This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Morphology > Root Words – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Root Words Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An instrument used to measure heat/temperature A) Thermometer. B) Seismometer. C) Kilometer. D) Pedometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thermometer. 2. Working by itself A) Automobile. B) Autocorrect. C) A self propelled road vehicle. D) Automatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Automatic. 3. What is the prefix in this word?remarkable A) Re. B) Mark. C) Able. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Re. 4. It is widely thought that every person's fingerprints are ....., but that is not proven. A) Unique. B) Unify. C) Solo. D) Monotone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unique. 5. What does the word malign mean? A) To desire to cause harm to another person. B) A person who is always of often unhappy. C) To fail to function or work properly. D) To say bad things about someone publicly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To say bad things about someone publicly. 6. To go incognito is to ..... A) Run quickly. B) To hide so you are not known. C) To show what you know. D) To work hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To hide so you are not known. 7. The root Mille means thousand and ped, "foot." So what does the word millipede mean? A) A creature with 2 legs. B) A creature with 4 legs. C) A creature with many legs. D) A creature with no legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A creature with many legs. 8. What is the root word in prewrite? A) Pre. B) Write. C) Wrote. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Write. 9. A book about a person's life written by himself or herself A) Autograph. B) Self-confident. C) Autobiography. D) Autonomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autobiography. 10. Powerful contains which root word? A) Wonderful. B) Full. C) Powers. D) Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Power. 11. What is the root that means to place or put? A) Pos. B) Sed. C) Sid. D) Pot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pos. 12. What do the root words grad and gres mean? A) Hear. B) Write. C) Step. D) Good. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Step. 13. To take out of place A) Transpose. B) Depose. C) Deposit. D) Proposal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Depose. 14. Manicure: ..... ::pedicure: ..... A) Hands, feet. B) Over, under. C) Dirty, clean. D) Feet, hands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hands, feet. 15. To put your needs above someone else's to the point that it's a burden for others A) Juxtapose. B) Imposition. C) Post. D) Deposit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imposition. 16. If someone believes that you really do something, she will give you this. A) Credit. B) Accreditation. C) Credential. D) Justice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Credit. 17. Which root word means 'Empty'? A) Voc/vot. B) Vac. C) Ver. D) Bio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vac. 18. If 'ver' means true, what does 'verify' mean? A) To make sure something is true. B) To be true. C) To tell the truth. D) Do not lie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To make sure something is true. 19. Hearing, technically known as ....., begins when a sound wave reaches the outer ear. A) Audition. B) Audacity. C) Audio-visual. D) Autocracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Audition. 20. Which word has the same root word as admiration? A) Admires. B) Admit. C) Administrator. D) Accept. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Admires. 21. Auto is a Greek prefix that means- A) Self. B) Carry. C) Time. D) Measure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self. 22. What is the prefix in the word inaudible? A) In. B) Ible. C) Aud. D) Able. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 23. What is the root word in the word, "freely?" A) Ly. B) Y. C) Freely. D) Free. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Free. 24. If the root word "port" means to carry, what does the word portable mean?My laptop is portable. A) Able to measure. B) Able to lift. C) Able to be moved. D) Able to read. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Able to be moved. 25. What does the word patri or pater mean? A) Baby. B) Father. C) Paul. D) Pattern. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Father. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesRoot Words Quiz 1Root Words Quiz 3Root Words Quiz 4Root Words Quiz 5Root Words Quiz 6Root Words Quiz 7Root Words Quiz 8Root Words Quiz 9Root Words Quiz 10Root Words Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books