Roots & Derivation 3

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

Please fill the blanks by combining the proper prefixes with proper roots supplying below, and then supplying necessary suffixes:
ana chron
ante eminere
anthrop ped
ambi cav
bene libr
cent cred
circum cess
equ meridi
ex dict
gen stance
hydro droit
in dextr
mal phobia
pre cide
re morph


1. The in his writing leaves the reader puzzled.
2. The animal characters in Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit are , speaking and acting like humans.
3. After the the congregation filed out of the church.
4. They were some ancient dinosaur bones.
5. Edison was among the scientists of his day.
6. To include an electric typewriter in a story set in 1920 would be an .
7. As he listened to their excuses, his was obvious.
8. The new supervisor was in dealing with the employees.
9. I have an appointment at 10 .
10. Because of the at home, I had to give up the trip I had planned.
11. In the tropics, invaded our cottage.
12. When the horse swerved, the boy lost his and fell off.
13. is unthinkable in any civilized society.
14. The government feared a business .
15. There was an outbreak of among the dogs of the area.