This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 35 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 35 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the root 'act' mean? A) Clear. B) Take. C) Do. D) Speed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do. 2. What is the meaning of the prefix peri? A) Around. B) Measure. C) All. D) Many. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Around. 3. Harshness or severity of manner or tone A) Asperity. B) Disturbance. C) Perturbation. D) Turbidity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asperity. 4. What does the root 'duc' (duce, duct) mean? A) Reciprocal, borrowed. B) Write, mark. C) Shape. D) Lead. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lead. 5. Which root/affix means:between A) Ex-, exo-. B) Ignis. C) Inter. D) Junto, junctum. E) Kinesis, cinema. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inter. 6. The party was very ..... , nothing happened and I was bored the whole time. A) Peaceful. B) Uneventful. C) Forgetful. D) Purposeful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uneventful. 7. Which word means to "sell from far away" ? A) Telemarketing. B) Telephone. C) Teledoc. D) Teleconference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Telemarketing. 8. Able to be foretold, capable of being predicted A) Illegible. B) Predicted. C) Identifiable. D) Generalize. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Predicted. 9. The meaning of the root "cept" is: A) Little or small. B) Carry. C) Turn. D) Take. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Take. 10. The root 'LOGY' in the word 'Geology' means? A) Study of "rocks". B) Study of "fire". C) Study of "water". D) Study of "sky". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Study of "rocks". 11. What does ology or logy mean? A) To believe. B) To think. C) To study. D) To write. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To study. 12. Based on your knowledge of roots and affixes, what does the word "speculative" mean? A) A person who makes guesses or theories about things they see. B) The act of seeing things. C) A tendency to make guesses or create theories about things. D) Seeing the possible causes of a situation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A tendency to make guesses or create theories about things. 13. Psychology is the study of men's ..... A) Knowledge. B) Skill. C) Body. D) Minds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Minds. 14. What is the meaning of the prefix pseudo? A) Many. B) Sound. C) Birth. D) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) False. 15. Pantheism is from the Greek root pan which means ..... A) Spread. B) Suffering. C) Five. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All. 16. Select the meaning of the root or affix:ful A) After. B) Again. C) Full of. D) Able to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Full of. 17. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$temporary A) A disease originally thought to be caused by 'bad' air. B) Someone disposed to do "evil". C) Lasting a short time. D) Writing about the study of Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lasting a short time. 18. What is the meaning of the following root/affix?mis- A) Adds a sense of wrong. B) From Greek, meaning self. C) From Greek meaning far away. D) From Latin meaning field. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adds a sense of wrong. 19. What is the meaning of the root 'Rupt'? A) Earth. B) Break. C) All. D) Middle/Between. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Break. 20. Which of the following words contains a Latin root meaning 'write'? A) Describe. B) Biology. C) Photograph. D) Telephone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Describe. 21. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$telegraph$_{tele = at a distance}$ A) Helpful, useful, or valuable in some way. B) A condition of 'bad' nutrition. C) Writing from a distance. D) To delay in order to gain more "time" to do something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Writing from a distance. 22. The prefix con-, com-, cor-means A) Without. B) With or together. C) Against. D) Again. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With or together. 23. What does the word nicely mean in the sentence below?Erica sings very nicely. I like her voice. A) In a nice way. B) Much too nice. C) The nicest of all. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a nice way. 24. Think about the derivatives:reptile, sterile, juvenile. What does the affix "ile" mean? A) Placed in. B) State of being. C) Growing. D) Related to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Related to. 25. Which words in these word lists have all the suffixes correctly? A) MidwayTeacherLogical. B) PaintingMonopolyOverload. C) HomelessWorshipSemifinal. D) MistakeIncorrectDisappear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) MidwayTeacherLogical. 26. Done in a manner that relates to the true facts of a situation. A) Gradually. B) Deactivate. C) Actually. D) Graduate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Actually. 27. The suffix-ous (as in joyous, courageous) means ..... A) Full of. B) Happy. C) Brave. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Full of. 28. Without having to try; easy A) Motionless. B) Speechless. C) Effortless. D) Worthless. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Effortless. 29. Sanct A) Holy. B) Change. C) Rock. D) Wonder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Holy. 30. Root:Lax A) State of Quality. B) Loose. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loose. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesRoots Affixes Quiz 1Roots Affixes Quiz 2Roots Affixes Quiz 3Roots Affixes Quiz 4Roots Affixes Quiz 5Roots Affixes Quiz 6Roots Affixes Quiz 7Roots Affixes Quiz 8Roots Affixes Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books