This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Morphology > Roots Affixes – Quiz 68 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Roots Affixes Quiz 68 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The root jur means law. What does the word jurisprudence mean? A) The study of military strategy. B) The study of human behavior and interaction. C) The study of legal principals. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The study of legal principals. 2. Match the word "impossible" with its definition. A) Capable of being done. B) Not able to occur. C) Likely to happen. D) Easy to achieve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not able to occur. 3. The word "interrupt" appears in your reading. Using your knowledge of Latin roots and affixes, explain how you would determine its meaning and select the correct definition. A) To continue smoothly. B) To break into or stop the flow. C) To build up. D) To write down. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To break into or stop the flow. 4. What does the suffix "-tion" mean? A) State of. B) Not. C) Toward. D) Away from. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) State of. 5. What does the suffix ation mean? A) The suffix 'ation' means act of or state of. B) The suffix 'ation' refers to a person who performs an action. C) The suffix 'ation' indicates a location or place. D) The suffix 'ation' means a type of measurement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The suffix 'ation' means act of or state of. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. Move A) Grad. B) Firm. C) Mob. D) Don. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mob. 10. 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. 11. I'll ..... the money I owe my sister next week. A) Repay. B) Reenter. C) Recount. D) Remake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repay. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. Between A) Cred. B) Tion. C) Inter. D) Heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inter. 15. 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. 16. The prefixes un-, non-, and dis-mean A) Not. B) Sound. C) Against. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not. 17. Blood A) Cyto. B) Hemo. C) Paleo. D) Lysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hemo. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. The main part of a word that holds basic meaning A) Prefix. B) Suffix. C) Root. D) Synonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Root. 21. Ortho A) Affix. B) Root. C) Prefix. D) Suffix. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Root. 22. Roots:dent, dont A) Out of. B) Tooth. C) Equal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tooth. 23. 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. 24. In the word "deconstructionist, " what is the prefix? A) De. B) Con. C) Struct. D) Tion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) De. 25. 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. 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