WorksheetsGreek Roots
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which root means life?
botan
auto
bio
anti/ant
Which root means water?
anti/ant
aqu
bio
botan
Which root means self directed?
bio
botan
anti/ant
auto
The root archi means ancient, so the word archipelago means...
an architect
someone who builds using legos
a group of islands
a brand new building
The root ced/cess means go and is found in all of the following words except...
excessive
succeed
laced
recessive
The word carnage has the root, carn, in it meaning flesh. The correct definition is...
A large killing of people
A place where you keep barn animals
Someone's age
None of the above
The root that means head is...
avi
can
chron
capit
Greek and Latin are the father language to all of the following languages except...
English
Japanese
French
Spanish
The word chronological has to do with
drugs
food
time
structures
True or false: Greek and Latin roots help us break down the definition of an unknown word?
True
False
If someone has "credibility" this means
They are untrustworthy
They are trustworthy
They have good credit
They have bad credit
Contra means against, so if someone "contradicts," what was said, they...
they lied about it
they wrote it down
they agreed with it
went against it
The root, "cor," means with or together. If information is "corroborated," that means it was...
denied
supported or confirmed
refuted
none of the above
The root "dem" means
people
darn
them
phlegm
The root, grati, means thanks, so all of the following have to do with being thankful except...
gratuity
gracious
graze
gratitude
Which root means among or inbetween?
inter
ide
tude
tween
The root hyper means over or above, so the word hyperbole means
a superbowl that takes place in heaven
a oversized bowl
an over exaggeration
all of the above
The root word fract means to break, so the word infract means to...
act carefully
solve a fraction
break a promise
break a law or break the rules
The word homo means same, so if someone describes a community as homogenous, this means...
Everyone gets along
No one gets along
Everyone looks the same
Everyone looks different
The root "hemi" means...
semi
half
hurt
pain
