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- 1. Multiple Choice
The word described comes from the root scrib that means write. Which words come from the same root as described?
Detail
Inscribe
Scribble
Design
Prescribe
- 2. Multiple Choice
Read the following sentence: "We're unplugging, disconnecting, whatever you want to call it." In which word does the prefix dis- have the same meaning as it does in the word disconnecting?
Distance
Disappear
Dishes
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- 3. Multiple Choice
The suffix -est means "the most" and the suffix -er can mean "more." Which word means someone who has lived longer than me?
Old
Older
Oldest
Ancient
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which word has a root word that means "life" in the following sentence? "The teacher was so vivacious she made every child want to come to her class."
teacher
vivacious
child
class
- 5. Multiple Choice
In which words does the root "bio" have the same meaning as it does in "biology"?
biopsy
biceps
bilingual
antibiotic
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which word contains a Latin root that means "to believe"?
bisect
credible
remit
benefit
- 7. Multiple Choice
In which word does the root "port" have the same meaning as it does in "opportunity"?
portable
portion
Portobello
portrait
- 8. Multiple Choice
In which word does the root "spec" have a DIFFERENT meaning than in the word "inspection"?
respect
spectacle
special
perspective
- 9. Multiple Choice
"Some languages use a circumflex accent above a letter for pronunciation." The word circumflex in the previous sentence comes from a root meaning...
good, well
bad, worse
bend
break; shatter
- 10. Multiple Choice
What does the word infraction mean in the following sentence? "If Jason has one more infraction, he will be suspended from school."
a part of a whole
a broken rule
easily broken or destroyed
broken bone
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which word does NOT use a prefix that means a number?
monosyllabic
bicuspid
polydactyl
quadruped
- 12. Multiple Choice
If you surmount something, you defeat it. What does the root of surmount mean?
in addition
over
not
together
- 13. Multiple Choice
In which word does un- have the same meaning as it does in the word unlimited?
union
universe
unexpected
underneath
- 14. Multiple Choice
"Baby animals spend countless hours and large amounts of energy at play." Adding the suffix -less to the word count makes a word that means...
needing to be counted
counted incorrectly
counted often
not able to be counted
- 15. Multiple Choice
In which word does pre- have the same meaning as it does in predicting?
pretty
predator
prefer
prestige
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