Latin roots
8th grade (Year 9 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: L.8.4.B · England: KS3 English (vocabulary and etymology)
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Question 1
What does the Latin root "magn" mean? (as in magnitude, magnify, magnificent)
- A. all
- B. place
- C. great, large
- D. group, flock
Question 2
These words share a Latin root that means "love, friend". Type it. amateur, amicable, amiable
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Question 3
Which word contains a Latin root that means "year"?
- A. vital
- B. centennial
- C. mortuary
- D. local
Question 4
What does the Latin root "terr" mean? (as in terrain, terrace, subterranean)
- A. life
- B. land
- C. head
- D. group, flock
Question 5
These words share a Latin root that means "faith, trust". Type it. fidelity, confident, confide
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Question 6
Which word contains a Latin root that means "group, flock"?
- A. carnivore
- B. fidelity
- C. gregarious
- D. mortal
Question 7
What does the Latin root "vor" mean? (as in voracious, carnivore, herbivore)
- A. group, flock
- B. head
- C. place
- D. eat, swallow
Question 8
These words share a Latin root that means "head". Type it. per capita, decapitate, capital
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Question 9
Which word contains a Latin root that means "eat, swallow"?
- A. capital
- B. renovate
- C. carnivore
- D. corpse
Question 10
What does the Latin root "mort" mean? (as in immortal, mortal, mortuary)
- A. land
- B. love, friend
- C. head
- D. death
Question 11
These words share a Latin root that means "head". Type it. decapitate, per capita, capital
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Question 12
Which word contains a Latin root that means "great, large"?
- A. terrain
- B. omnipresent
- C. magnificent
- D. corpse
Question 13
What does the Latin root "omni" mean? (as in omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent)
- A. body
- B. place
- C. year
- D. all
Question 14
These words share a Latin root that means "year". Type it. annual, centennial, perennial
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Question 15
Which word contains a Latin root that means "love, friend"?
- A. annual
- B. novice
- C. amicable
- D. incorporate
Question 16
What does the Latin root "omni" mean? (as in omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent)
- A. head
- B. love, friend
- C. all
- D. life
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