Multicultural Language

Question 1

Read the example sentence. Gretchen’s friends Stella and Thane functioned in loco parentis for the young woman. After she moved to South Carolina to attend school, the couple walked her through the process of purchasing a car. They often invited her over for holidays, and Gretchen was grateful to them for their advice.

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B: acting as mother or father

Question 2

Study the chart of definitions.WordDefinitionfederalisma form of government where different groups share powerantifederalista person opposing a strong central governmentfederalizeto unite in an agreement or pactconfederationa group joined together

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D: group

Question 3

Read the passage. The issue had become too complicated to handle internally. No one on staff understood the disagreement between the disputing parties. As a solution, the committee called in an attaché to help with peace negotiations.

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B: an expert in diplomatic relationships

Question 4

Read the passage. The family hired Raiza to remodel their kitchen, giving her carte blanche to design the room as she wished. This allowed her to use her creativity to make the best use of the space. The new kitchen looked like it could be on the front cover of a design magazine.

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C: “to design the room as she wished”

Question 5

Read the example sentence, and study the chart of word roots.Mia was a normal energetic six-year-old, but she was exceptionally vivacious at her birthday party.Word RootsDefinitionvocvoicevolturnvivlivevotvow

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D: full of liveliness

Question 6

Read the example sentence, and study the chart of Greek and Latin word roots and affixes.The ship’s captain called out an ambiguous order, and the sailors were not sure how to respond. Word Root or AffixDefinitionnautshiparcherulerambibothterrearth, land

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B: having more than one meaning

Question 7

Study the chart of word roots. Word RootDefinitionlithstonemesointermediatemensmonthliterletter

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D: of the middle Stone Age

Question 8

Study the chart of Latin and Greek word roots.Word PartDefinitionhilacheerfuleulogypraisegladiswordnihilnothing

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B: exhilarated

Question 9

Read the example sentence, and study the chart of suffixes. The renumeration of funds was ordered by the court because the judge ruled that the company had overcharged the client.SuffixDefinition-tionthe action of-izeto make-aryrelated to-atebecome

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D: the act of paying back

Question 10

Read the example sentence and study the chart of prefixes.The tourists discarded the brochure because its out-of-date information was irrelevant.PrefixDefinitionanti-againstante-beforetrans-acrossirr-not

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C: unimportant for a given topic

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