ROOT WORD TEST #1 Name _________________________ Block _______ Date ______________

Directions: Match the following words to the definitions below. You will not use all of your choices.

A. accreditation G. Il Duce
B. anachronism H. lexicographer
C. auscultation I. manumit
D. bibliopegy J. memento mori
E. chagrin K. preclude
F. disastrous L. vivisepulture

______ 1. to liberate or free from slavery; to send from one’s hands or control
______ 2. the practice of burying people alive
______ 3. calamitous; ill-starred; causing serious, sudden harm
______ 4. official recognition or belief; certified as meeting certain set standards
______ 5. the art of bookbinding
______ 6. something out of its proper time, i.e. Romans wearing wristwatches
______ 7. any reminder of death
______ 8. listening to sounds in the chest, etc., often with a stethoscope
______ 9. duke, chief, leader; title assumed by Benito Mussolini
______ 10. one who writes a dictionary
Extra Credit: On the back of this page explain, demonstrate, or illustrate the meanings of DEDUCTION and
INDUCTION. (aha!)

ROOT WORD TEST #2 Name ___________________________ Hour _____ Date ________

Directions: Match the following words to the definitions below. You will not use all of your choices.

A. achromatic G. mittimus
B. corpulent H. obverse
C. ectoderm I. pandemic
D. effluent J. parthenogenesis
E. egregious K. perfidy
F. fin de siecle L. portfolio

______ 1.outflow of a sewer or septic tank; a stream flowing out of a body of water
______ 2.virgin birth, reproduction by the development of an unfertilized ovum, etc.
______ 3.standing out from the group in an unfavorable sense
______ 4.writ or warrant sending a person convicted of crime to prison
______ 5.carrying case for representative works, such as manuscripts or drawings
______ 6.treachery; deliberate breaking of faith; betrayal of trust
______ 7.universal, general; a disease affecting all people
______ 8.outer layer of cells of an animal embryo, from which the nervous system, skin, hair, teeth,
etc., are developed
______ 9. end of the century
______ 10. colorless
Extra Credit: Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny. (HUH?)
ROOT WORD TEST #3 Name _________________________ Hour ______ Date __________

Directions: Match the following words to the definitions below. You will not use all of your choices.

A. aviculture G. geocentric
B. circumscribe H. malediction
C. dehydrate I. morbid
D. deportment J. novice
E. euphonious K. photokinesis
F. fecund L. symmetry

______ 1. movement induced by light

______ 2. fertile; productive; able to reproduce or make offspring
______ 3. the raising and care of birds
______ 4. one who is new at an enterprise; a beginner
______ 5. to draw a line around; to set limits to something
______ 6. any system centered on the earth, or with the earth at the center
______ 7. similarity of measurement on both sides; bilateral
______ 8. having a pleasant sound
______ 9. to remove water; to dry out completely
______ 10. a curse; slander; saying bad things about someone
Extra Credit: What term is used for the newly rich, implying that they lack the culture and good taste of the
traditionally wealthy

ROOT WORD TEST #4 Name _________________________ Hour _____ Date _________

Directions: Match the following words to the definitions below. You will not use all of your choices.
A. bona fide G. philodox
B. commute H. pyromaniac
C. corpus delicti I. retort
D. distraction J. tripody
E. malapropism K. verisimilitude
F. pellucid L. vincible

______ 1. one who loves the opinions he himself holds

______ 2. to twist another’s words so as to insult them; to turn an insult back upon its source
______ 3. easy to understand; clear and simple in style; allowing light through
______ 4. in good faith; without dishonesty, fraud, or deceit
______ 5. can be defeated; conquerable
______ 6. to change a punishment to one that is less severe
______ 7. humorous misuse of words because of bad vocabulary; as in “Mozart was a child progeny”
______ 8. a structured poem using verses of three metrical feet
______ 9. plausibility; the appearance of being true or real
______ 10. body of victim in murder case; also all other physical evidence
Extra Credit: The title of the poem by William Ernest Henley which includes the lines,“I thank whatever gods
may be/for my unconquerable soul.”
ROOT WORD TEST #5 Name ________________________ Hour _____ Date _________

Directions: Match the following words to the definitions below. You will not use all of your choices.

A. advent G. pacify
B. advertise H. pyrotechnics
C. artifact I. theody
D. evocative J. transfer
E. innate K. vista
F. interject L. zygote

______ 1. to turn attention toward

______ 2. inborn; inherent in
______ 3. fireworks
______ 4. to interrupt; to throw out a comment or opinion
______ 5. a hymn in praise of God
______ 6. view from a distance; what can be seen from a distance
______ 7. to make peace
______ 8. to bring from one place to another
______ 9. calling forth memoriesand emotions
______ 10. the coming of an important person
Extra Credit: The famous message which Julius Caesar sent to the Senate in Rome announcing his
victory in Gaul over 2,000 years ago is famous for brevity and action. Translate his Latin message:
“Veni, vidi, vici.” I ________________, I ________________, I ___________________.

ROOT WORD TEST #6 Name _________________________ Block _____ Date _________

Directions: Match the following words to the definitions below. You will not use all of your choices.

A. distraction G. moron
B. heterogynous H. psychosomatic
C. homage I. retrospect
D. homonym J. sangfroid
E. matrilineal K. sophism
F. memorabilia L. tendentious

______ 1. holding to one opinion regardless of other arguments; close-minded

______ 2. words with the same sound, but different meanings
______ 3. to show respect or reverence to another man
______ 4. having two different kinds of females, reproductive and nonreproductive, as ants and bees
______ 5. looking back on or thinking about the past
______ 6. things worth remembering
______ 7. a physical disorder aggravated by the emotions or mental attitude of the patient
______ 8. an argument appearing to be reasonable and wise, but hiding a fallacy
______ 9. a very foolish or stupid person
______ 10. anything that draws the mind or attention away in another direction; diversion
Extra Credit: Name the great Greek playwright whose name means “The Wise One.”
ROOT WORD TEST #7 Name _________________________ Hour _____ Date _________
Directions: Match the following words to the definitions below. You will not use all of your choices.

A. antecedent G. impending
B. clarion H. misanthrope
C. construe I. posture
D. dynamic J. prescient
E. eloquent K. recluse
F. genarch L. static

______ 1. the head or ruler of a family

______ 2. expressing oneself well verbally; a way with words; speaking well
______ 3. apparent knowledge of things before they happen; foretelling
______ 4. word used to describe an unchanging literary character who stands as is; not moving or changing
______ 5. a person who hates mankind
______ 6. the noun used before a pronoun can be used correctly; the noun “goes before” the pronoun
______ 7. to figure out, or build, the meaning by analyzing all the parts of a thing; translate; deduce
______ 8. hanging over one, as in doom
______ 9. a clear, sharp, ringing sound
______ 10. placement of the limbs of the body; bearing, carriage
Extra Credit: What does logorrhea mean?

ROOT WORD TEST #8 Name _________________________ Hour _____ Date _________

Directions: Match the following words to the definitions below. You will not use all of your choices.
A. acclamation G. opuscle
B. annuity H. polyglot
C. biota I. pro tem
D. cognition J. protozoa
E. dentiloquy K. recto
F. occlusor L. sotto voce

______ 1. an aside; in a soft voice or tone

______ 2. animal and plant life of a region; the flora and fauna of an area
______ 3. for the time being
______ 4. the amount of money paid annually
______ 5. a vote by calling out, rather than counting
______ 6. a small, petty work
______ 7. the act of knowing
______ 8. an organ which closes
______ 9. a right-hand page
______ 10. the practice of talking through the teeth
Extra Credit: What might agnosia mean?
ROOT WORD TEST #9 Name ________________________ Hour _______ Date ____________

Directions: Match the following words to the definitions below. You will not use all of your choices.

A. acrimony G. insatiable
B. cognizant H. pantheon
C. concise I. parody
D. genocide J. punctographic
E. gratulatory K. validate
F. in loco parentis L. vicissitudinary

______ 1. to approve or recognize the worth of something

______ 2. satire following alongside the original in characters or plot
______ 3. in the place of a parent; with parental authority
______ 4. Braille; form of writing based on arrangement of dots
______ 5. bitterness, not of taste, but of feeling
______ 6. a temple dedicated to all the gods
______ 7. characterized by changes in fortune
______ 8. cannot get enough; unsatisfied
______ 9. brief and clear because all unnecessary information has been cut away
______ 10. the killing of a race of people
Extra Credit: What might agnosia mean?

ROOT WORD TEST #10 Name ________________________ Hour _______ Date ____________

Directions: Match the following words to the definitions below. You will not use all of your choices.

A. alma mater G. neophobia

B. cognizant H. omniscient
C. cordial I. patronymic
D. genocide J. per capita
E. gratuity K. sangfroid
F. interrogate L. somnambulist

______ 1. heartfelt; warm and friendly

______ 2. cold-blooded
______ 3. to question questions closely, formally, aggressively
______ 4. per head or per person
______ 5. fear of new things
______ 6. the school that fostered or “mothered” one’s learning; one’s former school
______ 7. a tip given for pleasing service
______ 8. a sleepwalker
______ 9. the father’s name added to the child’s; last name
______ 10. all knowing
Extra Credit: So what does the famous saying, “Amor vincit omnia” mean?
ROOT WORD TEST #11 Name ________________________ Hour _______ Date ____________

Directions: Match the following words to the definitions below. You will not use all of your choices.

A. agronomist G. kinesthesia
B. antecedent H. licit
C. autolatry I. magnate
D. circuitous J. microcosm
E. genuflection K. misogynist
F. heliotropic L. vigilance

______ 1. roundabout; not direct; marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct

______ 2. someone who hates women
______ 3. describing a plant that grows, or moves, toward the sun
______ 4. noun that comes before the pronoun
______ 5. a small world
______ 6. person of great wealth
______ 7. act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship
______ 8. A person who studies or is an expert in crop production and soil science
______ 9. permitted by law; legal
______ 10. Self worship; the cult of looking out for number one
Extra Credit: Henry David Thoreau could be described by some as an agromaniac. What might that be?

ROOT WORD TEST #12 Name ________________________ Hour _______ Date ____________

Directions: Match the following words to the definitions below. You will not use all of your choices.

A. ambidextrous G. metamorphosis
B. antagonist H. mobile
C. apostasy I. repellent
D. disrupt J. risible
E. empathy K. sacrosanct
F. litany L. urbane

______ 1. identification with another’s feelings

______ 2. capable of moving
______ 3. a defection from one’s faith; going away from a prior belief
______ 4. disposed to laugh
______ 5. suave; refined in manner; citified rather than rural
______ 6. one who opposes and contends against another; an adversary
______ 7. to break apart; to throw into disarray
______ 8. driving back; as water-repellent fabric
______ 9. complete or marked change of physical form, structure, or substance
______ 10. using both hands with skill
Extra Credit: Give an example of apotheosis.