This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Vocabulary > Greek And Latin Root Words – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Greek And Latin Root Words Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the root "crat" or "cracy" mean like in the words "democracy" or "autocracy" ? A) Critic. B) Rule. C) King. D) City. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rule. 2. What word means in a small town, the local ..... might employ most of the people? A) Grocery store. B) Factory. C) Geo-hunting. D) Bags. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Factory. 3. What does "rupt" mean? A) To carry. B) Burst. C) Foot. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burst. 4. The signature of a famous person A) Graphite. B) Graffiti. C) Autograph. D) Paragraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autograph. 5. What does the Latin root cent mean? A) Penny. B) One thousand. C) Dance. D) One hundred. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One hundred. 6. What does tele-mean? A) Distance. B) Port. C) See. D) Escape. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Distance. 7. The word missile contains the root miss. What does the root miss mean? A) Send. B) Pull or drag. C) Far away. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Send. 8. This Latin root words means:again, back, backward A) Uni. B) Circum. C) Re-. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Re-. 9. Which of these Greek/Latin root words are spelled correctly? A) Patriark. B) Patriorch. C) Patriarch. D) Patriarrch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patriarch. 10. What is the definition of the root word psych A) Blood. B) Speak, word, reason. C) Mind, soul, spirit. D) Corner, angle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mind, soul, spirit. 11. What does the Latin root bene mean? A) Good. B) Shape. C) To carry. D) To build. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good. 12. This Latin root words means:under, lower than, inferior A) Tain. B) Sub. C) Migr. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sub. 13. Graphology is the study of someone's handwriting. The root graph means write or draw. What does the root logy mean? A) The study of something. B) Measure. C) Own or self. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The study of something. 14. This prefix/suffix/root means "people." A) Pater, patr. B) Pop. C) Duct, duc. D) -dom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pop. 15. What does the prefix auto-mean? A) Self. B) You. C) Us. D) Me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self. 16. To be born again with a different body after death A) Reincarnate. B) Animator. C) Physicist. D) Physics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reincarnate. 17. The complete path that an electric current travels along A) Eccentric. B) Concentric. C) Cyclical. D) Circuit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Circuit. 18. Prospect means to A) Become a professional spector. B) See specting. C) Take care of others. D) Look or search for something good. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Look or search for something good. 19. Auditorium, audible, audition A) Room. B) Noise. C) Hear. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hear. 20. Cardiology is the study and medical treatment of the heart. The root logy means the study of something. What does the root cardio mean? A) Measure. B) Heart. C) Own or self. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heart. 21. What does-metry mean? A) Distance. B) Long. C) Length. D) Measure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Measure. 22. Tending to act in strange or unusual ways A) Eccentric. B) Cyclical. C) Cycle. D) Concentric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eccentric. 23. What does the following root word mean:photo? A) Time. B) See. C) Light. D) Pull, draw. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Light. 24. Astro-is a Greek root meaning A) Time. B) Earth. C) Against, opposite. D) Stars, outer space. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stars, outer space. 25. What is the Latin root of the word percent? A) Percent. B) Cent. C) One hundred. D) Per. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cent. 26. Which word matches this definition.Unnecessary. A) Impulse. B) Superfluvuos. C) Superfluous. D) Fluent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Superfluous. 27. A picture made using light from a camera A) Telephoto. B) Transport. C) Photocopy. D) Photograph. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Photograph. 28. What does the root word "aqu" mean? A) Drop. B) Bath. C) Pool. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water. 29. Capable of being slowly destroyed and broken down into very small parts by natural processes, bacteria, etc. A) Bibliophile. B) Biodegradable. C) Biology. D) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biodegradable. 30. A word, name, symbol, or trademark designed for easy recognition A) Logbook. B) Apology. C) Eulogy. D) Logo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Logo. 31. Able to speak and understand two languages A) Ambiguous. B) Ambidextrous. C) Duplex. D) Bilingual. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bilingual. 32. Linda's conclusion was reasonable based on the data. What word below describes Linda's conclusion? A) Logical. B) Analogy. C) Dialog. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logical. 33. Fluid deffenition A) A lid for the Flu. B) A substance that is a liquid or gas, and is capable of flowing. C) When one stream flows into another stream or the sea. D) To Flow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A substance that is a liquid or gas, and is capable of flowing. 34. What does the following root word mean:phobia? A) Go, move. B) Write. C) Water. D) Fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fear. 35. Having, containing or indicative of good sense or reason. A) Sensible. B) Sensory. C) Presence. D) Sensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensible. 36. An upright pipe with a spout, nozzle, or other outlet, usually in the street, for drawing water from a main pipe, especially for fighting fires. A) Aquatic. B) Marine. C) Hydrant. D) Hydroelectric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydrant. 37. What does the root word "dendro" mean? A) Dense. B) Tree. C) Deep. D) City. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tree. 38. What does the root word dict mean? A) To speak or say. B) To listen. C) To. D) To carry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To speak or say. 39. A reference book in which spoken or written words are defined A) Prediction. B) Dictionary. C) Indictment. D) Contradiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dictionary. 40. A nine-sided polygon A) Nonagon. B) Decimeter. C) Centigrade. D) Decade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nonagon. 41. Related to the sea; existing in or produced by the sea A) Marine. B) Aquatic. C) Aqueduct. D) Maritime. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marine. 42. A geographic area belonging to a governmental authority: A) Territorial. B) Terrarium. C) Territory. D) Terrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Territory. 43. Proof or evidence that something exists or is true A) Testament. B) Detest. C) Oracle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Testament. 44. A US city founded by William Penn, a Quaker who believed in peace A) Biodegradable. B) Philadelphia. C) Philosophy. D) Philanthropist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Philadelphia. 45. What does the prexil il-mean? A) Not. B) Yes. C) Fix. D) Undo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not. 46. What is the Latin root of the word video? A) Vis. B) Deo. C) Video. D) Vid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vid. 47. What does the prefix-chron mean? A) Sleep. B) The study of. C) The answer to. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Time. 48. Able to be understood in more than one way; having more than one possible meaning A) Ambiguous. B) Amphibious. C) Dual. D) Bilingual. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ambiguous. 49. Anthony gave a memorable speech at his grandmother's funeral. What is this speech called? A) Prologue. B) Eulogy. C) Monologue. D) Epilogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eulogy. 50. The ..... always looked down upon the plebeians. A) Patrons. B) Patricians. C) Patronyms. D) Patriarchs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Patricians. 51. Define the root word Unus A) One. B) First. C) Universe. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One. 52. This prefix/suffix/root means "together/with" A) Co-, con-, com-. B) Aud. C) Tract. D) Pater, patr. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Co-, con-, com-. 53. To lessen the feeling or awareness; to make less sensitive A) Nonsense. B) Dissent. C) Sensitive. D) Desensitize. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desensitize. 54. This prefix/suffix/root means "to lead." A) Duct, duc. B) Tract. C) -cide. D) -some. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tract. 55. What does the greek root "aer-" mean? Example:aerosol A) Sour. B) Air. C) Fat. D) Field. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air. 56. Which word best fits this sentence:"The ..... loaned me money for my mortgage." A) Credential. B) Incredulous. C) Creed. D) Creditor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Creditor. 57. It's interesting to ..... about what the criminal was thinking. A) Interest. B) Prospect. C) Speculate. D) Inspect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speculate. 58. Used to describe an animal that eats meat A) Reincarnate. B) Carnivorous. C) Physician. D) Animal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carnivorous. 59. What does the root word "reg" or "rex" mean? A) Best. B) Top. C) Rule. D) King. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rule. 60. Keith snarled a ..... before abruptly leaving the room. A) Retort. B) Rotund. C) Controversial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Retort. 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