Latin Test II

Name________________________ Date _______________

Latin Roots Test

I. Identify the Base Word. Write the letter of the correct definition next to the base.

_____1. Vert

_____2. Scrib

_____3. Ver

_____4. Man

_____5.Fid

_____6. Mal

_____7.Leg

_____8. Mort

_____9. Ped

_____10.Port

_____11.Sta

_____12.Spect

A. Faith

B. Foot

C. Death

D. Law

E. Turn

F. To Write

G. Look, Watch

H. Hand

I. Stand

J. Bad

K. Carry

L.Truth

II. Definitions. Write the letter of the correct Definition by the Word.

____1. verdict

____2. precise

____3. capital

____4. audible

____5. legible

____6. contradict

____7. infinity

____8. submerge

____9. status

A. able to be heard

B. standing in society

C. to place under water

D. decision stated by a jury

E. having no end

F. to say the opposite

G. able to be read

H. head city of a state or country

I. To get to the point, exact

III. Use the following words to correctly complete the sentences:

avert, visor, verify, subterranean, stable, respect, porter, export, pedestrian, immortal, manacles, malignant, incision, decapitate, benign, audition

1. The ____________ carried our bags on to the train.

2. The Greeks believed that there was a race of ________________ beings who lived on Mt. Olympus.

3. The doctor decided that the swelling was only a ____________ bump and not cancer.

4. The criminal had _______________ placed on his hands.

5. The jury decided that they should ___________________ the murderer.

6. There was a ____________________ stream that flowed through the cave.

7.We were able to ____________ disaster by turning the car just in time.

8. The building was not _____________ and collapsed with the wind.

9. The _________________ waited to cross the street.

10. Does Russia _________________ much wheat?

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