This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Vocabulary > Root Words Roots And Affixes – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To understand the hidden meaning of something A) Desire. B) Decode. C) Decline. D) Deprive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decode. 2. The word embittered meansThe girls were embittered by the team's actions. The did not communicate to each on the court and they lost their championship game. A) Angry. B) Supportive. C) Loving. D) Embarrassed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Angry. 3. Which suffix means capable of, able? A) -able/ible. B) -ate. C) -ous. D) -ant/ent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -able/ible. 4. Which of the following words contains an affix meaning "the study of" ? A) Examination. B) Physics. C) Sociology. D) English. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sociology. 5. What do the root words 'contra' & 'counter' mean? A) Many. B) Opposite. C) Water. D) Cut. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opposite. 6. Polygamy is the practice of A) Being married to only one person. B) Being married to several people. C) Being able to play many different games. D) Being a gamer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Being married to several people. 7. The car belongs to my aunt. It is my ..... car. A) Aunt. B) Aunt's. C) Aunts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aunt's. 8. What do the root words 'spic' & 'spec' mean? A) Around. B) Look or see. C) Sun. D) Opposite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Look or see. 9. Which affix comes from the Latin language and means "capable of" ? A) Ible. B) Micro. C) In. D) Ology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ible. 10. Fill in the blank:Everyone adored the baby. The baby was ador ..... . A) -ible. B) -able. C) -ing. D) -tion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -able. 11. Which pair of words has a the same base as inimitable? A) Inconceivable, incorruptible. B) Acceptable, accountable. C) Incorrect, impossible. D) Imitate, imitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imitate, imitation. 12. Morgan disassembled her TV remote to figure out why it wasn't working.What is the best definition of the underlined word? A) Break. B) Put together. C) Take apart. D) Throw away. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Take apart. 13. The prefix en-meansHope, Stanley and Frieda were all engaged in the lesson about mammals. A) Before, prior to. B) Far. C) Among. D) In, into. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In, into. 14. Precaution means ..... A) Care taken before. B) Care taken too late. C) Care taken too soon. D) Care taken aferward. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Care taken before. 15. To go before something else in time, order, place, or rank A) Concede. B) Exceed. C) Recess. D) Precede. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Precede. 16. What are the two categories of affixes? A) Prefixes and suffixes. B) Suffixes and root words. C) Prefixes and informixes. D) Root words and refixes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prefixes and suffixes. 17. The suffix-ous means; dangerous A) Glitter. B) Inside of. C) Full of. D) Outside of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Full of. 18. If draconology is the study of dragons, and climatology is the study of climate, what is photology the study of? A) Photographs. B) Works of Art. C) Light. D) Natural Beauty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Light. 19. The suffix "sis" as in assistance means.. A) Break. B) Having the quality of. C) Action or process. D) Together. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Action or process. 20. Which word ROOT means to see? A) Envision. B) Vis. C) Vision. D) Visual. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vis. 21. What does the root "milli" mean? A) 10. B) 1000. C) 1. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1000. 22. The word veered meansI was going so fast on my bike, I did not realized I veered off my path to get home. A) Continued. B) Followed. C) Swerved. D) Flowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swerved. 23. In the word unstoppable, there is/are ..... A) One prefix and two suffixes. B) One prefix, one base, and one suffix. C) Two prefixes and one suffix. D) A base, a root, and a suffix. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One prefix, one base, and one suffix. 24. Which prefix DOES NOT mean not, without? A) Un-. B) Re-. C) Non-. D) Dis-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Re-. 25. The medicine was ..... because it made the sick boy feel better. A) Beneficial. B) Circulate. C) Benevolent. D) Demagogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beneficial. 26. The word valuable includes the suffix-able. What does the suffix-able means? A) Become. B) Skill of. C) Suggest. D) Quality of. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quality of. 27. Something that is beneficial is ..... A) Happy. B) Good for you. C) Bad for you. D) Not great. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Good for you. 28. Which affix word means across, through? A) Dis-. B) Mis-. C) De-. D) Trans-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trans-. 29. Identify the meaning of the prefix underlined in the word mutation. A) Remove. B) Below. C) Change. D) Former. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Change. 30. A ..... is sometimes called a "quantum" of "electromagnetic energy." A) Photon. B) Photocopy. C) Photosynthesis. D) Telephoto. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photon. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesRoot Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 1Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 2Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 3Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 4Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 5Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 6Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 7Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 8Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books