This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 42 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 42 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. Which word means to "sell from far away" ? A) Telemarketing. B) Telephone. C) Teledoc. D) Teleconference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Telemarketing. 3. Able to be foretold, capable of being predicted A) Illegible. B) Predicted. C) Identifiable. D) Generalize. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Predicted. 4. The meaning of the root "cept" is: A) Little or small. B) Carry. C) Turn. D) Take. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Take. 5. 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". 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. Psychology is the study of men's ..... A) Knowledge. B) Skill. C) Body. D) Minds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Minds. 9. What is the meaning of the prefix pseudo? A) Many. B) Sound. C) Birth. D) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) False. 10. Pantheism is from the Greek root pan which means ..... A) Spread. B) Suffering. C) Five. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All. 11. 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. 12. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$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. 13. 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. 14. What is the meaning of the root 'Rupt'? A) Earth. B) Break. C) All. D) Middle/Between. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Break. 15. 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. 16. $_{Use your knowledge of roots/prefixes to determine the meaning of the word}$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. 17. The prefix con-, com-, cor-means A) Without. B) With or together. C) Against. D) Again. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With or together. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. Without having to try; easy A) Motionless. B) Speechless. C) Effortless. D) Worthless. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Effortless. 24. Sanct A) Holy. B) Change. C) Rock. D) Wonder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Holy. 25. 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