This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Vocabulary > Greek And Latin Root Words – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Greek And Latin Root Words Quiz 9 (28 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the Latin root contra/counter mean? A) Strength. B) To do. C) Shape. D) Against. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Against. 2. Morphology is the study of the shape and form of things. The root logy means the study of something. What does the root morph mean? A) Look at or observe. B) Measure. C) Shape. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shape. 3. What does "ped" mean? A) Sound. B) Foot. C) Light. D) Hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foot. 4. This Latin root word means:yearly A) Ann, enn. B) Scrib, script. C) Tract. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ann, enn. 5. This Latin root words means:death A) Mort. B) Min. C) Miss, mit. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mort. 6. What does the Latin root circum mean? A) Square. B) Circle. C) Around. D) Circumference. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Around. 7. The siren sounded in the town to warn people of the upcoming tornado. What word below indicates that something was about to occur? A) Dependent. B) Impending. C) Appendix. D) Independent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Impending. 8. To get around something in a clever and sometimes dishonest way A) Circumvent. B) Cycle. C) Concentric. D) Central. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circumvent. 9. What does the Latin root mit mean? A) To send. B) Mitten. C) Father. D) To write. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To send. 10. This prefix/suffix/root means "thanks/pleasing." A) Anti-. B) Grat. C) -en. D) Pend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grat. 11. Geo logy is the study of rocks and what the ..... is made of. A) Earth. B) Life. C) Science. D) Penguins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth. 12. This Latin root word means:light, shine, source A) Mort. B) Contra, contro. C) Lunin. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lunin. 13. A flat shape that has five sides and five corners A) Quintuplet. B) Pentagram. C) Trimester. D) Pentagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pentagon. 14. One of five babies that are born at the same time to the same mother A) Quadrangle. B) Pentagon. C) Triathlon. D) Quintuplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quintuplet. 15. A wealthy person who gives money and time to help make life better for other people A) Bibliophile. B) Photon. C) Philosophy. D) Philanthropist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Philanthropist. 16. This Latin root words means:across, beyond, through A) Trans. B) Vid, vis. C) Lunin. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trans. 17. What does contra most likely mean in the word contradict? A) Outside. B) Against. C) Within. D) Together. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Against. 18. The study of ideas about knowledge, truth, the nature and meaning of life; your personal beliefs or opinions related to life A) Philanthropist. B) Biography. C) Philosophy. D) Bibliophile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Philosophy. 19. The novel included a ..... describing the previous mysteries the detective had solved A) Prologue. B) Logo. C) Logbook. D) Dialog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prologue. 20. An auditorium is ..... A) A large room or building where people gather. B) Able to be heard. C) A group of people. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A large room or building where people gather. 21. If you have a portable computer, you can take it with you. What does the root "port" mean? A) To carry. B) To throw. C) To sleep. D) To see. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To carry. 22. An official record; a book in which information is written in a timely manner A) Analogy. B) Logo. C) Logbook. D) Dialog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logbook. 23. The story of a real person's life written by someone other than that person A) Philosophy. B) Biography. C) Philanthropist. D) Photography. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biography. 24. Manual, manufacture, manuscript A) Make. B) Work. C) Hand. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hand. 25. Located in the center of a thing or place A) Concentric. B) Central. C) Circumference. D) Eccentric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central. 26. What is the meaning of the word manufacture? A) To set free. B) A handbook. C) To make by hand. D) To skillfully go around something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To make by hand. 27. To lose water or moisture; to become dry A) Dehydrate. B) Maritime. C) Aquarium. D) Aquatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dehydrate. 28. A science that deals with matter and energy and the way they interact with heat, light, electricity, and sound A) Physician. B) Physics. C) Physicist. D) Physical. 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