Greek/Latin Roots Master

Question 1

Anti

Answer 1

Origin: Greek
Meaning: against, opposite
Examples: antibiotic, antifederalist

The doctor gave me an antibiotic to help my body fight off an illness.

Question 2

Auto

Answer 2

Origin: Greek
Meaning: self
Examples: autobiography, autopilot

I wanted to share my life with those who know me, so I wrote an autobiography.

Question 3

Bio

Answer 3

Origin: Greek
Meaning: life
Examples: biology, biodiversity

I love learning about different kinds of life, so biology is one of my favorite branches of science.

Question 4

Cap

Answer 4

Origin: Latin
Meaning: head
Examples: decapitate, captain

As the head of the ship, it was the captain’s job to lead and direct his crew.

Question 5

Centr

Answer 5

Origin: Latin
Meaning: center
Examples: Centrifuge, central, centrist

Question 6

Cycl

Answer 6

Origin: Latin
Meaning: circle
Examples: Cyclops, unicycle, cyclist, cyclone, recycle

Question 7

Form

Answer 7

Origin: Latin
Meaning: shape
Examples: formation, deformed, cruciform, transform

Question 8

Logy

Answer 8

Origin: Greek
Meaning: Study of
Examples: Biology, psychology, archaeology
I want to study biology because I’m interested in living things.
I love psychology because the human mind is so interesting.

Question 9

Man

Answer 9

Origin: Latin
Meaning: hand
Examples: manuscript, manufacture, maneuver
The manuscript took months to create because every word was written by hand.

Question 10

Meter

Answer 10

Origin: Greek
Meaning: measure
Examples: Thermometer, perimeter, diameter
I checked the thermometer and saw it was extremely cold outside.

Question 11

Multi

Answer 11

Origin: Latin
Meaning: many, much
Examples: Multicolored, multimillionaire, multitask
My friend always had multicolored shirts on, today’s shirt was blue, green, red, and hot pink.

Question 12

Ped

Answer 12

Origin: Latin
Meaning: foot
Examples: Centipede, pedestrian

Question 13

Phone

Answer 13

Origin: Greek
Meaning: sound
Examples: telephone, saxophone, microphone

Question 14

Aster/astr

Answer 14

Origin: Greek
Meaning: star
Examples: astronaut, astrology, astronomy, asteroid

Question 15

Dic/dict

Answer 15

Origin: Latin
Meaning: Say
Examples: predict, contradict

Question 16

Geo

Answer 16

Origin: Greek
Meaning: Earth/ground
Examples: Geode, geologist

Question 17

Graph

Answer 17

Origin: Greek
Meaning: Written
Examples: autograph, biography

Question 18

Ject

Answer 18

Origin: Latin
Meaning: Thrown
Examples: inject, projector

Question 19

Mob/mot

Answer 19

Origin: Latin
Meaning: move
Examples: mobility, automobile

Question 20

Port

Answer 20

Origin: Latin
Meaning: carry, move
Examples: porter, portable, transportation

Question 21

Therm

Answer 21

Origin: Greek
Meaning: Heat
Examples: hypothermia, thermometer, thermos, thermostat

Question 22

Tele

Answer 22

Origin: Greek
Meaning: far
Examples: telescope, telephone, television

Question 23

Uni

Answer 23

One

Question 24

Vid/vis

Answer 24

See

Question 25

Cor/corp

Answer 25

Body

Question 26

Doc

Answer 26

teach

Question 27

Hydr

Answer 27

Water

Question 28

Miss/mit

Answer 28

send

Question 29

Port

Answer 29

carry

Question 30

Scope

Answer 30

see/watch

Question 31

Scrib/script

Answer 31

write

Question 32

Spec

Answer 32

Look

Question 33

Tend/tens

Answer 33

Stretch/strain

Question 34

Tract

Answer 34

draw/pull

Question 35

Trans

Answer 35

across

Question 36

Vac

Answer 36

empty

Question 37

Bene/beni

Answer 37

Good, well

Question 38

Chron

Answer 38

time

Question 39

Clud/clus

Answer 39

shut

Question 40

Fac/fact

Answer 40

do, make

Question 41

Fer

Answer 41

bear, carry

Question 42

Fore

Answer 42

before, earlier

Question 43

Inter

Answer 43

between

Question 44

Path

Answer 44

feeling, suffering, disease

Question 45

Sist/stat

Answer 45

stand

Question 46

Spir

Answer 46

breathe

Question 47

Vers/vert

Answer 47

Turn, change

Question 48

Log

Answer 48

word

Question 49

Aud

Answer 49

hear

Question 50

Micro

Answer 50

small