Word Quiz

A Parade of Prefixes

1. The prefix “pter” (rhymes with “care”), or “ptero,” means:
finger
rock
wing
dinosaur

2. An ur-chicken (rhymes with blur) would:
taste like eel
seem eager to fight
be the very first of its kind
rule the roost

3. Omni (rhymes with Romney) means:
all
powerful
electronic
wise

4. Sesqui (SES-quah) means:
a kind of car
one-and-a-half
Native-American
next-to-last

5. Quasi (QUAY-zye or QUAH-zee) means:
falsely, dishonestly
soupy, oozy
sickly, weakly
partially, sort of