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WorksheetsGreek/Latin Roots List 4
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 17mins
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1.
Based on your knowledge of the root "solv," complete the sentence.
Once she resolved the conflict, Nora felt . . .
Once she resolved the conflict, Nora felt . . .
a)
angry
b)
set free
c)
regret
d)
authoritative
2.
We decided to dissolve the book club because nobody was reading nor attending consistently.
This means we . . .
This means we . . .
a)
restructured; reorganized
b)
united; combined forces
c)
loosened apart; disbanded; ended
3.
As the machine is drawn forward, the disk revolves and cuts deeply into the ground.
Revolves means . . .
Revolves means . . .
a)
rolls; goes around
b)
moves freely
c)
stretches
4.
The dotcom revolution is going to lead to even more information anarchy.
Based on your knowledge of the root "volut," revolution means . . .
Based on your knowledge of the root "volut," revolution means . . .
a)
feelings of inadequacy
b)
change in thinking and behaving; rolling away from what once was
c)
beliefs and ability to trust
d)
loosening of the old
5.
A philatelist is one who __________ to collect stamps.
a)
hates
b)
forgets
c)
loves
d)
intends
6.
The love of studying language and literature is called . . .
a)
psuedoscience
b)
convolution
c)
oversum
d)
philology
7.
The heart's two ventricles ______________ and help rush blood to the muscular organ.
a)
push back
b)
turn sideways
c)
come forward
d)
loosen slightly
8.
When you verify something, you are making sure it is . . .
a)
true
b)
healthy
c)
false
d)
loved
9.
A person who believes too easily is called . . .
a)
speculative
b)
philosophical
c)
adversarial
d)
credulous
10.
Based on your knowledge of the roots "pseudo" and "graph," what does pseudograph mean?
a)
false document
b)
true statement
c)
loved creature
d)
false speech
11.
"His sole venture at the end of a rope was the prior winter in Ouray's ice climbing park, under even more tenuous circumstances."
Tenuous means . . .
yourdictionary.com/tenuous
Tenuous means . . .
yourdictionary.com/tenuous
a)
difficult
b)
thin/slight importance
c)
lovable
d)
believable
12.
Have you figured out how to convert kilometers to miles yet?
Convert means . . .
Convert means . . .
a)
turn
b)
feel
c)
roll
d)
loosen
13.
Something that turns your attention off of what you are thinking about is called a . . .
a)
solvent
b)
pseudonym
c)
sensation
d)
diversion
14.
When the group reaches a consensus, it has reached a similar . . .
a)
credential
b)
feeling or thinking
c)
revolution
d)
turning or twisting
15.
He's a ___________ man because he shows reason or good judgment and is able to perceive feelings.
a)
sensible
b)
credible
c)
trustworthy
d)
diverse
16.
When you're sentimental, you . . .
a)
make up your own facts
b)
work toward solutions
c)
have feelings of nostalgia (fondly remembering the past)
d)
love adventures
17.
Because she was pregnant, her stomach began to distend and the baby grew.
Distend means . . .
Distend means . . .
a)
to turn
b)
to loosen
c)
to feel
d)
to expand by stretching
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