Level 5 Greek and Latin Roots

Question 1

ann/enn

Answer 1

year

Question 2

cent

Answer 2

one hundred

Question 3

cracy/crat

Answer 3

government, rule, authority

Question 4

dyna

Answer 4

power

Question 5

dys

Answer 5

bad, hard, difficult

Question 6

hydr

Answer 6

water

Question 7

ic

Answer 7

having characteristics of

Question 8

micro

Answer 8

small

Question 9

mid

Answer 9

middle, halfway, between

Question 10

nym

Answer 10

name

Question 11

poly

Answer 11

many

Question 12

struct

Answer 12

to build

Question 13

super

Answer 13

above, beyond

Question 14

theo/theos

Answer 14

god, religion

Question 15

anniversary

Answer 15

the date on which an event occurs every year

Question 16

century

Answer 16

a period of 100 years

Question 17

democracy

Answer 17

government by the people

Question 18

dynasty

Answer 18

a series of powerful rulers from the same family

Question 19

dystopia

Answer 19

imaginary place where living conditions are dreadful (e.g. Hunger Games, Divergent, The Giver)

Question 20

dehydrated

Answer 20

the state in which a large amount of water has been lost or removed from the body or from food

Question 21

parasitic

Answer 21

living at the expense of another, pertaining to a parasite

Question 22

microwave

Answer 22

very short electromagnetic wave

Question 23

midst

Answer 23

in the middle of

Question 24

homonym

Answer 24

a word spelled exactly like another word, but has a different meaning