Roots Quiz #s 151-230

Question 1

Define collaborate using the meaning of the root it comes from.

Accepted Answer

work together

Question 2

Which root means "straight, correct"?

Accepted Answer

ortho

Question 3

What is the likely definition of the "polygamy" using your understanding of roots?

Accepted Answer

married to many

Question 4

The word extraterrestrial comes from which latin root? What does the root mean?

Accepted Answer

terr; earth

Question 5

What is the definition of "insomnia"? (use the meaning of the root in your definition)

Accepted Answer

inability to sleep

Question 6

What is the meaning of the root "turb"?

Accepted Answer

shake

Question 7

How do you define "contribution" using the meaning of its latin root (tribu).

Accepted Answer

a gift or payment

Question 8

Which word comes from the root meaning "ship, sail"? Which root is it?

Accepted Answer

circumnavigate; nav, nau

Question 9

Pick a word that comes from the root meaning "fire."

Accepted Answer

pyrotechnics

Question 10

Which group of two words below contains the root meaning "change"?

Accepted Answer

immutability; permutation

Question 11

Using your knowledge of the roots, what would you expect the definition of "congregate" to be?

Accepted Answer

gather into a crowd or mass

Question 12

Which group of two words below contains the root meaning "earth"?

Accepted Answer

terrain; extraterrestrial

Question 13

Which of the roots below means "roll"?

Accepted Answer

volv, volut

Question 14

What is the definition of the word magnanimous? (root: mag, magn)

Accepted Answer

the great size or extent of something

Question 15

What does the word "revert" mean? What's its root?

Accepted Answer

return to (a previous state, practice, topic); vers, vert

Question 16

Select the meaning of the root "pen, pun".

Accepted Answer

punish

Question 17

Which of the following words comes from the root "sat", meaning "enough"? What does it mean?

Accepted Answer

insatiable; (of a desire) impossible to satisfy

Question 18

Which is the definition of the word "soliloquy"? (Root: sol)

Accepted Answer

an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when alone

Question 19

Which root means "father"?

Accepted Answer

pater, patr

Question 20

Which root means "rule, direct"?

Accepted Answer

reg

Question 21

Using knowledge of the roots, what do you predict to be the meaning of "isotherm"?

Accepted Answer

a curve on a diagram joining points of equal temperature

Question 22

Which group of two words below contains the root that means "please"?

Accepted Answer

pleasure; pleasant

Question 23

Which group of two words below contain the root meaning "alone, only"?

Accepted Answer

soliloquy; solitaire

Question 24

What is the meaning of the root "tech, techno"?

Accepted Answer

skill, art, craft

Question 25

Which of the following is a word derived from the root meaning "change"?

Accepted Answer

mutation

Question 26

What is the definition of the word "pantheon" from the root "theo"?

Accepted Answer

all the gods of a people or religion collectively

Question 27

Using knowledge of the roots, what would you predict to be the definition of "androgynous"?

Accepted Answer

partly male and partly female in appearance

Question 28

Which group of two words below contains the root meaning "language, tongue"?

Accepted Answer

language; linguistics

Question 29

What is the likely definition of the word "orthodox"? (From the root: dox )

Accepted Answer

beliefs that conform to what is generally accepted as true

Question 30

What is the meaning of the root "tribu"?

Accepted Answer

pay

Roots Quiz #s 151-230

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Roots Quiz #s 151-230

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