Context Clues, Roots, and Affixes

Question 1

Question 47350

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ist

Question 2

Use the drop-down menus and your knowledge of suffixes to choose the correct word in each sentence.

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✔ Navigation; is the practice of steering ships.: Navigation; The king was supported by who believed in a royal leader rather than a democracy.: monarchists; The actor was an person who volunteered to help the poor.: admirable

Question 3

a monarchy✔ monarchists

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✔ monarchists

Question 4

✔ admirableadmiration

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✔ admirable

Question 5

Use your knowledge of context clues, word roots, and affixes to determine the meaning of the word abolitionist.

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a person who wants to take slavery away

Question 6

Which two languages does the word “abolition” come from?

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French and Latin

Question 7

Use your knowledge of context clues, word roots, and affixes to determine the meaning of the word dehumanizing.

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taking a person’s humanity away

Question 8

Use the drop-down menus and your knowledge of context clues, word roots, and affixes to determine the meaning of the words in this passage.

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✔ people who study ancient people; Anthropologists are studying many ancient cultures, such as the Maya and the Etruscans. New advances in technology may facilitate their studies by making it easier to learn what ancient people ate, wo: people who study ancient people; Anthropologists are studying many ancient cultures, such as the Maya and the Etruscans. New advances in technology may facilitate their studies by making it easier to learn what ancient people ate, wo: make easier; Anthropologists are studying many ancient cultures, such as the Maya and the Etruscans. New advances in technology may facilitate their studies by making it easier to learn what ancient people ate, wo: able to be proven; Anthropologists are studying many ancient cultures, such as the Maya and the Etruscans. New advances in technology may facilitate their studies by making it easier to learn what ancient people ate, wo: helping make possible

Question 9

✔ make easiermake hardermake confusing

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✔ make easier

Question 10

shown to be impossible✔ able to be provenable to be predicted

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✔ able to be proven

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