This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Vocabulary > Greek And Latin Root Words – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Greek And Latin Root Words Quiz 16 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A small harbor where small boats can dock A) Marina. B) Hydroelectric. C) Aqueduct. D) Marine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marina. 2. This prefix/suffix/root means "primitive/ancient." A) Anti-. B) Archae, arche, archi. C) Aud. D) -ante. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archae, arche, archi. 3. (Match the word to definition)The place which one stream flows into another stream, or ocean A) Flux. B) Influx. C) Infulx. D) My sock. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Influx. 4. Which root means small? A) Mega. B) Fin. C) Micro. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Micro. 5. What does the root word "urb" mean? A) Place. B) City. C) Time. D) Plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) City. 6. Sometimes magicians try to hypnotize someone with one of these objects as it sways back and forth. A) Expenditure. B) Perpendicular. C) Appendix. D) Pendulum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pendulum. 7. Able to function or live both on land and in water A) Ambivalent. B) Amphibious. C) Duet. D) Duplex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amphibious. 8. A scientist who studies or is a specialist in physics A) Physical. B) Physics. C) Physician. D) Physicist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Physicist. 9. What does de-mean? A) Down. B) Under. C) Below. D) Up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Down. 10. What does the root word "ped" mean? A) Foot. B) City. C) Child. D) Peace. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foot. 11. One part in a hundred; an amount that is equal to one one-hundredth of something A) Centigrade. B) Decimal. C) Percent. D) November. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Percent. 12. A statement, thought, or action that is reasonable; words that make sense A) Monologue. B) Analogy. C) Logical. D) Prologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logical. 13. What is the root word of audition? A) Aud. B) Tion. C) Audtion. D) Sandy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aud. 14. Happening twice a year A) Ambiguous. B) Bilingual. C) Biannual. D) Dual. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biannual. 15. The word decagon contains the root dec. What does the root dec mean? A) Bend or curve. B) One hundred. C) Ten. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ten. 16. A telephone is a machine that can carry the sound of someone's voice somewhere far away. The root tele means far away. What does the root phon mean? A) Life. B) Sound. C) Light. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sound. 17. Define the root word Primus A) First. B) Prime. C) After. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First. 18. A person who watches an event, show, game, or activity, sometimes as part of an audience. A) Spectator. B) Spectacular. C) Special. D) Spectacle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spectator. 19. A tiny particle of light energy A) Photosynthesis. B) Photon. C) Photo. D) Telephoto. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photon. 20. (match the workd to the def.)Def. To move back and forth in waves A) Superfluous. B) Fluid. C) Fluctuate. D) Flower power. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fluctuate. 21. My grand-father was the ..... of our family for many years. I sure do miss him. A) Patrician. B) Patronym. C) Alma-mater. D) Patriarch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Patriarch. 22. What is the Latin root of the word dictator? A) One who rules. B) Dict. C) To say. D) Tor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dict. 23. What does spir-mean? A) Out. B) Breath. C) Water. D) Spirit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Breath. 24. Semi-is a latin root meaning A) Half, partial. B) Stars, outer space. C) Two, twice. D) Writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Half, partial. 25. Autograph, automobile, automatic A) Machine. B) Move. C) Write. D) Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Self. 26. A long speech made by one person; a continuous series of jokes delivered by a comedian A) Monologue. B) Dialog. C) Analogy. D) Eulogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monologue. 27. What does the prefix photo-mean? A) Camera. B) Light. C) Sun. D) Picture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Light. 28. An enemy or opponent A) Adversary. B) Controversial. C) Introvert. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adversary. 29. This prefix/suffix/root means "father." A) Mater, matr, matri. B) -dom. C) Cept, ceive. D) Pater, patr. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pater, patr. 30. What does "hydr" mean? A) Believe. B) Water. C) Sound. D) Hear. 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