English Vocab 4 Roots

Question 1

ANIM

Answer 1

from Latin anima, “breath” or “soul”

Question 2

FIG

Answer 2

from a Latin verb meaning “to shape or mold” and a noun meaning “a form or shape”

Question 3

ANN/ENN

Answer 3

from Latin annus, “year”

Question 4

EV

Answer 4

from the Latin aevum, “age” or “lifetime”

Question 5

CORP

Answer 5

from corpus, the Latin for “body”

Question 6

TANG/TACT

Answer 6

from the latin tangerine, “to touch” and tactus, “sense of touch”

Question 7

CODI/CODE

Answer 7

from the Latin codex “trunk of a tree” or “document written on wooden tablets”

Question 8

SIGN

Answer 8

from the Latin signum, “mark or sign”

Question 9

QUADR/QUART

Answer 9

from the LATIN words meaning four and fourth

Question 10

TETR

Answer 10

from the GREEK word for “four”