Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 3 (60 MCQs)

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1. What do the suffixes '-ician' & '-ist' mean?
2. The root "mim-" means
3. An imaginary animal that looks like a horse and has one straight horn growing from the middle of its forehead
4. The kind gentleman was ..... of saying an unkind thing.
5. The prefix "contra" as in contradicts means .....
6. Based on our knowledge of the word root "path, " we can infer that "sympathy" means to:
7. A part of a piece of writing that deals with one subject, begins on a new line, and is made up of one or more sentences is called .....
8. The prefix meaning "below" is
9. Which root means one?
10. REVIEW:Which root word means break?
11. How many lenses to binoculars have?
12. In which word does the prefix "uni-" mean the same as it does in "universe" ?
13. What does the word "antonym" mean?
14. Which word root means "half?"
15. Which among the words has a suffix?
16. To get lower in quality or quantity/to say no to something.
17. Which word or words have a prefix that means the same as the prefix in "bivalve" ?
18. What root word means see, observe, look, watch over?
19. Unexpectedly-means .....
20. Happening every two months
21. What does the root word mania mean?
22. What is the root word in unknowingly?
23. The word root "auto, " found in words such as 'automobile, ' 'auto-correct, ' 'automatic, ' etc, means:
24. Which word or words come from the root that means "greater" or "beyond" ?
25. A word that describes a person or character who wishes bad things to happen to others
26. Something that does not have a shape would most likely be called .....
27. What is the root word of disagreeing?
28. Which of the following root words means "skin" ?
29. Identify the meaning of the suffix underlined in the word condensation.
30. REVIEW:Which root word means weapon?
31. The word root 'fore' means:
32. What affix means out of, from? (Think about the word that means digging up a dead body.)
33. Which word means the fear of writing?
34. Which of the following words below contains a word root that means "to know" ?
35. What does the root word in eruption mean?
36. A way of talking or singing without raising or lowering the sound of your voice; talking in one tone of voice
37. Suffix-er or-or means
38. Which word means to trust someone with private information?
39. The word root 'graph, ' found in words such as 'autograph, ' 'telegraph, ' and 'paragraph, ' means:
40. UnbelievableWhat is the prefix?
41. What do the root words 'multi' & 'poly' mean?
42. Which two words use the prefix pro-(forward) the same way promote does?
43. Unafraid means .....
44. What is the prefix in autobiography?
45. Based on our knowledge of prefixes, which of the following words means "a protagonist who does not act brave or morally good?"
46. How many years are in a bi cent ennial?
47. To say or write down how something or someone looks; to use adjectives in writing.
48. What is the suffix of ferocious?
49. What suffix means full of?
50. What do the root words 'scrib' & 'scrip' mean?
51. What does the root biblio mean?
52. The root word "cede" means .....
53. The suffix "or" as in inventor means .....
54. A statement saying you are sorry for something.
55. I loathe sports, my knowledge of anything baseball related is .....
56. What does the root word 'semi' mean?
57. Identify the meaning of the root word underlined within the following word:temporary
58. Choose the prefix of the word that is underlined.I must have misunderstood my teacher's directions. Oops!
59. Below the freezing point
60. Which root word means "middle" or "between" ?