Latin Roots 2

What does the root "dict" mean?

• among, between

• say, speak, speech

• not

• many

Answer explanation

diction, predict, verdict

What does the root "fract, frag" mean?

• break

• death

• four

• search, seek

Answer explanation

fracture, fragment, fragile

What does the root word "inter" mean?

• again, back

• time

• among, between

• before

Answer explanation

interval, internet, intercept

What does the root word "ject" mean?

• among, between

• cast, throw

• search, seek

• less,smaller

Answer explanation

eject, interject, trajectory

What does the word "lumin" mean?

• light, shine

• many

• write

• across, beyond

Answer explanation

luminous, illuminate

In the word "magnify", what does the root "magn" mean?

• big

• small

• look, see

• send

Answer explanation

Magn means big

such as magnify, magnitude

The latin root "bene" means good or well.

Which latin root has the OPPOSITE meaning?

• quad

• pre

• mal

• tempo

Answer explanation

MAL means bad, wretched, or evil

Which latin roots mean "middle"?

• miss, mit

• medi, midi

• con, co, col, com

• volv, volut

In the word "migrant", what does the Latin root "migr" mean?

• feel

• write

• wander, moving

• watch, look at

Which Latin root means "less, smaller"?

• vac

• cent

• omni

• min

Answer explanation

mini, minimum, miniscule, minute