Vocabulary
Root Study
Vocabulary
Root Study
Vocabulary
100

Which word means having to do with the sun?

solar

100

What does the Greek root chron mean?

a. measure

b. the state or quality of

c. time

d. life

c. time

100

Which word means to consume quickly?

devour

100

What does the suffix -ish mean?

a. near, like, almost

b. step or go

c. empty

d. possessing the qualities of 

a. near, like, almost

100

Which word is a large group of islands?

archipelago

200

Which word means to be made up of?

consists

200

What does the prefix inter- mean?

a. step or go

b. empty

c. measure

d. between, among

d. between, among

200

Which word is a group of vehicles traveling together?

caravan

200

What does the suffix -ism mean?

a. state of, quality of

b. step or go

c. not, opposite of

d. measure

a. state of, quality of

200

Which word is a person who flees from a place in search of safety?

refugee

300

Which word means characterized by moving from place to place?

nomadic

300

Which word contains the prefix meaning between?

a. performance

b. printing

c. interview

d. intelligent

c. interview

300

Which vocabulary word is a synonym for inexpensive?

economical

300

Which word contains the suffix meaning almost?

a. fiendish

b. delicious

c. investigate

d. celebrate

a. fiendish

300

Which word means the same thing as renovated

refurbished

400

Name an example of how they use the word devour in the text "My Librarian is a Camel."

When the children receive a package of books, they read or consume them quickly.

400

Which answer means the state of having colonies?

a. colonial

b. colonialist

c. colonially

d. colonialism

d. colonialism

400

Name an example of how they use the word solar in the text "My Librarian is a Camel."


The word describes a kind of high-tech library that is powered by the sun. It has solar panels on top of the truck that use the energy from the sun to power it.

400

Which word contains the Greek root meaning time?

a. dangerously 

b. chronometer

c. government 

d. customer

b. chronometer

400

Name an example of how they use the word refurbished in the text "My Librarian is a Camel."

The word is used in the context of transforming old train carriages into libraries for homeless children. The police helped make these old carriages useful again and renovated them to have a library and a classroom inside.

500

Which word is a synonym for remote?

isolated

500

Which word does not have the same base as the others?

a. dissatisfied

b. satisfaction

c. population

d. unsatisfied 

c. population

500

Which word is a synonym for endorse?

promote

500

Using your knowledge of the root, what is the meaning of interchange?

a. go across the ocean

b. to change between

c. to measure length

d. to go above and beyond


b. to change between

500

Which word is an antonym for inabilities?

capabilities

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