Improving Vocabulary with Word Parts and Context Clues

Question 1

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

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✔ atypical; I love being outdoors, so a day at the movies is for me.: atypical; Plants that desirable traits tend to live longer than those that do not.: exhibit; The situation was unpleasant, and I did not know how to myself from it.: extricate

Question 2

prohibit✔ exhibit

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✔ exhibit

Question 3

✔ extricateintricate

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✔ extricate

Question 4

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

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✔ archaeologist; The searched for artifacts in a field.: archaeologist; During the civil war, the country found itself in a state of near .: anarchy; He was when he learned that the director had given the role to another actor.: furious

Question 5

anarchic✔ anarchy

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✔ anarchy

Question 6

✔ furiousfury

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✔ furious

Question 7

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

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✔ government of a few people; Oligarchy most likely means “a .”: government of a few people; Edicts most likely means “.”: laws; Extirpated most likely means “.”: destroyed

Question 8

requests✔ lawstaxes

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✔ laws

Question 9

✔ destroyedrevisedaccepted

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✔ destroyed

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