This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 57 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 57 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Based on your understanding of root words, what is the best definition of aquaphobia? A) Fear of the ocean. B) The love of water. C) The fear of water. D) Full of water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The fear of water. 2. What is the meaning of the prefix 'syn-'? A) Before or in front of. B) Without or not. C) Opposite or against. D) Together or with. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Together or with. 3. In order to ..... work disruption, we will be installing the computers overs a period of two weeks. A) Minimize. B) Minimal. C) Minimum. D) Minimizes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Minimize. 4. Move A) Grad. B) Firm. C) Mob. D) Don. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mob. 5. Use the root bio to infer what a biological oceanographer studies. A) Life in the ocean. B) Ocean currents. C) Storms in the ocean. D) Ocean pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life in the ocean. 6. I'll ..... the money I owe my sister next week. A) Repay. B) Reenter. C) Recount. D) Remake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repay. 7. The state in which a large amount of water has been lost or removed A) Dehydrated. B) Hydrant. C) Hydrate. D) Hydraulic. E) Hydroplane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dehydrated. 8. The blissful silence was suddenly ended by the loud ..... of falling pots and pans. A) Prospectus. B) Pantheism. C) Hypobang. D) Cacophony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cacophony. 9. Between A) Cred. B) Tion. C) Inter. D) Heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inter. 10. Muddiness created by stirring up sediment or by having foreign particles suspended A) Turbidity. B) Turbine. C) Exasperation. D) Turbulence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turbidity. 11. The prefixes un-, non-, and dis-mean A) Not. B) Sound. C) Against. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not. 12. Blood A) Cyto. B) Hemo. C) Paleo. D) Lysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hemo. 13. Rohan was organizing a birthday celebration and wanted it to be "extravagant." Which word best characterizes his celebration? A) Simple. B) Modest. C) Lavish. D) Ordinary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lavish. 14. What does the word "misplace" mean? A) Full of place. B) Place again. C) To put in the wrong place. D) In a placed way. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To put in the wrong place. 15. The main part of a word that holds basic meaning A) Prefix. B) Suffix. C) Root. D) Synonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Root. 16. Ortho A) Affix. B) Root. C) Prefix. D) Suffix. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Root. 17. Roots:dent, dont A) Out of. B) Tooth. C) Equal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tooth. 18. You encounter the word "astronaut" in a science book. Using your understanding of Greek roots, reason out its meaning and choose the best definition. A) A person who studies plants. B) A person who travels in space. C) A person who studies rocks. D) A person who writes books. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A person who travels in space. 19. In the word "deconstructionist, " what is the prefix? A) De. B) Con. C) Struct. D) Tion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) De. 20. What is the meaning of the following root/affix?auto- A) From Greek, meaning to measure. B) From Latin meaning field. C) From Greek, meaning self. D) From Latin, meaning across. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From Greek, meaning self. 21. -sion, -tion are suffixes that mean ..... A) Walk. B) State of Being. C) Against. D) From, Away. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) State of Being. 22. Select the root word that means "believe" A) Aud, audi. B) Cred. C) Graph. D) Ped, pod. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cred. 23. Commotion, agitation A) Turb. B) -ance. C) -ation. D) -ulence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turb. 24. What is the BASIC PART OF THE WORD which shows its main meaning, to which other parts can be added A) Affix. B) Prefix. C) Suffix. D) Root. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Root. 25. Identify the prefix in the word "subordinate" . A) Ordinate. B) Bord. C) Sub. D) E. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sub. 26. The prefixes sym-and syn-mean: A) Together. B) Different. C) Toward. D) Broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Together. 27. Brave A) Effortless. B) Fruitless. C) Defenseless. D) Dauntless. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dauntless. 28. The neighbors all opposed a landfill being built in the neighborhood because they feared it would ..... their properties. A) Synergize. B) Devalue. C) Parabolic. D) Dissect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Devalue. 29. I hoped that my tumor was ..... Which word makes the MOST sense in this sentence? A) Benign. B) Malignant. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benign. 30. The buzz of the bees alerted us to get away from the holly bush.Which literary device is used in the above sentence? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. ← 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