Give the Definition
du
two
one
uni or mono
Which word correctly completes the sentence?
"Our town held a huge parade to celebrate the __________ anniversary of its founding 200 years ago."
a. multicentennial
b. precentennial
c. bicentennial
d. quintennial
c. bicentennial
If a test has 100 total questions and you get 85 of them right, which word describes your score of 85 out of 100?
a. precent
b. percent
c. multicent
d. bicent
b. percent
Which root do you need if an author writes a story out of time order?
chrono (time)
quint
five
three
tri
Which word correctly completes the sentence?
"Even though the new senior class president had big ideas for the school year, she made sure to thank her __________ for laying down a great foundation."
a. predecessor
b. antennae
c. posterior
d. sequence
a. predecessor
What would you call an animal that walks on two feet/legs?
a. biped
b. quadruped
c. anteped
d. monoped
a. biped
If a creature has 100 legs, which number prefix applies?
cent (100)
chrono
time
quad
Which word correctly completes the sentence?
"After winning three __________ games, the basketball team was thrilled to keep their streak alive."
a. incessant
b. decimate
c. concurrent
d. consecutive
d. consecutive
What would you call a situation where one single company or seller controls the entire supply of a product or service, leaving consumers with no alternative choices?
a. multipoly
b. bipoly
c. prepoly
d. monopoly
d. monopoly
What word part would you use to describe the activity of participating in 10 athletic events at one competition?
dec (10)
ante
before
before
ante or pre
Which word correctly completes the sentence?
"Seeing a character pull out a smartphone in a movie set in the Middle Ages was a funny __________ that made the whole theater laugh."
a. paradox
b. anachronism
c. misnomer
d. boo boo
b. anachronism
Which word would you use to describe a living room that was decorated only in shades of purple?
a. multichromatic
b. bivalent
c. monochromatic
d. prechromatic
c. monochromatic
If a runner steps up before another in a relay, which word part might you use?
ante (before)
pre (before)
seq/secut
to follow
to follow
seq/secut or post
Which word correctly completes the sentence?
"The swimmers had to __________ their movements so they could hit the water and move around at the exact same moment."
a. prechronize
b. monochronize
c. synchronize
d. sequechronize
c. synchronize
The author’s final book was published three years later than her death. This book was published _____.
a. multihumously
b. posthumously
c. antechronously
d. prehumously
b. posthumously
If a movie comes after another movie in a series, which root describes its place?
post (after)
seq/secut (to follow)