L.5.4.B - Greek ad Latin root words
 
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L.5.4.B - Greek ad Latin root words


Multiple Response
Identify one or more choices that best complete the statement or answer the question.
 

 1. 
Which of the following words is not a word formed from the root word "carn", meaning flesh?
 a.
carnal
 c.
incarnate
 b.
carnivor
 d.
carner
 

 2. 
What word would not be formed from the root word "mon", meaning warn.
 a.
admonition
 c.
premonition
 b.
motion
 d.
monitor
 

 3. 
What word would not be formed from the root word "leg", meaning law?
 a.
legs
 c.
legal
 b.
legislature
 d.
legitimize
 

 4. 
What word would not be formed from the root word "geo", meaning earth.
 a.
geomat
 c.
geography
 b.
geology
 d.
geometry
 

 5. 
If the root word "dem" means skin and the prefix "epi" mean over.  Then what is the meaning of the word epidermis?
 a.
smooth skin
 c.
over skin
 b.
no skin
 d.
under skin
 

 6. 
Which of the following words would not be formed from the root "cred", meaning to believe?
 a.
incredible
 c.
credil
 b.
credo
 d.
credulous
 

 7. 
Which of the following words would not be formed from the root "civ" meaning citizen?
 a.
civen
 c.
civil
 b.
civilization
 d.
civic
 

 8. 
Which of the following words would not be formed from the root "bio", meaning life?
 a.
biology
 c.
biosphere
 b.
biomes
 d.
biometrics
 

 9. 
Which of the following words would not be formed from the root "chrom" meaning color?
 a.
polychrome
 c.
chromosome
 b.
chromatic
 d.
chromed
 

 10. 
What word would not be formed from the root "rupt", meaning break?
 a.
abrupt
 c.
rupture
 b.
rapture
 d.
interrupt
 
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