Wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

7,8 & 9 Roots Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Pathetic Fallacy

a)

servilely following

b)

belittle; degrade

c)

when the setting mirrors the mood of a scene

d)

belief in nothing

2.

Claire was smarter than her boyfriend, but she ______________ to his intellectual level in order to be understood by him.

a)

declaimed

b)

condescended

c)

epigram

d)

retorted

3.

ism

a)

low

b)

doctrine

c)

sit

d)

twist

4.

She was a charming and ______ host, always chatting and laughing

a)

introspective

b)

feeling

c)

vivacious

d)

tangible

5.

anthropo

a)

say

b)

life

c)

know

d)

man

6.

terra incognita

a)

free from blame

b)

unknown land

c)

witty comment

d)

inward looking

7.

cacophony

a)

knowledge, awareness

b)

to lower oneself

c)

bad sound

d)

calm

8.

Many humans are _____; they think humans are the only beings that matter.

a)

heliotropic

b)

abase

c)

interstices

d)

anthropocentric

9.

When she dropped her soda, the liquid flowed into the cracks and ________________ of the floor.

a)

exculpate

b)

interstices

c)

sedate

d)

retorts

10.

sequ

a)

low

b)

follow

c)

sit

d)

land

11.

Every kind of _________ is tenanted, from dense, moist and hot forests at the level of the sea to arid deserts, high plateaus and mountains.

a)

terrain

b)

Helios

c)

abase

d)

epigram

12.

anthropomorphic

a)

touchable

b)

man-shaped

c)

land

d)

belief in nothing

13.

sedate

a)

lifeless

b)

to know

c)

touchable

d)

calm

14.

interstices

a)

small spaces

b)

not alive

c)

feelings

d)

belittle; degrade

15.

abase

a)

over

b)

between

c)

belittle; degrade

d)

low

16.

super

a)

in or out

b)

over

c)

touch

d)

land

17.

declaim

a)

speak rhetorically

b)

a passing remark

c)

swift reply

d)

witty comment

18.

The detective had no previous ________ of the location of the crime.

a)

cacophony

b)

cognition

c)

terra incognita

d)

declaim

19.

My father was saddened to find out from the newspaper's _______________ that his childhood friend died.

a)

epigram

b)

sacrosanct

c)

pathetic fallacy

d)

obituaries

20.

The sun-seeking tourists reminded him of ________________ plants.

a)

inanimate

b)

anthropocentric

c)

heliotropic

d)

tangible