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Root Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Lasting only for a short time; constantly changing.

a)

Transpose

b)

Transience

c)

Transcendence

d)

Transport

2.

Allowing light to pass through

a)

Transfer

b)

Translucent

c)

Intransigent

d)

Transparent

3.

to maintain, usually at a minimal level

a)

Subside

b)

Subsume

c)

Subscribe

d)

Subsist

4.

undermine the power and authority of

a)

Submit

b)

Subordinate

c)

Subliminal

d)

Subvert

5.

a strong feeling of dislike or hostility towards someone or something

a)

apathy

b)

antipathy

c)

empathy

d)

sympathy

6.

suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder

a)

psychopathic

b)

pathogenic

c)

sympathetic

d)

sociopathic

7.

an arrangement of grammatical construction

a)

synthesis

b)

synopsis

c)

syntax

d)

synonym

8.

two objects which can be measured ‘together’ perfectly

a)

symmetry

b)

symphony

c)

symptom

d)

symbol

9.

The origin or birth of something

a)

Generation

b)

Genesis

c)

Progeny

d)

Genetics

10.

Belonging to the same kind

a)

generic

b)

heterogeneous

c)

homogeneous

d)

genus

11.

when two things/beings intimately depend on each other

a)

organic

b)

domestic

c)

magnetic

d)

symbiotic

12.

pertaining to the sense of touch

a)

haptic

b)

tactic

c)

tactitic

d)

graphic

13.

to give facts and examples in order to prove that something is true

a)

adage

b)

adjunct

c)

adduce

d)

advent

14.

a person who goes against you in some way

a)

advocate

b)

adversary

c)

adjudicate

d)

adjuster

15.

unfriendly and likely to cause you harm

a)

ineffable

b)

inimitable

c)

indelible

d)

inimical

16.

not likely to offend or harm anyone

a)

inefficient

b)

inconspicuous

c)

innocuous

d)

intimidate

17.

a figure used in printing and writing to indicate a footnote

a)

astral

b)

astronaut

c)

astrology

d)

asterisk

18.

pertaining to the stars

a)

astral

b)

astrology

c)

astronomy

d)

asteroid

19.

the holistic scientific and social study of humanity

a)

ethnography

b)

anthropology

c)

archaeology

d)

sociology

20.

The art or science of measuring time and mechanical time-keeping devices.

a)

nematology

b)

chronology

c)

horology

d)

chronomechology