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Latin Word Roots and Concept Vocabulary Revision

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the best word to complete the following sentence.

Once again, 2, 200 .......... jumped to their feet as their team scored another goal.

a)

spectacles

b)

spectators

c)

inspectors

d)

scripts

2.

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.

a)

lament

b)

fling

c)

scribble

d)

prescribe

3.

Choose the best word to complete the following sentence.

The .......... special effects transformed the simple screenplay into a magnificent film.

a)

spectacular

b)

discordant

c)

threatening

d)

extinct

4.

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.

a)

catapult

b)

lurch

c)

scribble

d)

devastate

5.

Choose the best word to complete the following sentence.

Native American hunters carved their .......... and a few pictures onto the walls of caves.

a)

inscription

b)

indignity

c)

mutation

d)

scripture

6.

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.

a)

script

b)

reproach

c)

mutation

d)

specimen

7.

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.

a)

spectators

b)

inspectors

c)

spectacles

d)

scriptures

8.

Choose the best word to complete the following sentence.

He'd read the .......... and already seemed to be familiar with Joyce's published material.

a)

inscription

b)

scripture

c)

script

d)

indignity

9.

Choose the best word to complete the following sentence.

From our tent, we could see the grand .......... of Mount Blue.

a)

inscription

b)

reproach

c)

spectator

d)

spectacle

10.

Which one of these includes holy or sacred writings?

a)

A script

b)

A scripture

c)

An inscription

d)

A specimen

11.

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.

a)

unmusical

b)

attractive

c)

loud

d)

low

12.

Choose the best ANTONYM for the underlined word in the following sentence.

A huge explosion devastated the downtown area last night.

a)

destroyed

b)

built

c)

increased

d)

decreased

13.

Choose the best answer.

If an animal is extinct, this animal is ..........

a)

looking for food

b)

fighting for its survival

c)

no longer alive

d)

no longer dead

14.

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.

a)

Words that express approval or admiration.

b)

Criticism or disapproval for having done something wrong.

c)

A situation that results in a humiliating loss of dignity or self-esteem.

15.

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.

a)

squabbled

b)

lamented

c)

flung

d)

prescribed

16.

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.

a)

INCORRECT

b)

CORRECT

17.

Choose the word that best matches the following definition?

An unusual change

a)

mutation

b)

specimen

c)

reproach

d)

indignity

18.

Choose the correct answer.

If something is threatening, it is ..........

a)

safe

b)

dangerous

c)

new

d)

amazing