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Vocabulary Week 9 - Roots gon, graph, mis/mit, ped/pod, struct

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the meaning of the root graph?

a)

time

b)

send

c)

writing/ printing

d)

light

2.

Which word would complete the sentence correctly?


Because of its ________ isolation, the area developed its own unique culture.

a)

biography

b)

telegraph

c)

geographical

d)

paragraph

3.

Which word would complete the sentence correctly?


This new _______ contains a wealth of previously unpublished material on Lebron James.

a)

biography

b)

telegraph

c)

geographical

d)

paragraph

4.

Which word has this definition?


(n.) - a device for transmitting messages

a)

biography

b)

telegraph

c)

geographical

d)

paragraph

5.
Gon means
a)
angle
b)
life
c)
time 
d)
earth
6.

A polygon is a closed figure made up of straight line segments. What is the root of the word polygon?

a)

Poly

b)

gon

c)

oly

d)

on

7.

If the prefix pent means five, then what is a pentagon?

a)

A shape with five angles

b)

An animal with five feet

c)

A person with five fingers

d)

A plant with five leaves

8.

This picture best represents a(n) _________.

a)

Pentagon

b)

Hexagon

c)

Nonagon

d)

Octagon

9.

What do the roots

"mis" and "mit" mean?

a)

send

b)

earth

c)

star

d)

walk

10.

My teacher asked me to ___________________ my paper to be graded.

a)

submit

b)

omit

c)

mission

d)

dismiss

11.

To turn in the document to her professor, Beth will ____________ it through email.

a)

transmit

b)

omit

c)

mission

d)

dismiss

12.

After the wedding was over, the people were ____________________ to the reception to let the celebrating begin!

a)

dismissed

b)

omitted

c)

mission

d)

transmitted

13.

The parade had a difficult time getting down the street because of all the ____________________________________________ who were in the way.

a)

pedals

b)

pedestrians

c)

tripods

d)

centipedes

14.

When my foot slipped off the ____________________________, I lost control of my bike and crashed into the mailbox.

a)

millipede

b)

tripod

c)

peddler

d)

pedal

15.

My mom screamed her head off when she saw the ______________________________________ crawling up her leg during our hike!

a)

pedestrian

b)

impediment

c)

centipede

d)

tripod

16.
"pod" or "ped"  as in pedicure means
a)
related to the feet
b)

related to the hands

c)
related to foot doctors
d)

related to the eyes

17.
What is the meaning of the root "struct"?
a)
with, together
b)
build
c)
destroy
d)
against
18.
to deiberately destroy an object
a)

instruct

b)
destruct
c)

structure

d)
obstruct
19.
the action or process of building
a)

deconstruct

b)
construction
c)
reconstruction
d)
obstruction
20.
underlying framework of a system
a)
reconstruction
b)
destruction
c)
infrastructure
d)
obstruct