TIP Remember: the more prefixes you learn, the more words you can decode... The correct answer is sound waves with a frequency below the audible range.. The correct answer is teach.. The
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2 The correct answer is (D).
3 The correct answer is (C).
4 The correct answer is (D).
5 The correct answer is (A).
6 The correct answer is (D).
7 The correct answer is (D).
8 The correct answer is (C).
9 The correct answer is (C).
10 The correct answer is (A).
Ten More Testworthy Latin Prefixes
There are ten more Latin prefixes for you Knowing just one prefix can help you figure
out five or even more words Consider how many words you can define when you know
ten, twenty, or thirty prefixes!
TIP
Remember: the more prefixes you learn, the more words you can decode.
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Vocabulary Builder 7
Directions: Choose the best definition from the words in the box You will
have definitions left over
sound waves with a frequency below the audible range
10 indecent
Vocabulary Builder 7 Answers
1 The correct answer is dig out.
2 The correct answer is sound waves with a frequency below the audible range.
3 The correct answer is teach.
4 The correct answer is awkward.
5 The correct answer is criminal.
6 The correct answer is odd.
7 The correct answer is restless.
8 The correct answer is flowing forth.
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mathematicians The words we use to speak or write these symbols—one, two, three,
four, etc.—are from the Anglo-Saxons
How many sides does the Pentagon have? How many tentacles does an octopus have? If you
know your number prefixes, these questions are a snap to answer The envelope, please:
The Pentagon has five sides (penta = five) An octopus has eight tentacles (octo = eight).
As you can see, when we want to combine a number and a word to form another word,
such as a synonym for a “five-sided figure,” we use the Greek or Roman word for the
number, pentameter
Below are ten Greek and Latin prefixes that show the numbers one to ten
conducted on nine consecutive days
ANGLO-SAXON PREFIXES
Below are the five most common Anglo-Saxon prefixes and their variations Read
through the chart and examples To help you remember the prefixes, complete the
self-test that follows
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Vocabulary Builder 8
Directions: Based on the meaning of its prefix, define each of the following
words:
1 accord
2 irradiate
3 predestination _
4 reincarnation
5 convolute _
6 invoke
7 irrelevant _
8 excommunicate
Vocabulary Builder 8 Answers
1 The correct answer is agreement.
2 The correct answer is illuminate.
3 The correct answer is fate.
4 The correct answer is rebirth.
5 The correct answer is twist up.
6 The correct answer is request.
7 The correct answer is not pertinent.
8 The correct answer is exclude from communion.
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(A) implore (B) deny (C) shriek (D) pursue
(A) underneath (B) going on (C) clandestine (D) covert
(A) judicial (B) impartial (C) unprincipled (D) competent
(A) heavy (B) unmannerly (C) placid (D) excited
EXERCISES: WORDS IN CONTEXT
Directions: Define each of the following underlined words, based on the way it is
used in the phrase Write the letter of your choice in the space provided
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EXERCISES: PREFIXES
Directions: Each of the following words starts with a prefix Use what you learned
about prefixes to see how many of these words you can define Select the correct meaning for each of the following boldfaced words Circle your choice
1 accede
go very fast agree excessive debate
2 hypocrisy
overpriced false virtue sweet natured injection
3 subsistence
wealth existing under water farming
4 aggregate
complete annoy marbles clot
5 ultramarine
fashionable weird deep blue famous
6 hyperactivity
illness medicine excessive activity slow
7 catacomb
comb for cats dessert underground room crooked
8 amoral
very moral not moral story lesson high spirits
9 compress
squeeze heal measurement tool pat
10 supercilious
arrogant high achieving very silly long hairs
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Directions: Circle the answer choice that is the synonym for the underlined word.
unite his country
(A) inflatable (B) infernal (C) infantile (D) inexorable
affairs of the nation were in a chaotic state
(A) confused (B) exotic (C) disputable (D) obscure
to collaborate, the book was never finished
(A) confide (B) collate (C) provide proof (D) work together
be-lieved that the French would allow them
to be an autonomous people
(A) self-respecting (B) self-governing (C) self-reliant (D) self-supporting
op-position and won the point
(A) mild (B) aggressive (C) positive (D) awkward
unifica-tion of the country
(A) leader (B) government (C) regiment (D) register
ascen-dancy over the south after many years of warfare
(A) defeat (B) rising (C) ascription (D) power