Prefix
Suffix
Root Word
Analogies
Misc.
100
What is the meaning of the prefix in the word uncontrollable? A) always B) not or opposite of C) under D) into
B) not or the opposite of
100
What is the suffix in uncontrollable?
able
100
What is the root word in the word international?
Nat, or Nation
100
cheese:smelly::Paris:___________ A)ugly B)romantic C)happy D)an aberration
B)romantic
100
What is the prefix in the word subterranean?
Sub
200
Which prefix fits with the word literate? A)de B)un C)sub D)il
D) il
200
What is the suffix in the word happily?
ly
200
The word transgression has the same root as: A)passion B)regression C)created D)manipulate
B) regression (GRESS is the root)
200
The world is a large set of colored bar graphs. Everyone, whether a different race, or religion, has different levels of talents and abilities. What is the world being compared to?
colored bar graphs
200
NCAA:basketball::WWF:_____________
wrestling
300
What is the meaning of the prefix in the following words: descend, deduct, and deduce? A) down, or away B) about C) towards D) understand
down, or away
300
Which part of speech is the suffix, ion? (as in nation, or attraction)
noun
300
The root on monologue and epilogue is "log." Since a monologue is a long speech and an epilogue is the concluding section in a book, what does "log" most likely mean? A) song B) word C) dance D) bore
B)word
300
Will Ferrel:Comedian::President Obama:Politician A)Whole and Part B)Cause and Effect C)Classification D)Location
C)Classification
300
If the root, audire, means "to hear," then and audiophile is most likely to have _________________. A)a state-of-the-art sound system B)an aversion to music C)a garbage compactor D)a collection of antique cars
A) a state-of-the-art sound system
400
Which prefix can be added to measurable? A)un B)il C)de D)im
D) im
400
Which part of speech is the suffix, wn? (as in thrown, and known)
verb
400
Reject, Project, Inject, Interject What does the root, ject, most likely mean? A)sit B)stand C)throw D)crush
C)throw
400
Year:month::Novel:____________ A)Chapters B)Fiction C)Book D)Library
A)Chapters
400
Mr. Bohacheck's abstruse lectures often put his students to sleep, not because the topic was boring, but rather because he used such large words and explained it in a way that made it impossible to know what he was talking about. What does abstruse mean? A)annoying B)boring C)difficult to understand D)not worth listening to
C) difficult to understand
500
What is the meaning of the prefix in the following words: exit, exclude, expand, expatriate? A)leave B)out C)under D)through
B)out
500
Which two suffixes are in the word unquestionable?
ion and able
500
It is important to use metacognition when you are writing any type of essay. You must think about what you are writing; therefore, you must think about how you're thinking (the definition of metacognition). Students should be cognizant (aware of) how they are thinking to help them with what they are writing. What is the meaning of the root word in metacognition and cognizant? A) To know, recognize B) to be confused by C) unfaltering D) suprised
A) to know, recognize
500
"If I had not agreed to review this book, I would have stopped after five pages. After 600, I felt as if I were inside a bass drum banged on by a clown." -Richard Brookhiser What is reading this book being compared to?
being stuck inside a bass drum that is being banged on by a clown
500
Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. -Robert Frost What is Nature's first leaf being compared to?
a flower
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