Root Words Quiz 29 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📘 Root Words – Quiz 29
1. The Greek word photo means:.
A) Love.
B) Light.
C) Life.
D) Time.
2. Given this word family, what do you think the root micro means?MicroscopeMicrophoneMicroscopic.
A) Small.
B) In.
C) Down.
D) Through.
3. Veracity.
A) Truthfulness.
B) An institution of learning.
C) Certainty.
D) A large town.
4. Which word describes a person who gives money or helpful things for a good cause?.
A) Benzene.
B) Bounteous.
C) Well living.
D) Benefactor.
5. The word parts, "ir, il, im and In" all mean the same, what is the correct meaning?.
A) Under.
B) With.
C) Not.
D) Below.
6. What is the root word for smiling?.
A) Smile.
B) Take pity.
C) Ing.
7. Auto.
A) Self.
B) Heart.
C) Star.
D) After.
8. Maternal (adjective).
A) Childly.
B) Mature.
C) Motherly.
D) Immature.
9. Given this word family, what do you think the root therm means?ThermometerThermalThermostat.
A) Open.
B) Heat.
C) Tiny.
D) Measure.
10. Sound.
A) Pre.
B) Phon.
C) Anti.
D) Script.
11. To write, to record.
A) Super.
B) Graph.
C) Sub.
D) Inter.
12. Hostilities.
A) Acts of aggression against an enemy.
B) Heavy jewelry.
C) What you pay for electricity, gas, and water.
D) The people who work at the front desk of a restaurant.
13. What word means a rich ore deposit or something that creates abundance?.
A) Benign.
B) See them.
C) Beneficiary.
D) Bonus.
14. The newspaper review of the trendy restaurant contained so much hyperbole, it appeared too good to be true! What does the root word "hyper" mean in "hyperbole?".
A) Over and above.
B) Same.
C) Different.
D) Not.
15. Given this word family, what do you think the root tele means?TelephoneTelescopeTelepathy.
A) From afar.
B) Place.
C) Pull.
D) To make.
16. Meaning of Scope.
A) Look.
B) Write.
C) Eat.
D) None of above.
17. The new parents did not want to know the _____ of their new baby.
A) Type.
B) Gender.
C) Name.
D) Birth.
18. Hydr/o/a.
A) Light.
B) Write.
C) Life.
D) Water.
19. "Ex" means what?.
A) Write.
B) With out.
C) Girlfriend.
D) With.
20. Import.
A) Write.
B) Carry.
C) Stars.
D) Time.
21. To throw (out).
A) Spec.
B) Ject.
C) BROKEN.
D) Trans.
22. What is the root word for happiness?.
A) Ness.
B) Oxygen.
C) Appiness.
D) Happy.
23. God.
A) Bene.
B) By him.
C) You/You.
D) Morph.
24. What does "gastr" refer to.
A) Sugar.
B) Stomach.
C) Gas.
D) Brain.
25. What does the word tallest mean?.
A) Most tall.
B) Less tall.
C) Not tall.
D) Full of tall.