Month: November 2020

Critical Reading

C

Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A. hand binding
B. born within
C. where one is born
D. becoming born
E. becoming born again
F. hand cleaning

*done with the hands
*man, fac, make with the hands
*influencing with the hands, written by hand

Perhaps because official commands were once written by hand.

fluorescent, evanescent, pearlescent, pubescent

natural
nascent
natal
native
innate
international
nationalism
nationalize

Inference

start a physical altercation.

use teargas.

could not get married.

Sentence Comp>

game tonight.

had gained weight since the last time she’d come in.

the frontlines.

a fight.

boxer.

math and science.

long division.

madness.

dragons and knights.

alcohol.

miserable for the woman who got the job.

exposed them for fraud.

stop global warming.

plant matter.

more food.

Words in Context

prowess, pugnacious, rabble, vindictive, quell

precocious, linguistics, pique, ranconteur

rabid, quixotic, predatory, purloin, plebeians, pusillanimous

Subject Promp>

As long as all images and data that could be traced back to an individual are reasonably inoffensive, it isn’t unwise for that person to post whatever they want; self-expression on the internet is such a big part of our culture that it might be more suspicious to an employer if they couldn’t find anything online about a prospective job candidate.

Crossword Puzzle

Across
2. noxious
4. fallacy
5. comp>7. bask
10. frugal
11. juggernaut
15. indiscreet
16. verbose
17. mundane
Down
1. Charlatan
3. inert
6. circumvent
7. barrister
8. liege
9. culinary
12. myriad
13. nocturnal
14. novice

Deep>

bawdy

cheap

phony

thrilled

dislike

Related Words

B

A

E

C

B

Inferences

acquitted

juggernaut

parsimonious

genial

fallacy

Imp>

A

F

B

H

C

Writing

Those who are sheltered from fear their entire lives usually end up feeling restless, unfulfilled, or directionless.

Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A. sp>B. a tendency to sp>C. a tendency to sp>D. something that hangs down
E. the state or p>F. being carried

suspended

A gesture is carried out by the body.

grandiloquent
soliloquy
ventriloquist
colloquial
circumlocution
allocution
gestate
gestation
congestion
digest

Inference

read them again more carefully.

I am a hypocrite.

fire you.

Sentence Comp>

lose interest.

started collaborating on the homework with his friends.

imperfections in the maid’s cleaning job.

already inside the castle.

wear a facemask.

roll her eyes.

clipped coupons.

the precious jewel was stolen from the museum.

rig the local election.

flood damage.

the speech was poorly researched.

make it harder to get a job.

the dinner party.

opposites attract.

one fan set off a firework on the field.

Words in Context

pandemonium, odium, noxious, connived, verbose, laudable, fallacy, crass, chutzpah

parsimonious, hypercritical, befuddles, indiscreet, complacent, liege

Critical Reading

E

A

E

E

A

B