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vocabulary root words

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word means time

a)

chrono

b)

circ

c)

cred

d)

dem

2.

Which word means earth

a)

circ

b)

geo

c)

dur

d)

cred

3.

Which word means around

a)

cred

b)

dur

c)

circ

d)

dent

4.

Which word means people

a)

fin

b)

dem

c)

gen

d)

dem

5.

Which word means to believe or trust

a)

dict

b)

dic

c)

dur

d)

cred

6.

Which word means tooth

a)

dem

b)

gen

c)

dent

d)

geo

7.

Which word means to say or speak

a)

chrono

b)

dem

c)

dict

d)

dur

8.

Which word means hard or lasting

a)

dur

b)

dict

c)

dem

d)

dent

9.

Which word means to end or limit

a)

dur

b)

gen

c)

fin

d)

chrono

10.

Which word means race

a)

gen

b)

dem

c)

dic

d)

dict

11.

Which word means family

a)

gen

b)

geo

c)

dur

d)

cred

12.

Which word means earth

a)

gen

b)

geo

c)

circ

d)

circum

13.

Which word means to assert

a)

dem

b)

dur

c)

geo

d)

cred

14.

Which word means to assert

a)

gen

b)

dem

c)

dent

d)

dict

15.

Which word means arranged in order of time

a)

chronological

b)

credibility

c)

durable

d)

chronometer

16.

Which word means an instrument for measuring time accurately

a)

chronological

b)

dentigerous

c)

chronometer

d)

circumference

17.

Which word means the distance around a circle

a)

circumference

b)

credibility

c)

government

d)

hard lasting

18.

Which word means to sail or travel around the world

a)

chronological

b)

genealogy

c)

dictate

d)

circumnavigate

19.

Which word means the quality of being trusted or believed

a)

diction

b)

credibility

c)

denticle

d)

endure

20.

Which word means government by the people

a)

democracy

b)

durable

c)

generation

d)

incredible

21.

Which word means a small toothlike projection

a)

dent

b)

denticle

c)

dictate

d)

dentigerous

22.

Which word means having teeth

a)

denticle

b)

dentigerous

c)

diction

d)

dem

23.

Which word means to speak or read something to a person who writes it down

a)

dentigerous

b)

durable

c)

dictate

d)

finite

24.

Which word means a writer's or speaker's choice of words

a)

durable

b)

endure

c)

diction

d)

dictate

25.

Which word means able to last, strong

a)

dictate

b)

durable

c)

epidemic

d)

finite

26.

Which word means to carry on through despite hardships

a)

finite

b)

infinite

c)

dem

d)

endure

27.

Which word means widespread infectious disease

a)

epidemic

b)

chrono

c)

dic

d)

geocentric

28.

Which word means having limits, lasting for a limited time

a)

dictate

b)

gen

c)

chrono

d)

finite

29.

Which word means the study of one's family

a)

chronological

b)

geology

c)

geneaology

d)

circumference

30.

Which word means a group of people born and living during the same time

a)

geology

b)

generation

c)

geneaology

d)

infinite

31.

Which word means measured from the earth's center; having the earth as a center

a)

chronometer

b)

geocentric

c)

geology

d)

democracy

32.

Which word means the study of the origin, history, or structure of Earth?

a)

geology

b)

geneaology

c)

circumference

d)

circumnavigate

33.

Which word means not believeable

a)

incredible

b)

infinite

c)

diction

d)

credibility

34.

Which word means without beginning or end

a)

generation

b)

infinite

c)

chronological

d)

finite

35.

Which root has to do with earth

a)

geo

b)

gen

c)

dem

d)

chrono

36.

Which root has to do with TIME

a)

geo

b)

dem

c)

cred

d)

chrono

37.

Which root has to do with LASTING

a)

fin

b)

dur

c)

gen

d)

cred

38.

Which root has to do with speaking or writing

a)

dem

b)

dent

c)

dict

d)

dur

39.

Which root has to do with LIMITS

a)

dem

b)

dur

c)

fin

d)

geo

40.

Which root has to do with TRUST

a)

cred

b)

dem

c)

dict

d)

geo

41.

What does a dentigerous tiger have?

a)

credibility

b)

government

c)

teeth

d)

able to last