Root Words Quiz 3 (60 MCQs)

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1. Act of, condition of, state of
2. "ology/ologist" means .....
3. Which word means how the study of handwriting can reveal things about someone's personality?
4. Fill in the blank with the correct word ..... His ..... was paid for with cash.
5. She was jabbering about nonsense that we couldn't understand. What is the meaning of nonsense?
6. Some ..... fans of Villanova bought a jersey last spring after they won the Final Four in basketball.
7. The root word TELE means .....
8. Which word correctly completes the sentence below?Always be ..... when you cross the street.
9. Lines that are always the same distance apart. They do not intersect.
10. What does the Greek root "bio" refer to?
11. Root word meaning to hear or listen
12. The word telegraph contains the root tele. What does the root tele mean?
13. My friend is very ..... She likes to explore new places and try new things.
14. Jameson D. McCormick was a generous benefactor at the University of Santa Ana, providing several scholarships to incoming freshmen. What does the root word "bene" mean in "benefactor?"
15. The average of all the numbers in a data set.
16. What does solve mean?
17. What does the word part "geo" mean?
18. Which word correctly completes the sentence below?The waves were crashing ..... at the beach.
19. Record, writing, or drawing
20. What does hosp mean?
21. Find a word with the same root word:reading.
22. The root word "ject" (ex:objection, projectile) means .....
23. The Latin word carn means:
24. What does re mean in the words revive and revitalize?
25. A leader who rules with total power
26. If hydrate means to give or have enough water what does dehydrated mean?
27. Which word has the SAME word word as washes?
28. What is the root word for rewriting?
29. What does the root word ..... TRANS mean?
30. Fill in the blank with the correct word ..... The ..... in New York is what people take to work instead of driving.
31. By midmorning I'm already hungry for lunch. The prefix mid means .....
32. Find a word with the same root word:unlocked.
33. Unable or unwilling to believe something
34. What does the root word kyro mean?
35. Which sentence contains the root word of the word "midway" ?
36. The word part "non" means .....
37. A chronograph is a machine that marks things according to
38. Patriarchal (adjective)
39. Which root word means "time" ?
40. What is the root word for friendly
41. Geology is the study of rocks and what the ..... is made of.
42. What does the word spectacular mean?
43. ..... synthesis (greek root meaning "related to light")
44. What does the root word ..... GEN mean?
45. What does urb mean?
46. What is the root word of runs?
47. A telescope is a tool that is used to look at something that is far away, in outer space. The root tele means far away. What does the root scope mean?
48. What does grad mean?
49. Our teacher will inspect our work. Tomorrow is the .....
50. Biology is the study of living things. The root logy means the study of something. What does the root bio mean?
51. Given this word family, what do you think the root cred means?CreditCredibleIncredible
52. To examine carefully, especially for flaws
53. What does bio mean
54. Congenial (adjective)
55. Syn-/Sym-means .....
56. What does the Greek root "jur/jud" mean?
57. We call it a "submarine" because "sub" means?
58. What does the root word photo mean?
59. What does the root word Pod mean? (a)
60. The root word for "sound" is .....