Teams Games and Tournaments Semester 2 Latin Roots
1. After getting a pedicure, my feet were
very smooth.
What does the root ped mean?
2. Identify the Latin root of the word:
Abbreviation.
3. What Latin root means across?
4. Define the word postpone and identify
the Latin root in the word.
5. Fill in the blank:
Most dinosaurs were carnivores, meaning
that they were
-eating animals.
6. Ken Jennings, from Jeopardy, seemed as
if he knew everything.
He was omniscient. What is the
definition of the root omni?
7. Fill in the blank:
Spiders have multiple legs, meaning that
they have
legs.
8. A dormitory is a place for sleeping and
living, such as in a college.
What Latin root means sleep?
9. True or False: If the baby was premature,
it means that it was born later than the due
date.
10. What Latin root means good, well?
11. True or False: Cardiac arrest has to deal
with the shutting down of the heart.
12. Like a pedicure, a manicure has to do
with a certain part of the body. What part
of the body does a manicure deal with?
13. What does the Latin root fid mean?
14. True or False: A diagnostic test is used to
identify what the cause of the problem or
disease is.
15. What does the word contraband mean?
16. True or False:A mediocre grade would
be between average and inferior.
17. If you’re mortal you are subject to____.
18. A unicycle has how many wheels?
19. Does the equator divide Earth into two
equal or unequal halves?
20. “Mort” means what in English?
20. If you copy something verbatim, how,
in relation to the original source, would
your copy look?
22. What does multichromatic mean?
23. Is the word infidelity used correctly in
this sentence?
Bob’s infidelity to his wife was the
main cause of the divorce.
24. In relation to topsoil, where is subsoil
located?
25. Are “true” and “veritable” synonyms or
antonyms?
26. With what body part is a pedal
operated?
27. If a volcano is dormant, is there danger
of eruption very soon?
28. In what field does a mortician work?
29. How often does an annual event occur?
30. True or False: Concord means having
the same feelings as another in one’s heart.
31. If you’re having sextuplets, how many
babies are you having?
32. The opposite of “sen” is what?
33. The root word for sister is
?
34. If you are egotistical you are
centered.
35. True or False: The meaning of dei, div is
praise.
36. Which word means to say bad things
about another person?
a. venture
b. fraternize
c. malign
d. verify
37. How many legs is a centipede supposed to
have?
38. What is a “pedicab” powered by? (what
part of the body)
39. “Dentifrace” is a paste or powder used for
cleaning ______________.
40. If you get a cordiform piece of chocolate
is it most likely for Easter or Valentine’s
Day?
41. When there were only 10 months, what
month was November?
42. If a volcano erupts, what does it do?
43. If you’re an egomaniac, you’re sentences
always begin with what pronoun?
44. How do the words century and
centigrade relate?
45. What is the definition of the Latin Root
“gno”?
46. To be rejuvenated means to feel younger
or stronger?
47. The decagon had too many angles for the
project.
How many angles does a decagon have?
48. How many years in a millennium?
49. If there is low visibility, you can’t
far.
50. Pater, patr means mother or father?
51. A sanitarium is a place people go to get
____________________.
52. What happens when you rupture
something?
53. Someone who is new at what they’re
doing is a
.
54. Which word is related to important
nutritional building blocks of life?
a. vivacious
b. voracious
c. vitamins
d. viviscetion
55. Give the roots and their meanings in
“omnivorous”.
56. When women have a baby they go on
leave.
57. Another word for deity is ____________.
58. When the year 2000 came we started a
new
.
59. When we applaud someone, we show
them _____________________.
60. When people reach the age of 60 they
become known as
citizens.
61. When you wear red, white, and blue,
and hang your flag proudly, you are
_____________.
61. In college a group of girls who live
together and consider themselves sisters
are
girls.
62. When people think you are not healthy in
the mind, they think you are
.
64. Are you hungry when you’re voracious?
65. What is the word for killing one’s father?
66. What’s the root for praise?
67. Which word means decay or drop away
from moral standards?
a. decadence
b. deflate
c. decrease
d. deity
68. If you are vivacious, are you full of life or
ready to die?
69. A mal behaved kid is a bad or good
behaving kid?
70. The Transcontinental Railroad goes
the United States.
71. Which word describes a work that is
written by hand?
a. manacle
b. manual
c. scribble
d. manuscript
72. What Latin root is the opposite of long?
72. A multi-cellular organism means that the
organism has
a. no cells
b. one cell
c. few cells
d. many cells
74. Dentures are fake what?
75. A dormitory room is a place where
college students live and
.
76. To be mortified is to be scared to
.
77. Someone who scribes for another person
does what?
78. A glass that is semi full is how full?
79. If you contradict someone are you
agreeing or disagreeing?
80. What is the root that is the opposite of the
root that means good?
81. If someone abbreviates a word, are they
making it shorter or longer?
82. What Latin root means death?
83. Flesh is to
, as pre is to
before.
84. True or False: A postmortem
examination is the same as an autopsy.
85. What word could be defined as “To write
hastily or carelessly”?
86. Which word means a fact or condition
influencing an event.
a. transgress
b. bonafide
c. circumstance d. verdict
87. The Latin root circum means__________.
88. Medi is the Latin root which means ____.
89. True or False: A person who is corrupt
is a person who breaks a moral code.
90. True or False: Brevity and longevity are
antonyms.
91. Is the word ventured used correctly in this
sentence?
He ventured to ask her for a date, but
he was not certain of the outcome.
92. Is the word semiconscious used correctly
in this sentence?
He was semiconscious when he
answered the phone in the middle of the
night.
93. True or False: The Latin root carn means
heart.
94. What Latin root means young?
95. What Latin root means travel?
96. What Latin root means to come?
97. What Latin root means to make or create?
98. What Latin root is part of the word
altitude?
99. What is the word give to the process of
making or inventing something new?
100.True or False: Answering this question
correctly will benefit my team.