This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Vocabulary > Root Words Roots And Affixes – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 14 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Even though I wanted to voice my concerns, I remained ..... A) Nonexistent. B) Nonverbal. C) Irregular. D) Irrelevant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonverbal. 2. The ..... man struggled to find a job in the corporate world. A) Illiterate. B) Ineligible. C) Illogical. D) Imbalanced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Illiterate. 3. To leave, especially when starting a journey. A) Destroy. B) Depart. C) Desert. D) Decline. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Depart. 4. What does the word 'hydro' mean? A) Many. B) Sun. C) Water. D) Against. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water. 5. What is the meaning of the root word "nym?" A) Name. B) Shape. C) Below. D) To write. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Name. 6. Suffix-less means A) With. B) Again. C) Without. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Without. 7. What is the meaning of uncomfortable? A) In a state of discomfort; uneasy; conscious of stress or strain. B) To revise or reconstruct. C) Lazy, tired. D) Undisturbed, at ease. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a state of discomfort; uneasy; conscious of stress or strain. 8. The prefix un-as in unhealthy means: A) Not or opposite. B) Same as. C) To do again. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not or opposite. 9. What are some similar prefixes of uncomfortable? A) Undo, redo, kindness. B) Undo, unconfident. C) Undo, impossible. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Undo, unconfident. 10. The prefix "trans" means A) Open. B) Far away. C) Across. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Across. 11. Prefix non-means A) Too much. B) Not. C) Above. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not. 12. What are some similar suffixes of lovely? A) Disrespectful, carefully. B) Redo, undo. C) Irregularly, carefully, cautiously. D) Irregularly, carefully, uncomfortable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irregularly, carefully, cautiously. 13. What does the root 'miss/mit' mean? A) Lost. B) Carry. C) Send. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Send. 14. Which of the following words uses pre-the same way as in the word preview? A) Appreciate. B) Pretty. C) Pretzel. D) Preschool. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Preschool. 15. What suffix means in a state of? A) -able/ible. B) -ate. C) -ous. D) -ant/ent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -ate. 16. Choose the root word of the word that is underlined.TV has different shows everyday. However, some shows are on daily, like the news and the weather. A) Ly. B) Da. C) Dail. D) Day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Day. 17. To bring under control A) Subconscious. B) Submerge. C) Subdue. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subdue. 18. Choose the root word of the word that is underlined.My family was watching a movie on Friday night. Suddenly, there was a big noise outside. We all looked at each other. A) Sudden. B) Ly. C) Suddenly. D) Denly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sudden. 19. The class was able to distract the teacher with a topic that was entirely ..... A) Irrelevant. B) Irregular. C) Nonverbal. D) Nonexistent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irrelevant. 20. A device that measures how many steps you take is a ..... A) Odometer. B) Fitbit. C) Pedometer. D) Smart watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pedometer. 21. What do the root words 'ant' & 'anti' mean? A) Sun. B) Hear. C) Around. D) Against. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Against. 22. Which suffix means "doctrine of/principle of" ? A) Ism. B) Ant/ent. C) Ist. D) Ess. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ism. 23. In which word does the suffix mean the same as it does in "teacher" ? A) Astronomer. B) Universe. C) Answer. D) Outer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astronomer. 24. Which affix means to/towards? A) Bin-. B) A-. C) De-. D) Mis-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A-. 25. An octopus have ..... less. I know the prefix octa means ..... A) 4. B) 8. C) Lots of. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8. 26. Able to speak two different languages A) Biweekly. B) Biped. C) Biennial. D) Bilingual. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bilingual. 27. When you add the suffix "'less" to the word "bottom" the new word means A) Unlimited. B) Constrained. C) Upside down. D) Controlled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unlimited. 28. Based on your knowledge of roots, the word grammar most associates with which of the following? A) Reading. B) Mathematics. C) Writing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Writing. 29. Which root word is Greek and means "far off" ? A) Them. B) Port. C) Spect. D) Tele. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tele. 30. 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