Greek And Latin Roots
Choose all of the answers that denote (indicate or directly signify) or which match the key Latin-Greek elements in the questions. So don’t stop just because you have checked one answer. Examine each number to see if one, two, or more answers designate the key element.
- 1.
Bio-, as in biology or microbiotic, means:
- A.
Life
- B.
Science
- C.
Animal
- D.
Living
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- 2.
Pyro-, as in pyromania or pyrolatry, means:.
- A.
Fire
- B.
Destroy
- C.
Flame
- D.
Smother
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- 3.
Mal-, as in malfeasance or malevolence, means:
- A.
Best
- B.
Bad
- C.
Good
- D.
Wrong
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- 4.
Spec-, as in spectator or retrospect, means:
- A.
search
- B.
read
- C.
look
- D.
None
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- 5.
Post-, as in postscript or posterior, means:
- A.
against
- B.
After
- C.
write
- D.
behind
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- 6.
Nocti- or noct-, as in noctiphobia or nocturnal, means:
- A.
Strange
- B.
Fear
- C.
Night
- D.
day
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- 7.
Mnem-, as in mnemonics or amnesia, means:
- A.
(a) teach
- B.
(b) memory
- C.
(c) forget
- D.
(d) illness
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- 8.
Pot-, as in potent or impotent, means:
- A.
power
- B.
hemp
- C.
Drug
- D.
strength
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- 9.
Sol-, as in solarium or parasol, means:
- A.
Alone
- B.
Sun
- C.
One
- D.
Shade
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- 10.
-cise or -cide, as in incision or excide, means:
- A.
Cut
- B.
Clean
- C.
Death
- D.
Slit
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