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Composite Words - 4 (Middle Roots)

Middle Roots Mixed (Difficult)

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The given question has some words that have a group of common letters. Study the words and select the correct meaning for the group of letters that are common.

Study the following words:
Pendulum, Pending, Suspend, Appendix
What does the common part “pend” mean?

  1. Climb
  2. Bear
  3. Hang
  4. Left out
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The given question has some words that have a group of common letters. Study the words and select the correct meaning for the group of letters that are common.

Study the following words:
Journal, Journey, Sojourn, Adjourn
What does the common part “jour” mean?

  1. Travel
  2. Feeling
  3. Time
  4. Day
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The given question has some words that have a group of common letters. Study the words and select the correct meaning for the group of letters that are common.

Study the following words:
Attain, Retain, Detain, Obtain
What does the common part “tain” mean?

  1. Hold
  2. Behold
  3. Bedeck
  4. Bespeak
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The given question has some words that have a group of common letters. Study the words and select the correct meaning for the group of letters that are common.

Study the following words:
Sequence, Subsequent, Sequel, Consequently
What does the common part “sequ” mean?

  1. Follow
  2. Guide
  3. Rock
  4. Help
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The given question has some words that have a group of common letters. Study the words and select the correct meaning for the group of letters that are common.

Study the following words:
Confidence, Diffidence, Fidelity, Infidel
What does the common part “fid” mean?

  1. Worth
  2. Abide
  3. Faith
  4. Bend
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The given question has some words that have a group of common letters. Study the words and select the correct meaning for the group of letters that are common.

Study the following words:
Orthodox, Orthodontist, Orthogonal, Orthopaedist
What does the common part “ortho” mean?

  1. Straight
  2. Bone
  3. Curved
  4. Down
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The given question has some words that have a group of common letters. Study the words and select the correct meaning for the group of letters that are common.

Study the following words:
Generation, Progeny, Genetics, Genitive
What does the common part “gen” mean?

  1. Future
  2. Make
  3. Knowledge
  4. Birth
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The given question has some words that have a group of common letters. Study the words and select the correct meaning for the group of letters that are common.

Study the following words:
Dignity, Dignitary, Dignify, Condign
What does the common part “dign” mean?

  1. Worth
  2. Ability
  3. Defy
  4. Number
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The given question has some words that have a group of common letters. Study the words and select the correct meaning for the group of letters that are common.

Study the following words:
Rectangle, Direct, Rectitude, Directorate
What does the common part “rect” mean?

  1. Shape
  2. Encircle
  3. Straight
  4. Cone
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The given question has some words that have a group of common letters. Study the words and select the correct meaning for the group of letters that are common.

Study the following words:
Philosopher, Sophisticated, Sophomoric, Sophistry
What does the common part “soph” mean?

  1. Wise
  2. Known
  3. Regal
  4. Written
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The given question has some words that have a group of common letters. Study the words and select the correct meaning for the group of letters that are common.

Study the following words:
Humus, Humiliate, Humble, Exhume
What does the common part “hum” mean?

  1. Soil
  2. Polite
  3. Fine
  4. Speak
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The given question has some words that have a group of common letters. Study the words and select the correct meaning for the group of letters that are common.

Study the following words:
Nocturnal, Innocent, Innocuous, Obnoxious
What do the common parts “noc/nox” mean?

  1. Fault
  2. Smell
  3. Morbid
  4. Night/Harm
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The given question has some words that have a group of common letters. Study the words and select the correct meaning for the group of letters that are common.

Study the following words:
Placate, Placid, Complacent, Placebo
What does the common part “plac” mean?

  1. Communicate
  2. Please
  3. Opaque
  4. Given
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The given question has some words that have a group of common letters. Study the words and select the correct meaning for the group of letters that are common.

Study the following words:
Philanthropist, Philodendron, Philatelist, Philosophy
What does the common part “phil” mean?

  1. Love
  2. Study
  3. Courtesy
  4. Thought
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The given question has some words that have a group of common letters. Study the words and select the correct meaning for the group of letters that are common.

Study the following words:
Osteopath, Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis, Osseous
What does the common part “osteo/osseo” mean?

  1. Bone
  2. Shape
  3. Body
  4. Straight
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