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Greek and Latin Roots

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

to carry

a)

port

b)

tele

c)

logy

d)

bio

2.

bad

a)

port

b)

tele

c)

mal

d)

bio

3.

heat

a)

therm

b)

tele

c)

mal

d)

bio

4.

from afar

a)

therm

b)

tele

c)

mal

d)

bio

5.

life

a)

therm

b)

tele

c)

mal

d)

bio

6.

self

a)

therm

b)

tele

c)

auto

d)

bio

7.

to write

a)

therm

b)

graph

c)

auto

d)

bio

8.

to throw

a)

therm

b)

graph

c)

auto

d)

ject

9.

time

a)

therm

b)

graph

c)

chrono

d)

ject

10.

star

a)

astro

b)

graph

c)

chrono

d)

ject

11.

death

a)

astro

b)

graph

c)

mort

d)

ject

12.

the study of

a)

astro

b)

logy

c)

mort

d)

ject

13.

to say

a)

astro

b)

logy

c)

mort

d)

dict

14.

around

a)

astro

b)

circum

c)

mort

d)

dict

15.

to hear

a)

aud

b)

circum

c)

mort

d)

dict

16.
Which root means "write"?
a)
graph
b)
logy
c)
geo
d)
auto
17.
Which root means "earth"?
a)
geo
b)
auto
c)
jur
d)
bio
18.
Which word means "fear of water"?
a)
dehydrate
b)
hydrophobia
c)
quadriceps
19.
Which root means "to do"?
a)
fer
b)
act
c)
meter
20.
Which root means "break, burst"?
a)
pos
b)
photo
c)
rupt
21.
Which root means "see, look, target"?
a)
cycl
b)
scope
c)
hydro
22.
Which word means "electric made from water"?
a)
thermos
b)
dehydrate
c)
hydroelectric
23.
Which root means "to see"?
a)
vis/vid
b)
graph
c)
bio
24.
Which word means "a bottle used to keep something hot"?
a)
thermal
b)
quadruple
c)
thermos
25.
Which root means "light"?
a)
photo
b)
spect
c)
graph
26.
Which root means "say"?
a)
dict
b)
cycl
c)
logy
27.
Which root means "wheel, ring, or circle"?
a)
dia
b)
cycl
c)
therm
28.
Which word means "to remove water from"?
a)
hydrophobia
b)
dehydrate
c)
thermostate
29.
What does the root "tract" mean?
a)
to see
b)
to pull or drag
c)
to write
d)
to study
30.
Which root means "four of"?
a)
quad
b)
cycl
c)
dia
31.

The meaning of root trans- is

a)

across

b)

top

c)

elevate

d)

increase

32.

What is the meaning of immune?

a)

heavy

b)

maker

c)

resistant

d)

given

33.

Select a antonym for transform.

a)

taken

b)

change

c)

work

d)

stay

34.

Which sentence uses biography correctly?

a)

Biography before yesterday.

b)

Which is your favorite biography?

c)

During the biography, I went to the store.

35.

What root means against?

a)

Anti

b)

aqua

c)

astron

d)

audio

36.

What root means no?

a)

dia

b)

dis

c)

dent

d)

cyclo

37.

What root means tooth?

a)

dent

b)

co

c)

bio

d)

cent

38.

Which root means hundred?

a)

bio

b)

astron

c)

deca

d)

cent

39.

to cut into two pieces

a)

bisect

b)

dissect

c)

section

d)

trisect

e)

I don't know

40.
to cut apart for the purposes of investigation
a)
dissect
b)
sectional
c)
transect
d)
vivisection
41.
a class of small arthropod animals that has three separate sections to their bodies: head, thorax, abdomen
a)
insect
b)
sector
c)
bisect
d)
sectional
42.
the point at which two lines or roads meet and cut across each other
a)
intersection
b)
insect
c)
dissect
d)
trisect
43.
a couch that is made up of separate pieces
a)
sectional
b)
sector
c)
section
d)
dissect
44.
a place where sick or injured people are given care or treatment
a)
hospitable
b)
hospital
c)
hostage
d)
pseudonym
45.
a words that is spelled and pronounced like another word but is different in meaning
a)
hospital
b)
homonym
c)
synonym
d)
antonym
46.
a word that has the same or similar meaning as another word
a)
homonym
b)
anotonym
c)
pseudonym
d)
synomym
47.
a word with a meaning that is opposite to the meaning of another word
a)
antonym
b)
pseudonym
c)
homonym
d)
synonym
48.
not named or identified
a)
anonymous
b)
antonym
c)
acronym
d)
hostage
49.
not friendly, having or showing unfriendly feelings
a)
hospitable
b)
hostage
c)
hostile
50.
a person who is captured by someone who demands that certain things be done before the captured person is free
a)
hostile
b)
antonym
c)
pseudonym
d)
hostage