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Latin Roots 1-42

Total questions: 81

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do the roots "ann" and "enn" mean?

a)

Month

b)

Day

c)

Year

d)

Week

2.

Which word means occurring every two years?

a)

Annual

b)

Biannual

c)

Centennial

d)

Millennium

3.

What do the prefixes "aqua," "aque," and "aqui" mean?

a)

Fire

b)

Earth

c)

Water

d)

Air

4.

What is an "aquanaut" most likely associated with?

a)

Space exploration

b)

Underwater exploration

c)

Mountain climbing

d)

Desert survival

5.

What does the root "aud" mean?

a)

To see

b)

To hear

c)

To touch

d)

To taste

6.

What is the meaning of the word "audible"?

a)

Able to be seen

b)

Able to be heard

c)

Able to be touched

d)

Able to be tasted

7.

What does the prefix "bene" mean?

a)

Bad

b)

Good

c)

Fast

d)

Slow

8.

What is a "benefactor"?

a)

Someone who harms others

b)

Someone who donates or helps others

c)

Someone who competes with others

d)

Someone who ignores others

9.

What does the prefix "bi-" mean?

a)

One

b)

Two

c)

Three

d)

Four

10.

What does "biweekly" mean?

a)

Every week

b)

Every two weeks

c)

Every month

d)

Every year

11.

What does the root word "cent" mean?

a)

Ten

b)

Fifty

c)

Hundred

d)

Thousand

12.

What do the prefixes "circ" and "circum" mean?

a)

Above

b)

Below

c)

Around

d)

Inside

13.

Which word means the distance around a circle?

a)

Circuit

b)

Circumference

c)

Circus

d)

Circumstance

14.

What do the prefixes "co," "col," "com," and "con" generally mean?

a)

Alone

b)

Together

c)

Against

d)

Before

15.

What does the word "connect" mean in terms of the prefixes "co," "col," "com," and "con"?

a)

To separate

b)

To join together

c)

To destroy

d)

To hide

16.

What do the prefixes "contra" and "contro" mean?

a)

Against or opposite

b)

Together or with

c)

Above or over

d)

Below or under

17.

Which word means "to speak against"?

a)

Contrast

b)

Contradict

c)

Contract

d)

Controversial

18.

What does the root "cred" mean?

a)

Trust

b)

Believe

c)

Create

d)

Build

19.

Which word means "able to be believed"?

a)

Incredible

b)

Credible

c)

Discredit

d)

Creed

20.

What does the root "dict" mean?

a)

Write

b)

Say

c)

Read

d)

Listen

21.

Which word means to speak or read something aloud for someone to write down?

a)

Predict

b)

Contradict

c)

Dictate

d)

Verdict

22.

What does the prefix "inter" mean?

a)

Above

b)

Below

c)

Between

d)

Around

23.

What is the meaning of the word "interact"?

a)

To act alone

b)

To act between or among

c)

To act above

d)

To act below

24.

What does the root "ject" mean?

a)

Throw

b)

Catch

c)

Hold

d)

Push

25.

What is the term for an object that is thrown through the air?

a)

Projectile

b)

Injection

c)

Reject

d)

Interjection

26.

What does the root word "lumin" mean?

a)

Dark

b)

Light

c)

Heavy

d)

Sound

27.

Which of the following words means to make something bright or filled with light?

a)

Illuminate

b)

Luminous

c)

Luminary

d)

Lumen

28.

What does the root "magn" mean?

a)

Small

b)

Big

c)

Fast

d)

Slow

29.

Which word means to make something appear larger?

a)

Magnify

b)

Magnificent

c)

Magnate

d)

Magnanimous

30.

What does the prefix "mal" mean?

a)

Good

b)

Bad

c)

Happy

d)

Large

31.

What does the root "medi" mean?

a)

End

b)

Middle

c)

Top

d)

Bottom

32.

What does the word "mediate" mean in relation to its root "medi"?

a)

To end a conflict

b)

To be in the middle of a conflict

c)

To start a conflict

d)

To ignore a conflict

33.

What does the root "migr" mean?

a)

Stay

b)

Move

c)

Build

d)

Stop

34.

Which word means "to move from one place to another"?

a)

Migrate

b)

Stationary

c)

Construct

d)

Immobile

35.

What does the root "min" mean?

a)

Large

b)

Small

c)

Fast

d)

Slow

36.

Which of the following words means "the least amount possible"?

a)

Miniature

b)

Minimum

c)

Minion

d)

Minor

37.

What does the root "miss/mit" mean?

a)

Break

b)

Send

c)

Build

d)

One

38.

Which of the following words means "to send away"?

a)

Rewind

b)

Dismiss

c)

Infraction

d)

Scribble

39.

What does the root "fract/frag" mean?

a)

Break

b)

Send

c)

Build

d)

One

40.

What does the root "mort" mean?

a)

Death

b)

Send

c)

Hold

d)

Four

41.

What does the root "multi" mean?

a)

Many

b)

Pull

c)

Ask

d)

Before

42.

What does the root "non" mean?

a)

Not

b)

Feel

c)

Break

d)

Hold

43.

What does the root "omni" mean?

a)

All

b)

Not

c)

Break

d)

Death

44.

What does the root "pre" mean?

a)

Before

b)

All

c)

Many

d)

Death

45.

What does the root "quad" mean?

a)

Four

b)

Write

c)

Time

d)

Under

46.

What does the root "quer/quir/ques/quis" mean?

a)

Ask

b)

Again

c)

Time

d)

Send

47.

What does the root "re" mean?

a)

Again

b)

Before

c)

Time

d)

Send

48.

What does the root "scrib/script" mean?

a)

Write

b)

Before

c)

All

d)

Time

49.

What does the root "sent/sens" mean?

a)

Feel

b)

Empty

c)

Turn

d)

Four

50.

What does the root "spect" mean?

a)

Watch

b)

Break

c)

All

d)

Death

51.

What does the root "struct" mean?

a)

Build

b)

Break

c)

Two

d)

Pull

52.

What does the root "sub" mean?

a)

Under

b)

Before

c)

Across

d)

Empty

53.

What does the root "tempo" mean?

a)

Time

b)

Four

c)

Again

d)

See

54.

What does the root "tain" mean?

a)

Hold

b)

Send

c)

All

d)

Not

55.

What does the root "tract" mean?

a)

Pull

b)

Ask

c)

Many

d)

Turn

56.

What does the root "trans" mean?

a)

Across

b)

Ask

c)

Death

d)

Turn

57.

What does the root "uni" mean?

a)

One

b)

Four

c)

Hundred

d)

Two

58.

What does the root "vac" mean?

a)

Empty

b)

See

c)

Turn

d)

Two

59.

What does the root "vid/vis" mean?

a)

Empty

b)

See

c)

Turn

d)

Two

60.

What does the root "volv/volut" mean?

a)

Empty

b)

See

c)

Turn

d)

Two

61.

Which of the following words means "easily breakable"?

a)

Submarine

b)

Fragile

c)

Nonstick

d)

Previous

62.

Which of the following words means "cannot die"?

a)

Immortal

b)

Respect

c)

Extract

d)

Unity

63.

Which of the following words means "containing many colors"?

a)

Multicolored

b)

Multicultural

c)

Subway

d)

Omnivore

64.

Which of the following words means "not making sense"?

a)

Nonsense

b)

Nonfiction

c)

Construction

d)

Sentiment

65.

Which of the following words means "eating all kinds of food"?

a)

Omnivore

b)

Vision

c)

Inscribe

d)

Temporary

66.

Which of the following words means "to say before an event happens"?

a)

Predict

b)

Evolve

c)

Rewind

d)

Temporary

67.

Which of the following words means "a shape with four sides"?

a)

Quadrilateral

b)

Quadrant

c)

Unicorn

d)

Video

68.

Which of the following words means "to ask"?

a)

Query

b)

Scribe

c)

Maintain

d)

Spectacle

69.

Which of the following words means "to play again"?

a)

Replay

b)

Temporary

c)

Fracture

d)

Spectacle

70.

Which of the following words means "write in detail"?

a)

Describe

b)

Subtract

c)

Prospect

d)

Visible

71.

Which of the following words means "feeling deeply"?

a)

Sensitive

b)

Mortuary

c)

Missile

d)

Detain

72.

Which of the following words means "watch closely"?

a)

Inspect

b)

Revolve

c)

Mission

d)

Fragile

73.

Which of the following words means "a person who builds knowledge in others"?

a)

Instructor

b)

Quadrant

c)

Century

d)

Predict

74.

Which of the following words means "to sink underwater"?

a)

Submerge

b)

Detract

c)

Mortician

d)

Multiple

75.

Which of the following words means "lasting a short time"?

a)

Temporary

b)

Construct

c)

Query

d)

Magnify

76.

Which of the following words means "to hold onto"?

a)

Retain

b)

Fraction

c)

Multicultural

d)

Minimum

77.

Which of the following words means "to pull someone's attention away"?

a)

Distract

b)

Magnanimous

c)

Beneficial

d)

Maximum

78.

Which of the following words means "to carry something across an area"?

a)

Transport

b)

University

c)

Aqueduct

d)

Centennial

79.

Which of the following words means "a one-wheeled mode of transportation"?

a)

Unicycle

b)

Bicycle

c)

Aqueduct

d)

Centennial

80.

Which of the following words means "to leave a place empty"?

a)

Vacate

b)

Evidence

c)

Interstate

d)

Migrate

81.

Which of the following words means "to picture in your mind"?

a)

Visualize

b)

Evidence

c)

Interstate

d)

Migrate

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