Units 1-10: Root Words

Units 1 & 2

100

True or false: The root word Agere, Actum (Act, Ag) is Greek

False: Latin

200

What does the root Act, Ag mean:

A) To act

B) To do

C) To make

B) To do as well as drive.

300

Give one of the Latin root words for "To work"

Operare, Operatum (Oper) OR Fungi, Functum (Funct)

400

What does the root Ponere, Positum (Pos, Pon) mean?

to put, place

500

Make a sentence using a word with the root Facere, Factum (Fac, Fic, Fect)

Example: People who love their pets should show affection towards them.

Answers Will Vary

Units 3 & 4

100

Is the root word Stare, Statum (Stat, Stan) Latin or Greek? 

Latin 

200

The word "remnant" comes from which of the following roots? 

a. Manere, Mansum 

b. Stare, Statum 

c. Ponere, Positum 

a. Manere, Mansum

300

Give an example of a word with the root Dominari, Dominatum (Dom) -To rule 

domestic 

dominate

dominion

domicile 

400

What does the Latin root Vincere, Victum (Vict) mean? 

to conquer 

ex. VICTorious 

500

List 2 of the 3 root words from Unit 3 that mean "to seize" 

1. Rapere, Raptum (Rapt, Rap) 

2. Prehendere, Prehensum (Prehend) 

3. Capere, Captum (Cap, Capt, Cip) 

Units 5 & 6

100

True or False: The word "projectile" comes from the root word Jacere, Jectum. 

True 

200

True or False: the words "ballistic" and "projectile" have the same root. 

False 

300

What does the Latin root "Liber" mean? 

free 

ex. liberate 

400

What does the Latin root Servare, Servatum (Serv) mean, and give an example of a word with this root. 

to save, keep 

examples: preservation, conservative, observant 

500

What is the one Greek root from Units 5 & 6? 

Ballein 

Units 7 & 8

100

Which root foes the word "transit" come from 

a. Currere, Cursum 

b. Ire, Itum 

c. Cedere, Cessum 

b. Ire, Itum

200

True or false: The Latin root Cedere means "to go" as in go forth AND "to yield" as in stop. This is why we get words such as "proceed" and "cease" from the same root. 

True 

300

Which of the following words comes from the root Currere, Cursum? 

a. succession 

b. accessible 

c. occurrence 

c. occurrence

400

All of the root words from Unit 7 (Liter, Log, Gram, Graph, Script) have to do with what? 

Writing, letters, speech 

500

Come up with a sentence using a word from the Greek root Logos. 

Example: Their idea was completely ILLOGICAL, but I went along with it anyway. 

Answers will vary 

Units 9 & 10

100

List one word that comes from the Latin root "Fortis". 

Fortitude 

Fortify 

Effortless 

200

The word "integer" used in math means a whole or unbroken number. Which Latin root does this come from? 

Integer (Teg) 

300

How many roots from Unit 10 are of Latin origin? 

All four 

400

What is the difference between "confident" and "confidante" and what root do they both derive from? 

"Confident" is to be sure or certain and "confidante" is someone to whom one tells a secret. They both come from the root word Fidere, Fisus (Fid). 

500

List the two root words from Unit 10 that mean "to believe". 

Credere, Creditum (Cred, Creed) 

Fidere, Fisus (Fid)