This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Vocabulary > Root Words Roots And Affixes – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Roots And Affixes Quiz 6 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which word or words come from the root that means "greater" or "beyond" ? A) Superman. B) Biggest. C) Nearest. D) Revolves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Superman. 2. A word that describes a person or character who wishes bad things to happen to others A) Malnourished. B) Malefactor. C) Dismal. D) Malevolent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Malevolent. 3. Something that does not have a shape would most likely be called ..... A) Apolitical. B) Atypical. C) Amorphous. D) Antigenic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amorphous. 4. What is the root word of disagreeing? A) Joy. B) View. C) Agree. D) Read. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agree. 5. Which of the following root words means "skin" ? A) Derm. B) Norm. C) Deca. D) Dem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Derm. 6. Identify the meaning of the suffix underlined in the word condensation. A) Capable of. B) Without. C) Full of. D) Process of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Full of. 7. REVIEW:Which root word means weapon? A) Tech. B) Onym. C) Hos. D) Arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arm. 8. The word root 'fore' means: A) Before. B) After. C) During. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before. 9. What affix means out of, from? (Think about the word that means digging up a dead body.) A) Mal-. B) Ex-. C) Trans-. D) Mis-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ex-. 10. Which word means the fear of writing? A) Photophobia. B) Xenophobia. C) Graphophobia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Graphophobia. 11. Which of the following words below contains a word root that means "to know" ? A) Recognize. B) Awarded. C) Illuminate. D) Spectator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recognize. 12. What does the root word in eruption mean? A) Break. B) Action. C) Distance. D) Write. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Break. 13. A way of talking or singing without raising or lowering the sound of your voice; talking in one tone of voice A) Monotone. B) Monotonous. C) Unison. D) Solo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monotone. 14. Suffix-er or-or means A) Act or process of. B) Half. C) One who / that which. D) Two. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One who / that which. 15. Which word means to trust someone with private information? A) Corrupt. B) Contradict. C) Confide. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Confide. 16. The word root 'graph, ' found in words such as 'autograph, ' 'telegraph, ' and 'paragraph, ' means: A) Life. B) Self. C) Write. D) Break. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Write. 17. UnbelievableWhat is the prefix? A) Believe. B) Able. C) Un. D) Be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Un. 18. What do the root words 'multi' & 'poly' mean? A) Around. B) Write. C) Many. D) Cut, separate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Many. 19. Which two words use the prefix pro-(forward) the same way promote does? A) Problem, prologue. B) Protein, proton. C) Propel, progress. D) Promise, proper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Propel, progress. 20. Unafraid means ..... A) Nervous. B) Frightened. C) Delighted. D) Not fearful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not fearful. 21. What is the prefix in autobiography? A) Bio. B) Graph. C) Auto. D) Y. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Auto. 22. What does the root 'ject' meant? A) Cut. B) Speak. C) Throw. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Throw. 23. Based on our knowledge of prefixes, which of the following words means "a protagonist who does not act brave or morally good?" A) Semi-hero. B) Sub-hero. C) Anti-hero. D) Poly-hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anti-hero. 24. How many years are in a bi cent ennial? A) 200. B) 100. C) 1000. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 200. 25. To say or write down how something or someone looks; to use adjectives in writing. A) Scribble. B) Manuscript. C) Inscription. D) Describe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Describe. 26. What is the suffix of ferocious? A) -ly. B) -or. C) -ment. D) -ous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -ous. 27. What suffix means full of? A) -ate. B) -ous. C) -ant/ent. D) -able/ible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -ous. 28. What do the root words 'scrib' & 'scrip' mean? A) Water. B) See. C) Against. D) Write. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Write. 29. What does the root biblio mean? A) Life. B) Earth. C) Book. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Book. 30. The root word "cede" means ..... A) To yield or withdraw. B) Both. C) Bad; wrong. D) Shape. 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