)
Between, among
b)
Citizen 
c)
Air, atmosphere
d)
Change
95.
What is the meaning of cit, civ?
a)
Small
b)
Citizen
c)
Color 
d)
Fire
96.
What is the meaning of alter?
a)
Book
b)
Change
c)
Heat
d)
Blood
97.
What is the meaning of inter?
a)
Work, power
b)
Between, among
c)
Back, behind
d)
Sticky
98.
What is the meaning of intra?
a)
Inflammation of
b)
Pull
c)
Inward, within
d)
Out, away
99.
What is the meaning of mess, medi?
a)
To look
b)
Middle
c)
To break
d)
Sound
100.
What is the meaning of endo?
a)
Art, skill
b)
Within, inside, inner
c)
Through, across
d)
Intense craving
101.
What is the meaning of ex?
a)
Birth, origin
b)
Out, away
c)
Sleep
d)
Nature, growth
102.
What is the meaning of retro?
a)
Great, large
b)
To love, lover to
c)
Back, Behind
d)
Half, part
103.
What is the meaning of therm(o)?
a)
Law, justice
b)
Heat
c)
City
d)
Animal
104.
What is the meaning of itis?
a)
Entire, whole
b)
Set, place, put
c)
Inflammation of 
d)
To wander
105.
What is the meaning of cede, ceed, cess?
a)
Joint
b)
Go, yield 
c)
Heat
d)
Color
106.
What is the meaning of lev?
a)
To lift, raise
b)
To die
c)
To cry out
d)
Leaf
107.
What is the meaning of mech?
a)
New, recen
b)
Machine
c)
Follow
d)
Alone
108.
What is the meaning of jur, jus, jud?
a)
Place where
b)
Law, justice
c)
Strong
d)
Straight, right
109.
What is the meaning of vers, vert, rota, and volv?
a)
To be empty
b)
To turn
c)
To resemble
d)
To flow
110.
What is the meaning of use, uti?
a)
To sail
b)
To use
c)
Able to be
d)
Near
111.
What is the meaning of flu?
a)
Heart
b)
Idea
c)
To flow
d)
Rise
112.
What is the meaning of tox?
a)
Follow
b)
Poison
c)
To live
d)
Big
113.
What is the meaning of urb?
a)
Hold
b)
City
c)
Name 
d)
Place where
114.
What is the meaning of vac, void?
a)
Nourish
b)
To be empty
c)
To lift, raise
d)
To be lonely
115.
What is the meaning of gen?
a)
To shapw
b)
Birth, origin
c)
Struggle
d)
Sleep
116.
What is the meaning of form?
a)
To cut, separate 
b)
To throw
c)
To speak
d)
To shape
117.
What is the meaning of erra?
a)
To wander
b)
Half, part
c)
Fear of 
d)
Believe 
118.
What is the meaning of simil?
a)
Place where
b)
To see
c)
Over, above
d)
To resemble
119.
What is the meaning of mort?
a)
To live
b)
To love, lover of
c)
To die
d)
To cry out
120.
What is the meaning of -arium?
a)
Hang, weigh
b)
Ice
c)
Place where
d)
Form
121.
What is the meaning of surg, surrect?
a)
Horse
b)
Rise
c)
Book
d)
Leaf
122.
What is the meaning of grad, gress?
a)
To sail
b)
To step 
c)
To cry out
d)
To do, driven to do
123.
What is the meaning of plor?
a)
From afar
b)
To cry out
c)
Citizen
d)
Change
124.
What is the meaning of mania?
a)
Small
b)
To bend
c)
Intensive craving
d)
Sound
125.
What is the meaning of dorm?
a)
Room
b)
Sleep
c)
Blood
d)
Leaf
126.
What is the meaning of fort?
a)
Tent
b)
Strong
c)
House
d)
Name
127.
What is the meaning of hol(o)?
a)
Piece, part
b)
Entire, whole
c)
Hang, weigh
d)
Struggle
128.
What is the meaning of ortho?
a)
Doctor
b)
Teeth
c)
Straight, right
d)
Song
129.
What is the meaning of physi?
a)
Please, soothe, gentle
b)
Commotion, agitation
c)
Nature, growth
d)
Work, power
130.
What is the meaning of zoo?
a)
Sun
b)
Animal
c)
Horse
d)
Leaf
131.
What is the meaning of equ?
a)
Animal
b)
Horse
c)
Poison
d)
City
132.
What is the meaning of sequ, secu?
a)
Heart
b)
Joint
c)
Follow
d)
Love
133.
What is the meaning of foli?
a)
Leaf
b)
Nourish
c)
Sticky
d)
Strong
134.
What is the meaning of heli(o)?
a)
Before
b)
Light
c)
Down
d)
Sun
135.
What is the meaning of thesis, pon?
a)
Through, across
b)
Straight, right
c)
Set, place, put
d)
Ice
136.
What is the meaning of turb?
a)
Follow
b)
Commotion, agitation
c)
Name
d)
Hold
137.
What is the meaning of pend?
a)
To lift, raise
b)
Same, identical
c)
Male, mankind
d)
Hang, weigh
138.
What is the meaning of nom, nym?
a)
Hear
b)
Fire
c)
Name
d)
Heat
139.
What is the meaning of plac?
a)
New, recent
b)
To lift, raise
c)
Please, soothe, gentle
d)
Work, power
140.
What is the meaning of ten?
a)
Sun
b)
Hold
c)
Ten
d)
Light
141.
What is the meaning of dia?
a)
Under, below
b)
Over, above
c)
Through, across
d)
Form
142.
What is the meaning of log?
a)
Struggle
b)
Sun
c)
Word, reason
d)
Wood
143.
What is the meaning of neo?
a)
Ice
b)
Neon
c)
New, recent
d)
Work, power
144.
What is the meaning of cant?
a)
Music
b)
Hear
c)
Song
d)
Sound
145.
What is the meaning of agon?
a)
Struggle
b)
Hard
c)
Work
d)
Shape
146.
What is the meaning of morph?
a)
Size
b)
Form
c)
Shape
d)
Seven
147.
What is the meaning of erg?
a)
To be 
b)
Able to be
c)
Work, power
d)
To sail
148.
What is the meaning of troph?
a)
Nourish
b)
Between, amoung
c)
Blood
d)
Sleep
149.
What is the meaning of visc?
a)
Ice
b)
Food
c)
Sticky
d)
Disc
150.
What is the meaning of glac?
a)
To carry
b)
Ice
c)
To move
d)
To wander