Latin Roots

Question 1

CIDE

Answer 1

Killing, killer
Ex. Genocide, homicide
The investigation quickly turned into a homicide investigation.

Question 2

STRING (STRICT)

Answer 2

Bind, draw tight
Ex. Constrict, restrict
She restricted her son from going to the mall.

Question 3

VOR

Answer 3

Eat greedily
Ex. Carnivore, devour
The animal devoured its prey.

Question 4

VIV

Answer 4

Live, alive
Ex. Revive, survive
The group had to survive for as long as they could in the forest.

Question 5

TORT (TORS)

Answer 5

Twist
Ex. Distort, retort
The house of mirrors distorted her image.

Question 6

VICT (VINC)

Answer 6

Conquer, show conclusively
Ex. Convict, evict
She was evicted from her apartment after she didn’t pay her rent.

Question 7

FRACT (FRAG)

Answer 7

Break
Ex. Fraction, fragile
A fraction of the cake was put aside for the couple.

Question 8

OMNI

Answer 8

All, every, everywhere
Ex. Omniscient, omnivorous
The animal was an omnivore.

Question 9

FLECT (FLEX)

Answer 9

Bend
Ex. Deflect, flexible
The goalie player deflected the shot.

Question 10

TEN (TIN, TENT)

Answer 10

Hold, keep
Ex. Detention
He was held in a juvenile detention center for 3 months.

Question 11

MON (MONIT)

Answer 11

Warn
Ex. Monitor, admonish
She admonished her brother of being so annoying.

Question 12

MAND (MANDAT)

Answer 12

Order, command, commit
Ex. Mandatory, mandate
The assembly was mandatory for all students.

Question 13

CRED (CREDIT)

Answer 13

Believe
Ex. Credible, accredit
The president was accredited with changing the nation.

Question 14

FID

Answer 14

Faith, trust
Ex. Confidential, confident
She was confident in her vocal ability.

Question 15

GRAT

Answer 15

Pleasant, thank, favor
Ex. Grateful, congratulate
She congratulated her brother on his good grades.

Question 16

MOR (MORT)

Answer 16

Death
Ex. Mortality, mortification
The mortality rate is high this year.

Question 17

CORP

Answer 17

Body
Ex. Corpse
The corpse was in the coffin.

Question 18

DUC (DUCT)

Answer 18

Lead, conduct, draw

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Question 19

SECUT (SEQU)

Answer 19

Follow
Ex. Execute, consecutive
The plan was executed perfectly.

Question 20

CUR (CURR, CURS)

Answer 20

Run
Ex. Concur, concurrent
The runners were concurrent.

Question 21

GRESS (GRAD)

Answer 21

Step, walk, go
Ex. Aggressive, gradient
The gradient was steep.

Question 22

PED

Answer 22

Foot
Ex. Biped
Humans are bipeds- they have 2 feet.

Question 23

TACT (TANG)

Answer 23

Touch
Ex. Contact, intact
There was a lot contact during the soccer game.

Question 24

PREHEND (PREHENS)

Answer 24

Seize, grasp
Ex. Comprehensible, apprehend
The material was easily comprehensible.

Question 25

JECT

Answer 25

Throw Ex. Eject, projectile She was ejected from her seat for rude behavior.

Question 26

VERT (VERS)

Answer 26

Turn Ex. Avert She averted her eyes from the scene.

Question 27

MIS (MISS, MIT, MITT)

Answer 27

Send Ex. Emit, missile The missile was propelled into space.

Question 28

LOCUT (LOQU)

Answer 28

Speak, talk Ex. Eloquent She spoke eloquently.

Question 29

FER(ous)

Answer 29

Bearing, producing, yielding Ex. Odoriferous The dog was odoriferous after they were groomed.

Question 30

RUPT

Answer 30

Break, burst Ex. Abrupt, corrupt That government is corrupt.