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Latin + Greek Roots

Total questions: 81

Worksheet time: 49mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does "audi" mean?

a)

step

b)

hear

c)

good/well

d)

believe

2.

What does "geo" mean?

a)

good/well

b)

star

c)

earth/land

d)

step

3.

What does "astr" mean?

a)

star

b)

dict

c)

earth/land

d)

bio

4.

What does "chron" mean?

a)

earth/land

b)

say/tell

c)

life

d)

time

5.

What does "bio" mean?

a)

life

b)

say/tell

c)

time

d)

step

6.

What does "grad" or "gres" mean?

a)

time

b)

star

c)

step

d)

good/well

7.

What does "cred" mean?

a)

believe

b)

good/well

c)

say/tell

d)

life

8.

What does "bene" or "bon" mean?

a)

time

b)

good/well

c)

hear

d)

star

9.

What does "dict" mean?

a)

hear

b)

earth/land

c)

star

d)

say/tell

10.

What does "hydr" mean?

a)

throw

b)

earth/land

c)

water

d)

life

11.

What does "ject" mean?

a)

time

b)

throw

c)

star

d)

step

12.

What does "graph" mean?

a)

water

b)

star

c)

time

d)

write

13.

What word matches this definition: a person who rules a country under their ultimate sayings

a)

benefactor

b)

dictator

c)

valedictorian

d)

astronaut

14.

What word matches this definition: a person who controls or pilots a spacecraft

a)

astronaut

b)

astromony

c)

graduation

d)

biomedical

15.

What word matches this definition: a substance that is a threat to your life

a)

dictator

b)

bio-hazard

c)

biowaste

d)

chronology

16.

What word matches this definition: a person who studies the Earth and its natural minerals and crystals

a)

geographer

b)

astrology

c)

geologist

d)

auditorium

17.

What word matches this definition: a person or a group of people gathered to hear or see something

a)

audience

b)

biologist

c)

credible

d)

valedictorian

18.

What word matches this definition: slowly

a)

biology

b)

diction

c)

gradually

d)

credible

19.

What word matches this definition: a light motorboat designed to skim over water's surface

a)

hydrant

b)

biologist

c)

hydroplane

d)

geographer

20.

What word matches this definition: a symbol/picture for a word or phrase

a)

objection

b)

pictograph

c)

asteroid

d)

seismograph

21.

What does "mal" mean?

a)

good/well

b)

time

c)

bad/abnormal

d)

speak/tell

22.

What does "log" or "logue" mean?

a)

speak

b)

word

c)

believe

d)

star

23.

What does "jur" or "jud" mean?

a)

earth/land

b)

step

c)

throw

d)

law/justice/judge

24.

What word matches this definition: causing harm and/or destruction, usually by supernatural means. (also known as a disney character)

a)

malevolent

b)

chronic

c)

geologist

d)

maleficent

25.

What word matches this definition: the official power to make legal decisions

a)

judgmental

b)

dictation

c)

jurisdiction

d)

auditorium

26.

What word matches this definition: an abrupt remark

a)

trajectory

b)

interjection

c)

chronic

d)

asteroid

27.

What does "metr/meter" mean?

a)

foot

b)

time

c)

measure

d)

life

28.

What does "mit/mis" mean?

a)

star

b)

send

c)

earth/land

d)

write

29.

What does "ped/pod" mean?

a)

sound

b)

step

c)

fruit

d)

foot

30.

What does "phon" mean?

a)

sound

b)

technology

c)

bad/abnormal

d)

believe

31.

What word matches this definition: two words that sound the same, but don't mean the same thing

a)

phonics

b)

chronic

c)

homophone

d)

gradually

32.

What word matches this definition: a device used to track distance traveled by foot

a)

pedometer

b)

pedicure

c)

jury

d)

malfunction

33.

What does "photo" mean?

a)

step

b)

bad

c)

light

d)

life

34.

What does "port" mean?

a)

carry

b)

star

c)

water

d)

word

35.

What does "rupt" mean?

a)

believe

b)

break/burst

c)

measure

d)

send

36.

What does "scrib" or "script" mean?

a)

hear

b)

time

c)

sound

d)

write

37.

What word matches this definition: legally unable to pays tremendous debt

a)

corrupt

b)

interupting

c)

anticorruption

d)

bankrupt

38.

What word matches this definition: carrying a lot of weight, chubby or heavy

a)

portly

b)

important

c)

portmanteau

d)

sport

39.

What does "spec" mean?

a)

life

b)

earth/land

c)

send

d)

look/see

40.

What does "struct" mean?

a)

throw

b)

word

c)

build

d)

water

41.

What does "tract" mean?

a)

law/justice/judge

b)

pull/draw

c)

step

d)

star

42.

What does "therm" mean?

a)

foot

b)

believe

c)

heat

d)

bad/abnormal

43.

What word matches this definition: a survey or full review on a past event

a)

speculation

b)

retrospect

c)

inspection

d)

specified

44.

What word matches this definition: the summary of an article, a book, or a speech

a)

extract

b)

contract

c)

tractile

d)

abstract

45.

What does the root "vac" mean?

a)

empty/free

b)

throw

c)

water

d)

time

46.

What does the root "viv" or "vit" mean?

a)

see

b)

hear

c)

live/alive

d)

heat

47.

What do the roots "vis" or "vid" mean?

a)

earth/land

b)

see

c)

write

d)

live/alive

48.

What word matches this definition: single or separate

a)

individual

b)

thermos

c)

geography

d)

one

49.

What word matches this definition: a pleasant trip away from home for relaxation, leisure, or for fun

a)

vaccine

b)

vivid

c)

chronic

d)

vacation

50.

What word matches this definition: a line on a map connecting points having the same temperature at a given time

a)

thermos

b)

isotherm

c)

monolith

d)

biochemistry

51.

What does the prefixes "dis, anti, de, counter, and contra" mean?

a)

before

b)

not

c)

opposite

d)

far

52.

What do the prefixes "non, ir, in, il, im" mean?

a)

new

b)

opposite

c)

not

d)

between

53.

What word matches this definition: to rot and decay

a)

dissemble

b)

disembodied

c)

anticlimactic

d)

decompose

54.

What word matches this definition: to not be logical or make sense or clarity

a)

impossible

b)

irrelevant

c)

illogical

d)

informal

55.

What does "hex" or "sex" mean?

a)

eight

b)

seven

c)

six

d)

five

56.

What does "oct" mean?

a)

eight

b)

one

c)

six

d)

seven

57.

What does "sept" mean?

a)

eight

b)

three

c)

seven

d)

six

58.

What word matches this definition: a set of eight children born at the same time

a)

octagon

b)

octuplets

c)

twins

d)

septagon

59.

What word matches this definition: a six-faced, three-dimensional object

a)

cube

b)

hexagon

c)

hexed

d)

hexahedron

60.

What word matches this definition: the cardinal number equal to 1024 (10 to the 24th power)

a)

billion

b)

septillion

c)

septentrion

d)

septet

61.

What word completes this sentence: Britain had been divided under eight Anglo-Saxon governments, and the island was, therefore, ruled by an __________.

a)

octant

b)

octarchy

c)

septic

d)

Octans

62.

What word belongs in this sentence: My group of friends is a ____________, since there's seven of us!

a)

septenary

b)

octogenarian

c)

hexed

d)

septime

63.

Which word matches the sentence: My favorite movie series, the Chronicles of Barnia, is a _______, a series of six.

a)

hexad

b)

octopus

c)

hexachord

d)

septillion

64.

What does "non/nov" mean?

a)

ten

b)

nine

c)

three

d)

eight

65.

What does "cent" mean?

a)

ten

b)

five

c)

hundred

d)

six

66.

What does "deci/deca" mean?

a)

ten

b)

three

c)

hundred

d)

one

67.

What word matches this definition: A polygon with nine sides and nine angles

a)

nonahedron

b)

novercal

c)

nonagon

d)

cognovit

68.

What word matches this definition: multiply by a hundred or by a large amount

a)

cents

b)

centify

c)

centuple

d)

centime

69.

What word matches this definition: an athletic contest consisting of ten track and field events: the 100-meter, 400-meter, and 1,500-meter runs; the 110-meter high hurdles; the discus and javelin throws; the shot put; the pole vault; the high jump; and the long jump

a)

decade

b)

decathlon

c)

decapod

d)

decahedra

70.

What does the root "anim" mean?

a)

earth/land

b)

mind/spirit

c)

nature/natural order

d)

write

71.

What does the root "phys" mean?

a)

nature/natural order

b)

break

c)

hear

d)

mind/sprit

72.

What does the root "carn" mean?

a)

nature/natural order

b)

star

c)

step

d)

flesh

73.

What word matches this definition: the appearance of an individual

a)

physique

b)

physicality

c)

physics

d)

physical

74.

What word matches this definition: characteristics or nature of an animal

a)

animosity

b)

animations

c)

animatronic

d)

animality

75.

What words matches this definition: the eating of animal flesh

a)

reincarnation

b)

carnosaurs

c)

carivory

d)

carnival

76.

What does the root word "mater/matri" mean?

a)

mother

b)

child

c)

father

d)

birth/race

77.

What does the root word "pater/patri" mean?

a)

birth/race

b)

child

c)

mother

d)

father

78.

What does the root word "gen" mean?

a)

child

b)

birth/race

c)

father

d)

mother

79.

What word matches this definition: a married woman, especially a dignified and sober middle-aged one

a)

matron

b)

marriage

c)

maternity

d)

wife

80.

What word matches this definition: An inheritance from a father or other ancestor

a)

estate

b)

patronize

c)

patrimony

d)

heritage

81.

What word matches this definition:

born in, growing naturally in a particular region

a)

first

b)

genuine

c)

native

d)

indigenous