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Vocabulary from Classical roots lesson 2

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word means 'a person who is not Jewish'?

a)

Genteel

b)

Gentry

c)

Genocide

d)

Gentile

2.

Which word means 'polite, refined, or respectable'?

a)

Gentry

b)

Genteel

c)

Genius

d)

Genocide

3.

Which word means 'people of good social position'?

a)

Gentry

b)

Gentile

c)

Genteel

d)

Genius

4.

Which word means 'clever, original, and inventive'?

a)

Ingenious

b)

Indigenous

c)

Progeny

d)

Progenitor

5.

Which word means 'native or originating naturally in a particular place'?

a)

Ingenious

b)

Indigenous

c)

Progeny

d)

Progenitor

6.

Which word means 'a descendant or offspring'?

a)

Progeny

b)

Progenitor

c)

Congenital

d)

Homogenous

7.

Which word means 'a person or thing that first indicates a direction, originates something, or serves as a model'?

a)

Progeny

b)

Progenitor

c)

Congenital

d)

Homogenous

8.

Which word means 'existing at or before birth'?

a)

Progeny

b)

Progenitor

c)

Congenital

d)

Homogenous

9.

Which word means 'consisting of parts or elements that are all of the same kind'?

a)

Congenital

b)

Homogenous

c)

Heterogenous

d)

Genocide

10.

Which word means 'the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation'?

a)

Congenital

b)

Homogenous

c)

Heterogenous

d)

Genocide

11.

Which word means 'the origin or mode of formation of something'?

a)

Genesis

b)

Engender

c)

Gentry

d)

Gentile

12.

Which word means 'to cause or give rise to'?

a)

Genesis

b)

Engender

c)

Gentry

d)

Gentile

13.

Having parts that are unrelated or completely different

a)

genre

b)

homogenous

c)

heterogenous

d)

congenital

14.

a record of descent from one's ancestors; the study of family records

a)

genealogy

b)

genesis

c)

indigenous

d)

progeny

15.

A type, class, or category, especially of fine art or literature

a)

engender

b)

progenitor

c)

genteel

d)

genre

16.

Gigno; gignere, genui, genitum is Latin root for:

a)

family

b)

to beget; to bring forth

c)

tribe, clan

d)

records

17.

genus; generis is Latin root for:

a)

offspring

b)

to bring forth

c)

birth; race, tribe

d)

different

18.

genos, geneos is Greek root for:

a)

birth

b)

race, family

c)

to bring forth

d)

history