Greek/Latin Roots

Question 1

Hal

Answer 1

Breathe

Question 2

Aqua

Answer 2

Water

Question 3

Ben

Answer 3

Good

Question 4

Alt

Answer 4

High

Question 5

Civ

Answer 5

Citizen

Question 6

Aud

Answer 6

Hear,Listen

Question 7

Cosm

Answer 7

world, universe

Question 8

Cred

Answer 8

Believe , trust

Question 9

duc / duct

Answer 9

lead, take, bring

Question 10

gen

Answer 10

gen, which means either “birth” or “kind.”

Question 11

mis

Answer 11

• a prefix applied to various parts of speech, meaning “ill,” “mistaken,” “wrong,” “wrongly,” “incorrectly,” or simply negating: mistrial; misprint; mistrust.

Question 12

morph

Answer 12

the Latin root word ‘form’ which meant ‘shape.’ Its Greek counterpart morph, which also means ‘shape’,

Question 13

Rupt

Answer 13

broken

Question 14

sign

Answer 14

“mark” or “indication,”

Question 15

tact

Answer 15

tact, tang, tag, tig. The Greek & Latin roots that mean touch.

Question 16

spec

Answer 16

The Latin root word spect and its variant spic both mean “see.”

Question 17

Act

Answer 17

The Latin root act means “do.”

Question 18

ast

Answer 18

star

Question 19

chron

Answer 19

‘time.’

Question 20

Struct

Answer 20

it comes from the Latin struere, structus, meaning build. As the ROOT implies, every word with it is a word of action. 1. Structure : STRUCT ure (struk’ chur) n. … Relating to structure; as, a structural error.

Question 21

dict

Answer 21

The Latin root word dict and its variant dic both mean ‘say.’

Question 22

photo

Answer 22

word-forming element meaning “light” or “photographic” or “photoelectric,” from Greek photo-, comb. form of phos (genitive photos) “light,” from PIE root *bha- “to shine” (see phantasm).

Question 23

poli

Answer 23

city

Question 24

scope

Answer 24

see

Question 25

scribe

Answer 25

wright

Question 26

mal

Answer 26

bad\evil

Question 27

loc

Answer 27

place

Question 28

celer

Answer 28

fast quick