WorksheetsLatin Word Roots and Concept Vocabulary Revision
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins
Choose the best word to complete the following sentence.
Once again, 2, 200 .......... jumped to their feet as their team scored another goal.
spectacles
spectators
inspectors
scripts
Choose the best word to complete the following sentence.
Although the nurse could check the patients’ vital signs, she was not allowed to .......... any medicine.
lament
fling
scribble
prescribe
Choose the best word to complete the following sentence.
The .......... special effects transformed the simple screenplay into a magnificent film.
spectacular
discordant
threatening
extinct
Choose the best word to complete the following sentence.
Because the professor was explaining so quickly, I could only .......... down some notes, which later I could not read.
catapult
lurch
scribble
devastate
Choose the best word to complete the following sentence.
Native American hunters carved their .......... and a few pictures onto the walls of caves.
inscription
indignity
mutation
scripture
Choose the best word to complete the following sentence.
Hopefully, the lab won’t find any cancer cells in the tissue .......... that is taken from my brother.
script
reproach
mutation
specimen
Choose the best word to complete the following sentence.
In 1912 school .......... reported that only 2 % of young people were unable to read or write.
spectators
inspectors
spectacles
scriptures
Choose the best word to complete the following sentence.
He'd read the .......... and already seemed to be familiar with Joyce's published material.
inscription
scripture
script
indignity
Choose the best word to complete the following sentence.
From our tent, we could see the grand .......... of Mount Blue.
inscription
reproach
spectator
spectacle
Which one of these includes holy or sacred writings?
A script
A scripture
An inscription
A specimen
Choose the best SYNONYM for the underlined word in the following sentence.
Janet bought earplugs to block out the discordant noise that came from her neighbor’s house.
unmusical
attractive
loud
low
Choose the best ANTONYM for the underlined word in the following sentence.
A huge explosion devastated the downtown area last night.
destroyed
built
increased
decreased
Choose the best answer.
If an animal is extinct, this animal is ..........
looking for food
fighting for its survival
no longer alive
no longer dead
What is the meaning of the underlined word as used in this sentence?
Because Jack failed all of his tests, he received harsh reproach from his parents.
Words that express approval or admiration.
Criticism or disapproval for having done something wrong.
A situation that results in a humiliating loss of dignity or self-esteem.
Choose the best word to complete the following sentence.
Football fans around the world have .......... the passing of Diego Armando Maradona, an iconic sports legend.
squabbled
lamented
flung
prescribed
Decide whether the underlined word is used correctly or not in the following sentence.
Being accused of theft was just one of the indignities I suffered under my last employer.
INCORRECT
CORRECT
Choose the word that best matches the following definition?
An unusual change
mutation
specimen
reproach
indignity
Choose the correct answer.
If something is threatening, it is ..........
safe
dangerous
new
amazing
