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Greek and Latin Roots

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  • What word means "to look carefully"?
    spectacle
    respect
    species
    inspect
  • The Greek root for life is...
    bi
    phys
    bio
    tri
  • Someone who is photogenic...
    is very sick
    looks fantastic in pictures taken of them
    is a photographer
    likes to take pictures of themselves
  • Which word uses the root for "do" correctly?
    accellerate
    actation
    account
    activate
  • A graphologist is a scientist who studies
    animals
    handwriting
    photographs
    diseases
  • Fruit that is grown in your area is considered
    general
    local
    innate
    expensive
  • The root that means "touch" is
    aud
    sign
    tact
    vis
  • If your teacher is away on maternity leave, that means she is
    staying home with her new baby
    recovering from an illness
    at a meeting
    quitting her job
  • People who watch something happen are
    spectators
    performers
    participants
    investigators
  • Which word DOES NOT use "graph" correctly?
    graphite
    graphic
    autograph
    certigraph
  • You are the ________________ of your parents.
    investor
    progeny
    prospect
    ancestor
  • The Latin root for mark is
    tion
    aqua
    cog
    sign
  • The Greek word for circle is
    sicle
    round
    cycle
    turn
  • The Latin root for "see" is
    vis
    eye
    tri
    see
  • What root means "birth" or "race"?
    fan
    gen
    pro
    dis
  • To go somewhere in cognito means to
    go in the afternoon
    on vacation
    go in disguise
    think about a place in your mind
  • The Latin root for water is
    aqua
    mar
    mia
    agua
  • If something is hard to hear, it might not be
    audmitable
    audition
    audiary
    audible
  • If a talent or skill is innate, it is something
    that comes naturally since birth
    that requires a lot of practice
    that anyone can do
    you are being paid to do
  • The Latin root for mother is...
    mot
    mutter
    mater
    moth
  • The Greek word for light is
    gen
    sun
    photo
    thermo
  • What is an "alma mater"?
    a college club
    the mother of your mother (grandmother)
    the school you graduated from
    the mother who gave birth to you