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Roots - Latin & Greek

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

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1.

The dictation function on your phone allows you to

a)

say your text message

b)

send your text message

c)

join your text message

d)

believe your text message

2.

The prefix ana means against or wrong. An anachronism is

a)

something that is wrong for your beliefs.

b)

something that is wrong for or does not fit in a time period.

c)

something that is wrong for humanity.

d)

something that is wrong to pour out.

3.

The suffix -ician indicates a person skilled or involved in a subject or activity. A mortician is a

a)

person quliafied to practice medicine

b)

person whose job is to style hair, manicure nails, and administer beauty treatments

c)

person who performs magic tricks

d)

person who prepares dead bodies for burial or cremation

4.

Anthropomorphism is

a)

attributing human characteristics to something not human

b)

believing or trusting in something unbelievable

c)

forcing or squeezing something to death

d)

saying or speaking the truth

5.

The root word in synonym is nym. The root means

a)

to send

b)

to write

c)

name

d)

time

6.

The prefix dis means not or the opposite of.

If you discredit something you

a)

give it life

b)

cause its death

c)

make it not believable (make it seem false or unreliable)

d)

release it from pressure caused by squeezing

7.

Someone's comportment is

a)

his enthusiasm or heart for a project

b)

the way he carries himself

c)

his skill at writing

d)

his willingness to join others

8.

The root meter means “measurement.” A photometer is an instrument for measuring

a)

light

b)

time

c)

life

d)

force

9.

Based on its root, the word bellicose probably means

a)

written

b)

thrown

c)

combative

d)

full of life

10.

Which root means to push or to drive?

a)

gram

b)

dict

c)

geo

d)

puls

11.

An emissary is someone someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else. The root mis means

a)

to die

b)

to send

c)

to pour out

d)

to squeeze

12.

An artifact is something made by human skill. The root fact means

a)

to die

b)

to make

c)

to write

d)

to turn

13.

The root fus means

a)

to write

b)

to pour out

c)

war

d)

name

14.

If you wanted to describe the path on which a jet is THROWN into the sky, you could refer to the jet's

a)

propulsion

b)

trajectory

c)

dictation

d)

vertigo

15.

The root that means to take or to seize is

a)

cept

b)

gram

c)

mis

d)

pel