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Root WordsSet 2

1What does the root word "act" mean, such as in the word "action" or "actor."

2What does "monophthong" mean?

3"Autobiography"-includes the root "auto" meaning .....

4A Jail is a place for the temporary confinement for persons awaiting court action as well as convicted persons serving short sentence. It was derived from what Spanish word?

5You see the word "polygon" in a math lesson. Using your understanding of Greek roots, reason out its meaning and choose the best definition.

6The words "suspect" and "spectator" have to do with .....

7The root 'scrib' means to write. Which word means to write again?

8Read the sentence. This chapter has a review at the end of it. What is the root in the word review?

9Skier

10Based on your knowledge of the root word "ques/quir", which of the following words would best fill the blank?It took me an hour to answer all the questions on the .....

11Quis means to search. Which of the following does not belong?

12What does the root word dem mean?

13How the word "Elite" translated from French?

14What does 'thorac/o' mean?

15The word insectology could mean "the study of insects." Which two word parts help you know this meaning?

16What does the root word "dyna" mean?

17Pool $\rightarrow$ $\rightarrow$

18Fibr/o

19Ai-en-ti-i-ar-i-es-ti-ai-en-yi

20What does the Latin base "pli(c), ply" mean?

21The root "bio" as in biology

22What does the root "flu, flux" mean?

23What is the root word for making?

24You can learn more words by learning ....., ....., and .....

25Two teams were eliminated in the contraction of the baseball league.The root word "tract" means:

26What is the root meaning of ridi, risi?

27What is the root word in the word in dripped?

28Name the root word in reread.

29Latin Bases "man(u), main"

30Narrat, narravit

31The root phos in the word phosphorus means .....

32The word scale came from which word?

33What is the root for the word 'vivisection'?

34Zwolf

35Med term-Which term means breath or breathing?

36The word root "mast" refers to which body part?

37The ..... was not convicted because there was no conclusive evidence. (DEFEND)

38What does the term 'lexeme' refer to?

39The morpheme-writ-in "writers" expresses .....

40Which root word matches the definition "say?"

41What is the root meaning of centr?

42What is the meaning of the Latin word: gen

43What is the root in rewrite?

44The main part of a word without prefixes or suffixes?

45All of these words contain the Greek root geo. Based on your knowledge of the definitions of these words, what does the root geo mean?geography, geometry, geology

46Which word does not mean the same as the root word "lev" which means, "lift"?

47What is the root of the word "rejection?"

48Phil-

49Forensic derives from the Latin word, forensis, which means

50"stand alone" words that carry meaning all by themselves

51What is the root word in uncaring?

52What is an example of a sorting activity for morphemes?

53The root milli in the word milligram means .....

54Which word is the root in "unhelpful"?

55The roots "duct" and "duce" mean .....

56Captive

57What does the root "phon" mean?Think of words like megaphone, telephone, and microphone.

58Evelyn observed that her cat appeared to be in a "dormant" state during the day. She recalled learning that the word "dormant" comes from the Latin root "dormire." What does this root mean?

59Which of the following latin roots means to write?

60What are native words?

61Define the Root Word "BI"