This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 23 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the meaning of the suffixes-er and-or? A) Someone who fears. B) Study of. C) Place where. D) Person who. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Person who. 2. What is the meaning of the root "trans" ? A) Earth. B) Inclined to; likely to. C) Extending across, through, or over. D) Light. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extending across, through, or over. 3. Meaning of "pend" A) Bend. B) Hang. C) Break. D) Star. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hang. 4. In which word does the root "therm" have the same meaning as it does in "thermometer" ? A) Thermal. B) Theme. C) Theorem. D) Therapy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thermal. 5. Melody can't remember anything! She's very forget ..... ! A) Able. B) Ful. C) Less. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ful. 6. The company requires the department to ..... the list of applicants. A) Short. B) Shorten. C) Shortness. D) Shorttening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shorten. 7. Which suffix means "without" or "lacking" ? A) Pre. B) Post. C) Scrib/script. D) Less. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Less. 8. Which word contains the root for 'many'? A) Polyester. B) Rupture. C) Telescope. D) Cordial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polyester. 9. What is the best definition for the affix "micro" ? A) Sight. B) Waves. C) Big. D) Small. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Small. 10. Which word has a prefix meaning "bad" ? A) Malicious. B) Benefit. C) Pandemic. D) Retrofit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malicious. 11. What is the meaning of the suffix-fy? A) False. B) To make. C) Out. D) Around. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To make. 12. We walked slowly down the trail with great trepidation. No one who had gone this way had ever been heard from again. Had they simply found a better place to settle on this dark planet? We doubted that.Which word is a synonym of "trepidation" ? A) Movement. B) Worry. C) Enjoyment. D) Laughter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worry. 13. I thought about being a mortician until I smelled formaldehyde. It made me dizzy. What is the meaning of the root word mort-as it is used in the word mortician? A) Self. B) Follow. C) Biology. D) Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Death. 14. The Greek root phon means A) Loud. B) Soft. C) Hear. D) Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sound. 15. What root mean true? A) Veri. B) Port. C) Vince. D) Tent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Veri. 16. What sound does "ed" make in the word "cracked" A) /ed/. B) /d/. C) /t/. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) /t/. 17. What is the meaning of the Greek root graph? A) Time. B) False. C) Write. D) Relating to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Write. 18. Which of the following is a meaning of the prefix 'co-'? A) Against. B) Apart. C) Together/with. D) Opposite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Together/with. 19. Which word has the suffix meaning "make or become" ? A) Mythic. B) Modesty. C) Captivity. D) Terrify. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Terrify. 20. What is the meaning of the suffix-ologist? A) Someone who fears. B) Person who studies. C) State, condition. D) Place where. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Person who studies. 21. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$tempo A) Good management. B) Bad musical practice. C) Timing or speed of something. D) Writing about music. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Timing or speed of something. 22. What is the meaning of-tion/-ation A) Having qualities of. B) The act or process of. C) Across; change; through. D) Characterized by. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The act or process of. 23. Children who do this are usually punished in school and at home. A) Misbehave. B) Misjudge. C) Misinform. D) Misunderstand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misbehave. 24. What is the meaning of the prefix mono-? A) People. B) Around. C) Single, one. D) Relating to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Single, one. 25. Prefixes:e-, ex-, exo- A) Out of. B) In. C) Between; through. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Out of. ← 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